@@TheDailySew Why is it so hard to find sewing books for couture time tested (timelessly elegant) patterns? Instead of reinventing the wheel over and over.
@@JennaHasm Because they can't sell you something you already have? But if they keep publishing pattern books whose patterns follow fads, or just look like a box, then you'll want to buy the next book (and like me, hoping it's worth it).
Thanks for the recs! I really liked that you showed us your shelves, even if you didn't specifically mention a title, it was fun getting to know what more was written about a theme.
I don't know if you remember the crazy clothes I'd come into school with, but I claimed the design, but my poor Mom was the one who did all the sewing. She dragged me to the fabric store as a kid all the time (to pick out patterns). I figured it was a kind of payback. I can't remember if she had any books or just learned on the fly. Nice memories. Thanks!
I don't remember specific clothing items but I do remember you stood out to me as someone I needed to know ;-) I loved going to the fabric store with my mom. Flipping through the big pattern books or just touching all the fabric - I was thrilled to do either. My mom made a lot of my clothes when I was in high school too. I figured out I could get 2x as many clothes from my clothing budget if I got my mom to make them instead of going to the stores. Lucky for me she sewed.
@@TheDailySewI had a killer jumpsuit with the zipper located on the right pec to the right knee. I kept it for years until it decayed. My mom and I learned that you could move the gusset manually. Horrible work, but at least I could sit down. I also had a doctors style jacket, but her contribution was soft clothes. Comfy hard core?
Thank you So much! I have one of your books & Love a great reference book. Do you enjoy the old sewing books from the 40s & 50s that had recommendations on repurposing clothing-cutting pieces from a worn out men’s coat to make a child’s, for instance? My grandmother gave me the book her mom gave her as a young wife in 1949: Better Dressmaking by Ruth Wyeth Spears. The hand drawn illustrations are great, as is the thrift it encourages.
ok, you know I'm now going to hunt for a copy of that book, right? That sounds so interesting and, once again, current. I do have a few sewing books from the 1920s. One is for young girls. They have the reader practice stitches while making doll clothes 😉 Thank you for the book recommendation and thanks for watching the video
This is a great insight into what works for you with your collection. I have lots of sewing and pattern drafting books. You have given me a good list of books to seek out and read up on. I do a lot of pattern-drafting from ready-made garments. Sometimes the sewing skills are hard to reverse engineer without taking the garment apart. So, I am looking for some more advanced sewing books to help me along. I also wanted to share that I started keeping my fabric swatches in a book with a complete definition of the fabric content, fabric designer, and where I purchased it. This has been a wonderful way to learn about fabrics available to me and it has helped me to get a cohesive wardrobe. I choose fabrics that fit into my color scheme and usually make two or three garments that go together using the same fabric. I love what you say about touching a fabric, there is no better way to know whether it will work for a particular sewing project design. I now find most of my fabrics online, so, I don't get to feel them and that has led me to make some huge fabric mistake choices. Or so you would think. But I have managed to find uses for fabrics that seemed like a mistake or were wrong for my original idea. I have already put in a request for two of your books at my local library. This a wonderful video. Thanks so much.
I'm glad you liked the video. I really like your fabric swatch book idea. I need some help with sewing pieces that go with other pieces and end up wearing every me-made top with Jeans and every me-made skirt with t-shirts (Now, I have made a couple t-shirts ;-) The other thing you brought up - making a few things using the same fabric - is a great idea and something I have thought of after I ordered and received the 2yards of whatever I bought. I need to remember when I place the order to get enough yardage for 2 garments or 1 garment and a scarf especially solids 9As I tend to but prints and then nothing goes with anything. Thanks for your comment. I hope you get something out of the books you're checking out.
@@TheDailySew The nice thing about the swatches is that I know where I got the fabric and what it is called, so I can order more if I find additional ideas for the fabric. I made culottes, two tops and a vest out a fabric I thought was not worthy of making anything with. I did order more once I realized what I could make from it. And I am making a jean style jacket to go with another pair of culottes and a pair of cargo pants that all are cut from the same loden green linen. I found more of that fabric on Etsy. I got lucky. I have plans to make another button up blouse from that fabric. That green is a great easy color to mix and match. It does make sewing a lot of more fun. And I do have a lot of extra fabric in my stash. But that serves me instead of crashing my sewing flow. If you know what I mean. I copy my ready to wear a lot because patterns just don't offer the same fit and even if they are the same style I fight with the fit a lot to even get the style from them. I can't wait for the new books to get to the library. I had to order all of them.
@@jeannetteantry1086 oh - thanks for the details. Yes, you said you write all that down, so of course you could go back and buy more later if you want 🤦♀ I really think I would benefit from copying you and making a swatch book. Plus I've been wanting to keep track of how much my clothes cost and how long they last. Writing down what I made with the fabric and when would do the trick for me me-mades. I've been copying my clothes more and more over using patterns. I even taught my local sewing group the basics of how to do this. My most recent copy was of some pricey lace underwear. I'm making them in cotton jersey though and am excited to get the fit and style and fabric I want - and made without forced labor ;-) I think copying clothes really is worth the time because unlike a pattern, you already know how it fits and that you like wearing that style- plus you can change things a bit if you want.
What a treat! I learned to sew in the 70’s in 7th grade with my mom. Those patterns were great. I will definitely try some of the fitting books, I think fit issues is why I don’t sew as much now. My bible was the Readers Digest Complete Guide along with some old vintage 60’s manuals. Thanks!
I totally remember that Readers Digest sewing book. Everyone had it. 😄 I'm finding that the vintage patterns fit better to begin with. I'm in the middle of making a winter coat from a 1973 Simplicity pattern. I made the muslin and had only one small adjustment to make - I took it as a giant win! Thanks for watching the video
Thanks so much! My mum's got a couple of these books which is amazing but there were so many books on your list that I hadn't heard of :) Can't wait to track them down!
I'll send your link to Don McCunn. His new book is great!
Thank you for including Claire Shaeffer's Fabric Sewing Guide.
It truly is a well used and dependable resource. I have many Claire Shaeffer's Books - They all great.
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Why is it so hard to find sewing books for couture time tested (timelessly elegant) patterns? Instead of reinventing the wheel over and over.
@@JennaHasm Because they can't sell you something you already have? But if they keep publishing pattern books whose patterns follow fads, or just look like a box, then you'll want to buy the next book (and like me, hoping it's worth it).
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@@TheDailySew Can you sell or affiliate link to patterns/books for advanced designs?
I'm the first in line to pay, if you do.
Thanks for the recs! I really liked that you showed us your shelves, even if you didn't specifically mention a title, it was fun getting to know what more was written about a theme.
I have to smile here because I am always pausing people's videos to read what books are on their shelves, even when they aren't talking about books. 😀
Ive got the same vogue book
😃I use that book all the time
I don't know if you remember the crazy clothes I'd come into school with, but I claimed the design, but my poor Mom was the one who did all the sewing. She dragged me to the fabric store as a kid all the time (to pick out patterns). I figured it was a kind of payback. I can't remember if she had any books or just learned on the fly. Nice memories. Thanks!
I don't remember specific clothing items but I do remember you stood out to me as someone I needed to know ;-) I loved going to the fabric store with my mom. Flipping through the big pattern books or just touching all the fabric - I was thrilled to do either. My mom made a lot of my clothes when I was in high school too. I figured out I could get 2x as many clothes from my clothing budget if I got my mom to make them instead of going to the stores. Lucky for me she sewed.
@@TheDailySewI had a killer jumpsuit with the zipper located on the right pec to the right knee. I kept it for years until it decayed. My mom and I learned that you could move the gusset manually. Horrible work, but at least I could sit down. I also had a doctors style jacket, but her contribution was soft clothes. Comfy hard core?
Excellent! Thanks!
you're welcome! maybe next time, a review of my embroidery books ;-)
Thank you So much! I have one of your books & Love a great reference book. Do you enjoy the old sewing books from the 40s & 50s that had recommendations on repurposing clothing-cutting pieces from a worn out men’s coat to make a child’s, for instance? My grandmother gave me the book her mom gave her as a young wife in 1949: Better Dressmaking by Ruth Wyeth Spears. The hand drawn illustrations are great, as is the thrift it encourages.
ok, you know I'm now going to hunt for a copy of that book, right? That sounds so interesting and, once again, current. I do have a few sewing books from the 1920s. One is for young girls. They have the reader practice stitches while making doll clothes 😉 Thank you for the book recommendation and thanks for watching the video
This is a great insight into what works for you with your collection. I have lots of sewing and pattern drafting books. You have given me a good list of books to seek out and read up on. I do a lot of pattern-drafting from ready-made garments. Sometimes the sewing skills are hard to reverse engineer without taking the garment apart. So, I am looking for some more advanced sewing books to help me along.
I also wanted to share that I started keeping my fabric swatches in a book with a complete definition of the fabric content, fabric designer, and where I purchased it. This has been a wonderful way to learn about fabrics available to me and it has helped me to get a cohesive wardrobe. I choose fabrics that fit into my color scheme and usually make two or three garments that go together using the same fabric.
I love what you say about touching a fabric, there is no better way to know whether it will work for a particular sewing project design.
I now find most of my fabrics online, so, I don't get to feel them and that has led me to make some huge fabric mistake choices. Or so you would think. But I have managed to find uses for fabrics that seemed like a mistake or were wrong for my original idea.
I have already put in a request for two of your books at my local library. This a wonderful video. Thanks so much.
I'm glad you liked the video. I really like your fabric swatch book idea. I need some help with sewing pieces that go with other pieces and end up wearing every me-made top with Jeans and every me-made skirt with t-shirts (Now, I have made a couple t-shirts ;-) The other thing you brought up - making a few things using the same fabric - is a great idea and something I have thought of after I ordered and received the 2yards of whatever I bought. I need to remember when I place the order to get enough yardage for 2 garments or 1 garment and a scarf especially solids 9As I tend to but prints and then nothing goes with anything.
Thanks for your comment. I hope you get something out of the books you're checking out.
@@TheDailySew The nice thing about the swatches is that I know where I got the fabric and what it is called, so I can order more if I find additional ideas for the fabric.
I made culottes, two tops and a vest out a fabric I thought was not worthy of making anything with. I did order more once I realized what I could make from it. And I am making a jean style jacket to go with another pair of culottes and a pair of cargo pants that all are cut from the same loden green linen.
I found more of that fabric on Etsy. I got lucky. I have plans to make another button up blouse from that fabric. That green is a great easy color to mix and match.
It does make sewing a lot of more fun. And I do have a lot of extra fabric in my stash. But that serves me instead of crashing my sewing flow. If you know what I mean.
I copy my ready to wear a lot because patterns just don't offer the same fit and even if they are the same style I fight with the fit a lot to even get the style from them.
I can't wait for the new books to get to the library. I had to order all of them.
@@jeannetteantry1086 oh - thanks for the details. Yes, you said you write all that down, so of course you could go back and buy more later if you want 🤦♀ I really think I would benefit from copying you and making a swatch book. Plus I've been wanting to keep track of how much my clothes cost and how long they last. Writing down what I made with the fabric and when would do the trick for me me-mades.
I've been copying my clothes more and more over using patterns. I even taught my local sewing group the basics of how to do this. My most recent copy was of some pricey lace underwear. I'm making them in cotton jersey though and am excited to get the fit and style and fabric I want - and made without forced labor ;-) I think copying clothes really is worth the time because unlike a pattern, you already know how it fits and that you like wearing that style- plus you can change things a bit if you want.
What a treat! I learned to sew in the 70’s in 7th grade with my mom. Those patterns were great. I will definitely try some of the fitting books, I think fit issues is why I don’t sew as much now.
My bible was the Readers Digest Complete Guide along with some old vintage 60’s manuals.
Thanks!
I totally remember that Readers Digest sewing book. Everyone had it. 😄 I'm finding that the vintage patterns fit better to begin with. I'm in the middle of making a winter coat from a 1973 Simplicity pattern. I made the muslin and had only one small adjustment to make - I took it as a giant win! Thanks for watching the video
Thanks so much! My mum's got a couple of these books which is amazing but there were so many books on your list that I hadn't heard of :) Can't wait to track them down!
I have a really nice used bookstore where I live and have found more than a few of my sewing books there. Happy Hunting
Thanks for the great suggestions!
glad you enjoyed them. I hope there's a book here you really like
Great review! I really enjoyed it. I just subscribed to your newsletter.
thank you!