500 Sewing Techniques, Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

Your encyclopedic guide to all the hacks and tips stitchers need at their fingertips!

500 Sewing Techniques, Tips, Tricks, and Hacks is designed as a true problem-solving reference for sewists who want answers fast. Every tip in this book is fully illustrated, making it easy to understand techniques at a glance and apply them immediately at the machine or cutting table. This guide focuses on the skills and fixes sewers and quilters reach for again and again, from improving accuracy and efficiency to solving common construction challenges without trial and error.

Drawing on more than 20 years of sewing and quilting experience, Ashley Hough shares the kind of hard-earned knowledge that usually comes only with time. The book covers both machine and hand sewing, including seam finishes, garment construction techniques, smocking, tools and notions, fabrics, needles, thread, and specialized sewing machine feet. Organized by topic for quick reference, it is equally useful for beginners building confidence and experienced sewists looking to refine techniques, work more efficiently, and expand their skill set.

• Fully illustrated techniques: Every tip is shown step by step, so you can see exactly how each method works before you try it
• Covers machine and hand sewing: Includes garment construction, seam finishes, smocking, and hand-sewing techniques alongside machine methods
• Tools, materials, and setup guidance: Learn when to use specific fabrics, needles, thread, notions, and specialized sewing machine feet
• Quick-reference organization: Techniques are grouped by topic, making it easy to flip directly to the solution you need

500 Sewing Techniques, Tips, Tricks, and Hacks is like having every tip and trick you've ever seen all in one book!

This book captures all the best little tidbits for sewing enthusiasts of all skill levels: How can you get a clean edge on an inside angle? Can you add zippers to your lapped pockets? What's the key to a straight seam? It's all within these pages! You'll find tips and hacks for crisp pockets (top-stitched, inseam, welt, zipper), zippers, bindings, edges, buttons, buttonholes (standard, keyhole, bound), curves, corners, and more. It's the ideal way to cut through the learning curve and pick up the techniques that only experienced sewers know about — all with one handy guide.

Author Ashley Hough is a lifelong crafter adept at both quilting and sewing. She has contributed to multiple publications and platforms including as a Craftsy instructor and co-host of their Let's Make a Quilt digital show, The Teaching Company professor, National Quilter's Circle instructor and pattern designer, as well as designing patterns for Sulky. Her book is written to meet today's sewing audience expectations concisely and expeditiously.

With 500 Sewing Techniques, Tips, Tricks, and Hacks, it won't be long until the tips add up and you feel like the wise sewing sage who's got a trick for everything!