The Tailoring Book: Measuring. Cutting. Fitting. Altering. Finishing (Ultimate Craft Guides)

When I opened the book to browse, I couldn't put it down. The book is full of instructions on how to do so many things. Great illustrations, easy to understand. I wish I had this book long before now. I recommend this book to anyone who sews and wants to learn more.

Fantastic for learning about tailoring. My mother taught me how to sew. She was a professional seamstress. But tailoring was beyond my ability. This manual made it so easy to “tailor” my ability. Kudos for making the instructions easy and for the diagrams/illustrations.

High-quality book. However, I didn’t notice a couple small mistakes. It seems that other people in the review section have also noticed it doesn’t seem to be anything too detrimental, though, and as long as you learn what they’re teaching you, you should be able to spot it and fix it.

It's like the Reader's Digest sewing book for the 21st century. A good reference for basic sewing techniques.

Add this book to your collection if you are a sewist and enjoy reading about the finer skills of sewing (much like a cook or baker who enjoys reading a cookbook). The content is quite elucidating and an easy read. My only critique? The book’s binding could have been of a better quality.

A must have for anyone wanting to start making and altering clothes. I love this book as someone who appreciates a more conventional business style clothing look such as wearing vests, fitted blouses, wide leg trousers, etc. I thought it was going to be more alteration heavy but it was more about making business style clothes just for anyone who might have thought that.

Nicely bound heavy paper, lots of illustrations and photos. Well organized, starting with the basics. Builds skills through sewing the included PDF patterns. Alison Smith is a wonderful instructor and the reason I purchased this book. I will use it as a reference book for complicated design elements like welt pockets and linings.

Lots of good sewing information. Pictures with instructions for sewing garments. Good reference book.

I have been sewing garments for many years & found that the intricacies of detail sewing and finishing is explained very well in this book. Recommend it for all sewers regardless of skill level.

Not for a beginner, as much to follow with set drafts.. You must know terminology as you go along and a must to practice each of the ways described, to be perfect on techniques, well illustrated, step wise.

Great resource for learning how to tailor garments and patterns to your measurements. I love that the book comes with downloadable patterns that can be used for practice. The pattern resources that come with the book are actually really nice. The first part of the book focusses on basics. I would recommend this book for anyone from a beginner.

Super detailliert und hilfreich

This is a great addition to my sewing book library. It is so comprehensive as to be suitable for sewers of all capabilities. It begins by showing some of the basic requirements and finishes with patterns (downloadable) for a self-sewn wardrobe. As it is published by Dorian Kindersley the photographs are clear and self-explanatory.