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List Price: $18.95
Best Price: $2.00 (new), $1.62 (used)
Availability: New (33), Used (27)
Author: Isabella Forbes
ISBN: 0762102438
Number of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2000-02-07
Publisher: Readers Digest
Release Date: 2000-01-10

Customer Review

Afraid I'm Not That Good With Illustrations
by Customer A1V68CETC0BXV7 at November 24th, 2006
I bought four books in my quest to learn to properly sew curtains and drapes. I have been sewing since girlhood, but simple curtains and throw pillows are the farthest I've gotten into home decorating sewing. (I'm a grandma now).

This book only got 2 stars because of the lack of photos, not of finished window treatments, but of projects in the making. I find the illustrations not too good and in most cases too difficult to follow. Guess what? That leaves a person having to figure it out on her own - guess I could have done that without the book!

In fairness to the author, this book did have something the others did not. This book has fairly extensive sections on fabrics, types, colors, usages, care, colors. Also, the back has yardage calculator charts which no other book has. Unfortunately, I would not buy this book just for that.

I think if this book were to be published with photos instead of difficult to follow illustrations, it would be a must-have for my sewing library. As it is, I cannot recommend it.

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