The Great School of Dressmaking | Learn to sew your own wardrobe with these fantastic books & FREE projects!
Feeling inspired by BBC's The Great British Sewing Bee? The sewing room is overflowing with talent this season and we just know that even as we watch the contestants stitch up a storm each week, there are even more sewers out there ready to take on the challenge!
Have you been motivated to get making? Excited to try your hand at patch pockets or pattern matching? Then we have everything you need to get yourself sewing bee ready or crafting that beautiful me-made wardrobe!
We have a great range of dressmaking books, including the popular Great British Sewing Bee companions and a whole host of free projects to suit all skill levels!
To help you on your sewing journey we're offering 25% OFF* all our dressmaking titles at www.searchpress.com until the final episode airs! Just use code DRESSNOW at checkout!
The Great British Sewing Bee Official Companions
Create. Customise. Wear it your way. Bring the joy, creativity, and expertise of The Great British Sewing Bee into your own home with this inspiring companions to the hit TV series! The passion in the sewing room is truly infectious, so why not bring some of that TV magic home!
The Great British Sewing Bee: Repair and Re-wear is the newest title in this long-running series and has just landed at Search Press. More than just a pattern book, it's packed with practical advice and step-by-step illustrations, Repair and Re-wear is your go-to resource for loving your clothes more and sewing with purpose.
The team over at the Half Yard Sewing Club, best-selling author Debbie Shore's online sewing club, have been lucky enough to snag a project from this fabulous series of books. Say hello to the Zero Waste Jacket!
The Beginner's Guide to Dressmaking
Start your dressmaking journey here. This complete course in dressmaking combines friendly, practical guidance with 8 colourful modern projects. If you've never sewn your own clothes before then this is the book for you!
All the basics are covered by sewing expert Julia Hincks: which tools and materials you need; how to take measurements; how to understand and alter a pattern; and how to prepare your fabric. Thorough instructions, clear step-by-step photography, full-size pattern sheets and a size chart on a handy fold-out flap make this the perfect learning aid.
As you work through the book, each project incorporates new and exciting techniques – from seams, hems and elastic casings to facings, understitching and different types of pockets – so you will pick up skills gradually, all while making your own beautiful handmade clothes. Choose from shorts or trousers, a simple elasticated skirt or a skirt with pockets, a vest, a top, a dress and a robe.
Full-size, colour-coded, pull-out patterns are included to get you started, graded in 13 sizes from UK 6–30 (US 2–26, EU 34–58).
Want to get started? Try making this gorgeous wrap skirt!
The Pattern-Free Wardrobe
A little daunted by traditional dressmaking patterns? Then grab a copy of The Pattern-Free Wardrobe, and create and customize your own stylish capsule wardrobe using your measurements instead!
Are dressmaking patterns essential for creating stylish and flattering clothes? No!
Can you create a range of impressive garments using just your own measurements and some simple techniques? Yes!
Popular designer and dressmaker Kimberley Hind takes you through everything you need to know to get started. Whether that's choosing the right fabrics for the look and finish you want, to accurately taking your body measurements so that your clothes fit in just the right way, Kimberley's friendly and no-nonsense attitude will get you started in no time... and with no need for dressmaking patterns!
Got scraps of your favourite dressmaking fabrics that you don't know what to to with? Kimberley has created, not one, not two, but THREE stashbusting projects, available below for FREE!
Click the image below to download the projects!
Dressmaking: The Easy Guide & Online Course
Create bespoke garments that fit and flatter; this best-selling book is your comprehensive guide to everything dressmaking!
In this informative book, expert tutor and dressmaker Helen Rhiannon explains how to create beautiful, customized dresses for every shape and size. Choose the exact size that fits and flatters you from a bespoke sizing chart that takes into account differences in body size across bust, waist and hips.
Trace off your pattern pieces, then create a sample (toile) in calico which you can then adapt to create the dress of your dreams, in your own choice of fabric.
Nothing is left unexplained and stunning images of the finished dresses are interspersed throughout the book to inspire your own finished pieces.
And don't forget the perfect companion to the book. Dressmaking: The Easy Guide Online Course!
This online sewing course is designed to cater to all levels, whether you are a beginner looking to start your sewing journey or an experienced maker aiming to refine your skills. By the end of these video-based lessons, you will feel empowered to create garments that fit your unique self and express your style through the clothes you make and wear.
Lifetime access to all this for just £99.
