It arrived! It arrived! You need to get this book!

Hi there!  Yesterday, 12/26/12, my brand new Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing arrived!  Yay!  I'm so happy!  This truly is one of the best and most informative books on sewing I've read in many many years!  So dear readers I urge you, buy Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing!  Not only are Gretchen's patterns really fabulous, but the instructions she gives you on how to complete each look and each pattern are very well written, clear and to the point!  She shows you how to do so many different sewing skills that have either fallen by the wayside or else the skills are just not being taught any more and they should be!

Get this book:  Click on the box below where you see "Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing".  You'll be glad you did!  Thank you.

Patterns from the Past and Gertie's New Book

Hi there!  Today I'd like to talk about a great site, Patterns from the Past:  Click here  I was reminded of this website by Mrs. Depew's blog:  Click here.  What's great about Patterns from the Past is that Michelle is having a big sale and also a $50 giveaway!  Why don't you pop on over to Patterns from the Past and pick out your favorite pattern and post it on Mrs. Depew's blog?  You might win! 

Next I want to talk about Gertie's New Book for Sewing by Gretchen Hirsch.  Just click on the amazon button - please! 

I have a fair number of sewing books scattered around the house from various, different authors, but no book has excited me more in recent times than this one!  I have ordered it and I am anxiously awaiting it's arrival.

Although Gertie's main focus is on patterns and sewing methods used in the 1950's, it is a great reference for those interested in sewing better, couture sewing, or making fabulous clothing from the past!  You won't be sorry with this book!  It is hard, spiral-bound so you can open it up near your sewing machine or sewing area and follow along.  She references the techniques she is using to create specific, (absolutely gorgeous), fashions by page number so say if you wanted to create a bound button hole, she would tell you to go to the page where this technique is explained.  Her explanations are terrific and fully illustrated!  Even a beginner like me is left anxious to try them!  She also includes a number of patterns right in the book in the folder so you can pull out the specific pattern you want to make, place it on your table, trace it and voila - a custom made pattern just for you!  She shows how to alter patterns to fit and so many other skills and techniques too numerous to mention here.  If you have no other sewing book, I highly, HIGHLY recommend you get, "Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing."  Click on the amazon button above please.  Also have a look at Gretchen's blog here.

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