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The Merchant & Mills' Elementary Sewing Skills book is chock full of useful sewing tips and techniques. Bound in linen with crystal clear instructions, topics include darts and gathering, seams, ease, hems, interfacing and closures, as well as advice on understanding patterns and performing basic alterations. Merchant & Mills' motto: Keep it simple and do it well! It is. A staple for every sewists' library.