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The Handsewn Wardrobe

A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Clothes from Patternmaking to the Finishing Stitches

by Louisa Owen Sonstroem

Discover the slow, quiet joy of sewing clothes by hand in this one-of-kind guide. 



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 craft with gentle encouragement and guidance. Sewists of all experience levels will learn how to: 



   ·Draft a pattern to fit custom measurements. 

   ·Select and cut fabric.

   ·Construct each garment without using a sewing machine. 
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Pages:

344

Published:

7 Aug 2025

Format

Hardback

Publisher

Storey Publishing

ISBN:

9781635866261

Discover the slow, quiet joy of sewing clothes by hand in this one-of-kind guide. 

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 craft with gentle encouragement and guidance. Sewists of all experience levels will learn how to: 

   ·Draft a pattern to fit custom measurements. 

   ·Select and cut fabric.

   ·Construct each garment without using a sewing machine. 
$70.00