Hand Sewing Clothing: A Guide
Our hands have the power to make the clothes in which we live.
For those seeking a slower, gentler way to make clothes, this book will serve as a guide to sewing clothing by hand — without use of a sewing machine.
Learn the techniques needed to stitch sturdy, modern adult clothing by hand. Ponder the bigger picture with several contextual essays, and then settle in for storytime, as you read a set of stories about hand-sewn clothes.
Hand sewing clothing can be a radical act of slow fashion. Reclaim the democratic, accessible, ancient power of sewing that needs no machine.
I rarely have physical books available to offer these days, but you can buy a digital version in my Etsy shop:
"Hand Sewing Clothing: A Guide" is a 200-page how-to book. Featuring over 330 hand-drawn illustrations, dozens of techniques, plenty of tips and tricks, essays, and an index, this book is meant to be used. The digital PDF books are available now. Occasionally I also release batches of physical books, which are spiral-bound to ensure that the book will lie flat to any page. A previous version was hand-bound, but that format is no longer available.
This book is written, illustrated, and formatted by me, Louisa Owen Sonstroem, in Storrs, Connecticut, USA. The physical copies are printed and bound by Gulemo, Inc., in Willimantic, CT. Published in Jan. 2021.
© 2021 Louisa Owen Sonstroem. All rights reserved.
Spiral-bound specs: 8.5" x 6.13" x 0.88", 100% recycled coverstock cover, 30% recycled interior pages, spiral binding, acid free.
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(Retired) Hand-Bound Version
A previous version of “Hand Sewing Clothing: A Guide” was hand-bound, but this format is no longer available.
Hand-bound specs: 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.13", 100% recycled coverstock cover, 30% recycled interior pages, coptic bookbinding, acid free.