A lovely guide to drafting your own patters for creating the perfect fitting clothes. The book is well organized, with step by step instructions for creating patterns that fit your own unique body. A wide variety of body shapes are used to display and reinforce the author's purpose for this book, which is to help people create well fitting clothes from patterns created especially for them. The beautiful color photographs and the step by step guide for creating your very own set of pattern slopers will entice the reader to create many of the clothing pieces the author has included in this book.

Are you looking to make some of your own clothes? If so, then this is the book for you. This book teaches you to create clothes for your body and to love the body you are in. This is an awesome book that I will keep going back to year after year.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this book. I would definitely love to have a hardcopy for my library this is the kind of book that I would need to reference often. I will definitely need to take my time to follow the directions on making a sloper. I love how the author included other patterns for clothing based off of the slopers that you wanna make. I will be looking for a copy of this book when it is released

This was a very informative book with thorough instructions and tips on how to construct your own basic sewing patterns. I found the information to be quite extensive and the patterns used to practice the methods discussed were basic yet flattering. There were also lists of supplies needed and explanation for each step.
I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who would like to learn garment design. These garments can easily be modified to adjust the sleeve style, neckline or add other details to give each garment sewn your own style and signature. Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This book is everything I want to teach me the basics of sewing and I need to purchase it in a hard copy. I really wish I had this book earlier in life but I am not really excited to start sewing again!

Being in with love with sewing for the most part of my life, I could understand and relate to many things in this book.
The story of writer'screative journey was interesting.

This book is an excellent reference book for anyone who wants to try dressmaking. The projects are well thought out and the instructions very clear and concise. These are a simple set of patterns for a basic wardrobe. I liked the narrative, the author explains everything well and is easily understood by all.
My thanks to Netgalley, the publishers and author for an ARC of Sewing Love.

A handy book for those with an interest to sew their own clothes but have zip experience (pun intended).

Only thing is that none of the clothes give the wearer any shape O__O so meh

Thank you, Sasquatch Books, for the advance reading copy.

I love how organised and basic this guidebook is.

The quality of the pictures and the content is top-notch. I am thoroughly impressed. Presentation wise I am really satisfied.

Coming to the contents, the book has three sections which showcase the different clothes and styles on different people. The second section focuses on the sewing basics which is explained well with basic pictures and steps, which I feel is perfect even for the beginners.

I love the last section the most as it showcases different projects for tops, dresses, tunics, bottoms as well as outerwear. Sucha good collection we can choose from.

Get this book. You will get lots of ideas to create new and comfortable outfits.

This is a terrific guide to designing your own pattern slopers, or blocks, to your own measurements. It includes a selection of patterns with instructions for adapting to your blocks, which I think would be an excellent stepping stone towards designing your own patterns from scratch. Also I would wear almost every single garment included! I particularly liked the inclusion of a pants sloper, which I haven’t seen much in similar books. Lovely, personal tone and clear instructions.

This is a great introduction to clothing basics to sew. The patterns are easy and help you to learn sewing techniques as well as how to fill up your closet with clothing staples. Ishida includes her background as a sewist then outlines how to get started making your own clothing. She gives you detailed instructions on how to create your own pattern pieces based upon your own measurements. I really enjoyed the designs and look forward to taking advantage of her tips to make some easy fall, spring or summer clothing.

Making my own sewing patterns? For clothes that fit?

I was sceptical at first but this handy guide has shown me it is possible without breaking out a sweat.

The look book was very inspiring with it's rather minimalist designs.



NetGalley ARC provided by the publishers in exchange for an honest review.

Many of the authors reasons for why she hadn't starting sewing for her self earlier are the same for myself. I love that she has simplified it all down and made it very manageable. I might actually go and try sewing something for myself now. I also love the style of all the patterns included.

4.5 Stars!! Great book for anyone who is into sewing and wants to learn how to make their own patterns. Maybe not for absolute sewing beginners, such as myself, however I’ll definitely be looking at this book once I figure my sewing machine out. I’m sure I can make my own pattern after reading this book but I’d have no clue how to sew it. This is such an informative book with plenty of photos to follow along with. Definitely recommended.
*I received this at no charge & I voluntarily left this review.*

I received an advanced, electronic review copy of this book from the publisher, and here are my thoughts.

Well, frankly, this is sewing book I was hoping someone would write! I had only read a few paragraphs when I knew I would pre-ordering it, which I have done.

I am new to sewing and would like to learn how to sew FLATTERING clothing. To me, this means a few things, but mainly:

1) The item fits on my body properly, according to my measurements.
2) The item is in a style that looks attractive/enhances my particular bone structure and features.

As the purpose of this book is to be getting you to be able to draft your own clothing patterns so that you can make clothing that fits YOU perfectly, this book definitely addresses point No. 1.

Now, I would call the overall style of the clothing in this book "Casual Natural". And although not everyone looks their very best in this style, I think this is probably the most flexible style to begin with for beginning pattern drafting, because it is helpful to master more simple and forgiving clothing lines before you can do more intricate patterns. So, although for me personally "Casual Natural" is not the best look, it is a look that many women do look good in.

And, as I mentioned before, I have already pre-ordered a physical copy of this book, because I absolutely love the way Ms. Ishida writes and the way she approaches the lessons.

She shares her own sewing history, which has both failures and successes...and takes you by the hand and gets you OVER YOUR ISSUES and straight to your SEWING MACHINE.

Her encouragement is so important to me, because I am a procrastinator like she was.

And, did I already mentioned how well the lessons are put together? This book is a labour of love.

From the author's social media account, I also know that she invited people to test out her projects, so that gives me even more confidence that the instructions were carefully crafted to help get everyone over any sewing and pattern drafting hurdles they may have. Just like we wish the recipes in every cookbook are actually tested...well...no worries here. Deed done.

Thank you, Ms. Ishida, for writing such an amazing sewing book that will help revolutionise the way women sew and also help them to accept their bodies as they are. So many of us have been frustrated by the disappointing fit of ready-to-wear clothing, and purchased patterns don't always solve all fit issues because they are also a "standard" size. Women come in different shapes and sizes, and so should our clothing.

Brava!

An excellent book for anyone wanting to take their dressmaking to another level. It describes how to make and alter a pattern to your exact measurements with plenty of illustrations. Also some patterns to try out. Not for beginners but for anyone who wants to maybe make clothes for other people or increase their own skill levels.

Sanae Ishida's newest sewing book, Sewing Love, builds on her previous Sewing Happiness by teaching basic pattern drafting to help the reader make a sloper/muslin for torso, sleeve, and lower body. I really appreciate that she includes detailed instructions about how to take accurate body measurements, including a great trick for finding where your neck ends and your shoulder begins by using a necklace chain, which should naturally rest at the neck/shoulder point.

While this book seems like it would be a bit advanced for a truly beginner sewist, the encouraging tone and the clear step-by-step instructions should allow most amateurs to greatly increase their ability to sew garments that fit. The patterns and variations included are for rather simple garments, but the real benefit is in seeing how the construction happens and how to modify the existing patterns to create new garments or fix fit issues. These techniques can be applied to commercial patterns to truly expand your sewing horizons.

I received this book free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Beautiful, easy to follow instructions on how to create your own slopers and use them to create some basic pieces.
Ishida uses terms and descriptions that I easily followed (I’ve been sewing a little off and on for years but usually mending or basic stitches. Occasionally following a pattern or tutorial.)
The diagrams and photos really helped explain the sloper concept and made it seem much less intimidating! (I haven’t made them yet but will update my review when I do).
I’m hoping she’ll make another book expanding on how to adapt slopers to create pieces that I dream up or want to recreate from photos.

This is a great book and you can tell the thought and care that was put into it. Definitely recommend for people who love sewing! It does definitely require a bit of knowledge already about sewing in general and might lean more towards people wanting to create their own patterns or edit existing patterns.

A very informative sewing book. There's a delightful introduction in which Sanae Ishida talks about her dressmaking journey and how it helped her to grow to love her body. The book has instructions on how to self-draft a pattern to suit your own body shape. A detailed explanation of how to transfer your measurements into a working pattern piece is given. There are a number of designs in the book for wardrobe staples; dresses, blouses, trousers and even coats and jackets. No patterns are supplied with the book, the idea is that you use your self-drafted pattern pieces to customise your outfits to your body. A gallery of photos of non-standard size models wearing each of the designs shows the versatility of the patterns.
I found the introduction about understanding and accepting your body shape very inspiring. The patterns were not really to my taste, a little too shapeless, but the idea of being able to take your basic body pattern and derive a variety of garments was interesting to study. Although there were some line illustrations to accompany the instructions, I would have preferred to have seen photos. The lack of photos was a disappointment in an otherwise very instructive and informative book.