How To Start Sewing

Introducing the ePub version of our popular sewing book How To Start Sewing. This edition features all the content from our print edition including 630 pages of content and over 1000 images. This is a sewing book designed to suit different types of sewers who are at various stages of learning and who like to learn new skills in different ways for professional results.


If you are an absolute beginner, or fashion design student preparing to go into the industry, this is like a sewing course in a book. Work your way through the exercises and learn about the how and why of sewing for garment construction with step-by-step exercises that have matching patterns. Visit the Assembil website to access the patterns that you can print at home.


If you are a more experienced sewer then this is designed to be your ultimate reference book for versatile sewing techniques. Refresh your memory on a technique you haven’t used in a while, troubleshoot problems with sewing machines and overlockers, or adapt the pattern of a sewing technique from the book to create your own spin on tried and tested garment details.