All New Fabric Savvy: How to Choose & Use Fabrics Paperback – August 8, 2017

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.

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.

I wanted this book to help me learn about different types of fabrics and in that respect it has not disappointed. My only issue is that several of the pages were stuck together and ripped a bit when I tried to separate them.This book gives guidance for how to treat and handle the different types, what presser foot works best, even the types of stitches. It gives guidance as well on what each fabric can be used to make.Of course it doesn't replace handfeel but everyone seems to have a full colour photo which is helpful.I'm happy that I bought it.

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.

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.

The book is wonderful! It covers most, if not all, the fabrics. What the different fabrics are used for, which needle to use, sewing tips, which type of thread to use, etc. This is now one of my major go to books for sewing. Excellent reference book.

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!