Suzannah Hamlin Stanley

nonfiction (sewing). This has lots of step-by-step photos and instructions for beginning sewists who are looking to alter or update their wardrobe (or their thrift finds). Suzannah gives a painstakingly thorough (you can tell she put in a ton of work for each tutorial) intro to supplies and alteration techniques in the first half, then shows simple (but versatile) ways to inject a bit of style into a piece of clothing you might be just a little tired of. I would've loved to see more inspiration photos, but overall this is the best book for beginners I've seen in a while.… (meer)