The Handsewn Wardrobe
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Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, this hand-sewing course-in-a-book shows you how to create nine wardrobe staples, including a t-shirt, button-up, and jeans, using simple hand-sewing and hand-stitching techniques. Author Louisa Owen Sonstroem shares her sustainable, empowering, and portable...
Published By Storey Publishing, LLC
Format Hardback
Category
Number Of Pages 344
Publication Date 08/05/2025
ISBN 9781635866261
Dimensions 8.3 inches x 10.3 inches
The absolute best thing about making something yourself is the feeling of power and accomplishment you get, knowing this beautiful, useful thing you’ve made came from your own two hands. With The Handsewn Wardrobe you’ll develop the skills and the confidence to make one of our most basic essentials, clothing, from scratch. Celebrate the artistry and satisfaction of making clothing that’s not just wearable, but meaningful and enduring.—Abby Glassenberg, Co-founder and President, Craft Industry Alliance
Louisa’s gentle encouragement and easy-to-follow, thorough instructions will empower sewists of all levels to slow down and experience the satisfaction of creating a handmade garment.—Nina and Sonya Montenegro, author-illustrators of Mending Life and founders of The Far Woods
As someone who is already aboard the hand-sewing train, I am thrilled that The Handsewn Wardrobe now exists to inform those who seek the skills to sew clothes any time and place! Let us not be tethered to our sewing machines!—Cal Patch, author of Design-It-Yourself Clothes