Sewing: Just What You Need by Marie-Noelle Bayard

Stylish and super-practical, this introduction to sewing covers the key skills you need: sewing buttons, repairing clothes, making alterations and mastering needle and thread. Whether you need to fix a button, let out trousers or cut fabric from a pattern, this handy guide breaks everything down so you can build confidence one skill at a time.

Learn to understand your sewing machine's controls, measure and check fit, adjust garments and patterns, master hand and machine stitches, sew pleats, hems, buttonholes and add pockets.