🧵 Master Power Sewing: Your Step-by-Step Guide Review

This is a good book if you are an intermediate or intermediate seamstress looking for ways to make quality designer clothes at home. The photographs in this book are stunning and a great source of ideas. Power Sewing has a strong focus on simulating high quality clothing that will last a lifetime. Some tricks are good for everyday use, but in general if you want to follow their tricks and tips, be prepared to invest some time and money. Many of their offerings require the use of expensive…

This is a great resource for seamstresses of all levels who want to learn professional sewing techniques. Clearly written, well illustrated and carefully crafted, the book will spend many hours as your "mentor" on sewing projects. The language is simple and easy and care is taken to explain the technical terms. Along with some background on relationships and fabric choices, each chapter focuses on a specific piece of clothing—jackets, pants, vests, dresses, etc.—with step-by-step instructions…

One of the big problems I've always had with Betzina is that she generalizes to everyone else. In the world of SB, all women are shaped like pregnant magic wands and dress like eccentric old ladies. This book is no exception. A better title would be Sandra Betzina's Wacky Wardrobe, Step by Step. Here the emphasis is on creating specific items from their own closet rather than useful methods of creating a variety of clothing items. Appropriate advice is skewed towards her much-publicized theory…