All New Fabric Savvy: How to Choose & Use Fabrics

I have found this book to be very useful, particularly for washing and pressing information. I also use the needle recommendations.

What a great book. I have not been sewing for very long. The types of fabrics, presser feet, stitches lengths, and much more, are exactly what I was looking for. Very simply written making the contents very easy to read and understand.

After reading this book, I’m no longer intimidated to try sewing with some of the fancier fabrics such as Sequined fabrics, sheer, beaded, furry, etc.The book explains what needles to use, presser foot, etc w/each type of material. Has great pictures & easy to understand. It’s a must have book for beginners & experienced sewers.

There are so many fabrics to choose from these days, and it is important to understand their characteristics when planning a sewing project. Especially, you want to know the needle size and type of thread to use. This book has much of the necessary information and is nice to have in a Kindle format, so that you can refer to it while you are out fabric shopping.Some of the newest fabrics aren’t included, and the book needs to be updated.

I like to sew, but have stuck closely to fabrics that I am familiar with because, well, I am familiar with them -- how they drape, how easy they are to cut out (or not), and how to care for them. Sticking with just familiar fabrics is limiting, but venturing out into a new (expensive!) fabric can be daunting. This book has helped encourage me to try new fabrics. She gives clear descriptions of how the fabric behaves, how to clean it, what projects it is particularly good for, and what to avoid. She also talks about notions and tools that will help you to be more successful with some of the more challenging fabrics. Definitely a keeper on my reference shelf.

I have always wanted this book, but never knew that I actually needed it. Fabric Savvy has all the information that a sewist need for learning not only about the fabric facts and suitable for, with sewing tips, but also how to care for/preshrink, what pressure foot needle, thread, and interfacing to use, seam finish etc.. to name a FEW. This is a fabric encyclopedia.

Love this book! I learned so much about all the different types of fabric, and understand the pros-cons for each fabric depending on what I'm using it for. Helps me select the correct fabrics for my projects. Excellent for my sewing library!

This book is great, it shows you so many new fabrics, how to wash, care for, and what needles to use. Great addition to my sewing library.