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I was interested in this book as although I have used a sewing machine before, I don’t really know what I’m doing with one! I can thread one and sew a straight line, but that’s about it! I thought this book would be really interested to find out how a sewing machine worked!

When I first opened the book, bearing in mind that I was reading a digital copy, only part of the pictures loaded. This is obviously only a problem with the downloaded copy (I hope anyway!), but it did mean I wasn’t able to see any of the pictures, so can’t comment on the quality of the photos in the book.

The book gave good instructions for setting up the sewing machine, explaining what all the functions were and how to thread it. It also has a good explanation of sewing terminology, but bear in mind that this book is a US copy and some terminology may differ in the UK.

As the book moves on, there are different chapters for different functions and there are some projects to try for each one. The projects look interesting, but again they are written with US terminology so the pattern may have to be converted first.

I’m not sure if the book is aimed at a beginner level. Personally, looking through the book I think I would struggle to do some of the patterns as I don’t really understand some of the instructions, but it may suit someone with a little bit more experience better. I did think it would be more of a ‘sewing machine for dummies’ but it looks like it is more advanced than that.

A good book for someone who can already work their way around a sewing machine but wants more experience and understanding! Not so good for a complete beginner like me!