The Sewing Bible For Clothes Alterations: A Step-by-Step Practical Guide on How to Alter Clothes Hardcover – Big Book, 1 December 2014

Great book for alterations. Easy to follow instructions.

This book is an excellent resource book in alterations for sewists with some experience in making clothes. I find the book to be beautifully published, with a very clear and readable font and ink. The illustrations are drawn so you can actually see step by step what the process is for a particular technique. If you are at the sewing machine with this book by your side, you can turn and glance at the book and see from a distance the words and the illustrations. The pages are of a heavy weight paper so when you open this hardcover book the pages lay flat.The author uses clear and concise language, so easy to understand. I really appreciate the knowledge the author shared with us and learned many professional techniques to improve my alterations to avoid the “homemade” look.

As many other reviewers have said, this book needed to be edited. I know the author self-published, but having someone edit the book before publishing would have brought it up to five stars for me. Apart from that, lots of very useful information. It’s nice that the author decided to pass on her vast experience.

I’m still working through it but so far I am learning a lot.

easy to understand instructions and lots and lots of illustrations and drawings make it easy to understand and very user friendly for someone hesitant to undertake alterations