The Handsewn Wardrobe - A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Clothes From Patternmaking to

Discover the slow, quiet joy of sewing clothes by hand in this one-of-kind guide. 

Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, this hand-sewing course-in-a-book shows you how to create nine wardrobe staples, including a t-shirt, button-up, and jeans, using simple hand-sewing and hand-stitching techniques. Author Louisa Owen Sonstroem shares her sustainable, empowering, and portable craft with gentle encouragement and guidance. Sewists of all experience levels will learn how to: 

   ·Draft a pattern to fit custom measurements. 
   ·Select and cut fabric.
   ·Construct each garment without using a sewing machine. 

About the author

Louisa Owen Sonstroem studied design and patternmaking at Fashion Institute of Technology. She works in technical design and patternmaking, most recently for Eileen Fisher and Macy's. Louisa teaches hand sewing and patternmaking classes. She also started Patternmaking in Public Places (PIPP), an outreach project to democratize access to patternmaking skills. Louisa lives in Connecticut with her family, in a house filled with board books, dog beds, and lots of fabric.

Summary

A comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to creating a custom capsule wardrobe, featuring in-depth, step-by-step instructions for hand-sewing nine pieces of clothing (no sewing machine required).

Product details

• Authors: Louisa Owen Sonstroem
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 14.10.2025
• EAN: 9781635866261
• ISBN: 978-1-63586-626-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Fashion & style guides, Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Fashion, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Sewing, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Reference, Needlework & fabric crafts, Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts, Sewing, Fashion and style guides