Front cover of Learn to Sew: Essential Skills to Start Making Clothes by Tilly Walnes, with sewing tools on a yellow background

Contents page from Learn to Sew: Essential Skills to Start Making Clothes by Tilly Walnes

Sewing machine with threading instructions on a yellow background

Page from a Learn to Sew book showing how to cut fabric using scissors and a rotary cutter.

Instructions on neatening seam allowances with text and images of fabric pieces.

Page from a Learn to Sew book showing instructions on inserting set-in sleeves with text and images of hands working on a sewing machine.

Instructions on flat-felled seams with text and photos.

Instructional page on attaching bias binding inside an edge with text and images of sewing process.

Page from a Learn to Sew book explaining how to construct a two-piece collar with diagrams and text.

Learn to Sew - Essential Skills to Start Making Clothes

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A must-have guide for budding sewists wanting to make clothes with confidence.

Learn to Sew provides all the sewing know-how you need to create the garments of your dreams. Perfect for beginner and developing stitchers, award-winning sewing author and pattern designer Tilly Walnes of Tilly and the Buttons demystifies the art of making clothes with refreshingly clear instructions, step-by-step photos, and her down-to-earth approach guiding you every step of the way.

Discover how to start using a sewing machine, choose the right fabric, work with sewing patterns, and construct clothing from scratch as Learn to Sew guides you through all the essential techniques, from structure to shaping, fastenings to finishes.

Learn to Sew will be your ultimate handbook to come back to again and again, whatever you choose to make.

Please note:
Some of the content in this book has been refreshed and updated from Love at First Stitch (2014).

Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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160 page book, 215 x 165 x 15mm (no patterns included)

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I have been really impressed by all the points covered in this book. Always something new to learn.

Thank you Tilly.

Hi Valerie, thank you so much for your lovely review! We’re so pleased you’re enjoying the book and still discovering new tips along the way. Happy sewing! Abi x

The go to guide for just about everything! Perfect for sewcials.

I have been sewing for over 10 years and still have to check things on my phone. I bought this book because I was carrying my Love at First Stitch Book with me to every social and I wanted something a bit small and conscise. Enter Tilly's Learn to Sew book, the guide to practically everything that doesnt need the internet or crash when you need it most.

Tillys clear, colour photographs and instructions are perfect to help anyone whether they are new to sewing or old hands. A great book, fits nicely into my Sewing Machine Trolley case.

Another great book, thank you Tilly!

Hi Lucy, thank you so much for your wonderful review. We’re so pleased the book has become your go-to guide and that it fits perfectly in your sewing trolley too! It means a lot that you find it helpful even after 10 years of sewing! Happy sewing! Abi x

Great reference book

I’ve already used it for sewing as a reference when I forgot how to insert a pocket. It directed me where I could get a free pattern too. I can see it being very useful for my sewing projects.

Hi Anu, thank you so much for your lovely review! We’re so glad you’re finding the book useful as a handy reference. Happy sewing! Abi x

Great book

Love this book, such a handy book to have, added to my collection of your books

Hi Karen, thank you so much for your kind words! We’re so pleased the book has found a place in your collection and that you’re enjoying it. Happy sewing! Abi x

Lots of helpful photos

I sew a lot but have already turned to this book for advice while making up a garment. It’s a great book and lots of photos to help. Congratulations Tilly x

Hi Angela, thanks for your amazing review! It's so great to hear that you are founding it usefult! Happy sewing! Virginija x

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