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The Beginner's Guide to Machine Sewing

Easy techniques and 8 fun projects

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8"W x 10-1/4"H | 13 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Sep 15, 2026 | 120 Pages | 9781800923799

The essential beginner's guide to machine sewing, with all key techniques shown step-by-step, and 8 simple-but-stunning projects to get you started.

This is a fully illustrated, must-have guide, carefully structured to get you sewing straight away!


In this complete course, ideal for absolute beginners, sewing expert Debbie von Grabler-Crozier covers everything you need to get started:
  • understanding fabrics
  • essential tools and materials
  • how to sew your first stitches on a machine
  • how to use a pattern template
  • how to add a zip, and much more.

You'll build up your skills project by project, learning new techniques as you go, and create 8 gorgeous, practical items that you'll use time and time again. 
  • An essential guide to machine sewing, which takes you from your very first stitches to techniques such as inserting a zip, free-motion embroidery and adding slip pockets.
  • Learn techniques as you make, so you can put your newly learnt skills into practice.
  • 8 stunning projects to make: table mat, trinket tray, reversible bowl cover, oven gloves, laptop sleeve, storage cube, zipped pillow cover and mini tote bag.
  • Clear step-by-step photographs and instructions for all the techniques and projects, with helpful tips and jargon busters from Debbie throughout.
  • All necessary templates included at full size.
Whether you're learning to sew on a machine for the first time, or wanting to revisit the basics, this accessible, no-fuss course will get you sewing straight away.
© Search Press
Debbie has been involved in writing and the craft world for pretty much all of her life but in 1997 she made it into a profession. Now, besides regularly designing projects and writing columns for magazines and websites such as Love Patchwork & Quilting, Love Sewing, AllFreeSewing and FaveQuilts, she runs her popular blog where she shares her designs for sewing and quilts as well as papercraft, scrapbooking, card making, beading, jewellery and mixed media projects. Her first sewing book with Search Press, The Bag Boutique, was a global success, and she has since written two more books with Search Press – Love to Sew: Lagom-style Accessories and Learn to Sew in 30 Minutes: Machine Sewing. Debbie lives in Lower Saxony, Germany.
For inspiration – crafting and more – visit her blog: thefolkartfactory.com
Visit Debbie's online pattern shop, TheFolkArtFactory, via etsy.com View titles by Debbie Von Grabler-Crozier
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About

The essential beginner's guide to machine sewing, with all key techniques shown step-by-step, and 8 simple-but-stunning projects to get you started.

This is a fully illustrated, must-have guide, carefully structured to get you sewing straight away!


In this complete course, ideal for absolute beginners, sewing expert Debbie von Grabler-Crozier covers everything you need to get started:
  • understanding fabrics
  • essential tools and materials
  • how to sew your first stitches on a machine
  • how to use a pattern template
  • how to add a zip, and much more.

You'll build up your skills project by project, learning new techniques as you go, and create 8 gorgeous, practical items that you'll use time and time again. 
  • An essential guide to machine sewing, which takes you from your very first stitches to techniques such as inserting a zip, free-motion embroidery and adding slip pockets.
  • Learn techniques as you make, so you can put your newly learnt skills into practice.
  • 8 stunning projects to make: table mat, trinket tray, reversible bowl cover, oven gloves, laptop sleeve, storage cube, zipped pillow cover and mini tote bag.
  • Clear step-by-step photographs and instructions for all the techniques and projects, with helpful tips and jargon busters from Debbie throughout.
  • All necessary templates included at full size.
Whether you're learning to sew on a machine for the first time, or wanting to revisit the basics, this accessible, no-fuss course will get you sewing straight away.

Creators

© Search Press
Debbie has been involved in writing and the craft world for pretty much all of her life but in 1997 she made it into a profession. Now, besides regularly designing projects and writing columns for magazines and websites such as Love Patchwork & Quilting, Love Sewing, AllFreeSewing and FaveQuilts, she runs her popular blog where she shares her designs for sewing and quilts as well as papercraft, scrapbooking, card making, beading, jewellery and mixed media projects. Her first sewing book with Search Press, The Bag Boutique, was a global success, and she has since written two more books with Search Press – Love to Sew: Lagom-style Accessories and Learn to Sew in 30 Minutes: Machine Sewing. Debbie lives in Lower Saxony, Germany.
For inspiration – crafting and more – visit her blog: thefolkartfactory.com
Visit Debbie's online pattern shop, TheFolkArtFactory, via etsy.com View titles by Debbie Von Grabler-Crozier
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