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Allen, Helen. Beginner's guide to sewing & knitting / Helen Allen. Illustrated by Diana McLean. Designed by Graham Round, Kim Blundell and Pica Design. - London : Usborne, 1979.
64 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - (Beginner's guides ) Content notes : Starting off -- First stitches -- More stitches -- Fabrics -- Cutting out -- A bag to make -- Setting up a sewing machine -- Sewing by machine -- Seams and turnings -- How to make a wall bag -- Buttons, hooks and press studs -- How to put in a zip -- Binding edges -- Gathering and elastic -- Dressmaking 1 -- Dressmaking 2 -- How to turn up hems -- Different kinds of fabrics -- How to do appliqué -- Patchwork -- Things to make with patchwork -- Embroidery -- Embroidery stitches -- Designs to embroider -- How to knit -- Stripy scarf to knit -- Leg-warmers to knit -- Sewing machine faults -- Sewing words. 0860203115 9780860203117 * Sewing. Knitting. Sewing - Juvenile literature. Knitting - Juvenile literature. * Series