With Home Decor Sewing 101, even you can create impressive window treatments, luxurious bed linens, decorator pillows, and other decor furnishings-and in just a few hours. Home Decor Sewing 101 makes it easy with a complete basics section, lots of tips, and 20 step-by-step projects illustrated with more than 300 close-up colour photographs. Each project introduces several new techniques and skills. For example, the versatile knife-edge pillow teaches how to set and press seams and sew perfect corners. A Reece throw in luscious sherbet colours demonstrates using a rotary cutter and mat, sewing raw-edged appliques, and cutting fringe. The learning is painless and fun, and the results are real decor items like a cushy floor pillow, an elegant banded tablecloth, a valance, a shower curtain, and a duvet cover. Many homeowners want to learn basic decor sewing because they're dissatisfied with the limited options offered by ready-made items but are shocked by the cost of custom ones. Luckily, sewing for the home is a great place to start, as there are no patterns, fitting, zippers, or sleeves.

Author Biography

The editors of Creative Publishing international have created more than 100 titles on sewing, crafting, and home decorating, including the best selling "Sewing 101" and "Quilting 101."