Handwoven Designing to Weave & Sew - eBook Printed Copy

Now there's a comprehensive manual for sewing with handwovens. Written by the brilliant hand weaver and seamstress Jean Scorgie, this booklet is a rich resource for all the sewing techniques you need to make couture garments from your handwoven cloth. You'll love our exclusive print edition. Take it anywhere, untethered.

You'll discover:

• How to choose the right weave structure, yarns, setts, and draft for a specific garment
• How to cut out the pattern pieces, matching and placing stripes and plaids and securing edges
• How to reduce bulk in seams and hems
• How to finish, line, and embellish the final garment.

There are detailed instructions for each step with clear hand-drawn illustrations by Jean for each one. You'll learn which techniques work best with which types of fabric, from fine silks and linens to heavier fabrics in bulky wools and novelty yarns. The information and techniques are timeless and never more clearly explained. 

All of Halcyon Yarn's ebooks, are printed in full color on acid-free coated stock, saddle-stitched and ready for immediate browsing and convenient posting next to your loom.