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# Sewing Activewear: How to make your own professional-looking athletic wear

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## Description

Want to start making your own activewear? Or perhaps you are already into sewing your workout clothes, but are ready to step up your sewing game and achieve more professional results? Then this book is for you! Sewing Activewear: How to make your own professional-looking athletic wear takes you through all the fundamentals and then move you to the next level. So that you will be fully equipped and empowered to create your own workout wardrobe—that is both functional and stylish. Sewing Activewear is the ultimate sewing guide for creating your own workout clothes that are both functional and stylish. Fully illustrated step-by-step tutorials covering everything from beginner techniques and professional fashion industry methods. Comprehensive activewear fabric chapter and extensive guides to the best seams on every household sewing machine. And plenty more! CONTENT Fabrics and notions for activewear • Fabric types • Stretch, weight and compression • Activewear fabrics and the environment • Notions • Thread • Elastic • Needles Seams for activewear • Seam guides for every machine • Seam allowances • Serger overlock seams • Sewing machine stretch seams Seams for hemming (incl. large chapter on coverstitching) • Sewing machine hems • Coverstitch hemming • Flatlock hems Flatlock seams • Flatlock on a serger • Sewing machine mock flatlock seam • Faux flatlock using a coverstitch machine Projects (over 25 fully illustrated tutorials) • Sleeves with thumbholes • Fold-over elastic • Card pocket • Ties and strings • Knit binding • Ribbing • Elastic openings • Cords and drawstrings • Crotch gussets • Waistbands • Zipper pockets Interviews • Jalie • Sheila Powell • Beverly Johnson • Fehr Trade • Gwyn Gyldenege • Christopher Hansson • Speciality Outdoors

Review: Very Helpful Activewear Sewing Techniques Book! - What a terrific resource for those who sew (or want to sew) their own professional-looking activewear as well as other knit garments. Be aware that this is not a book of patterns, but instead is a book of techniques for sewing activewear - full of all those things you wondered about how to do like getting seams that are stretchy enough, adding gussets to leggings patterns that lacked them, adding ready-to-wear type details, etc. All instructions and explanations are clear and concise, and they are all accompanied with helpful photographs. As I read, I found myself getting excited to sew some more activewear. I've already used the author's tips and advice to try (gasp) flatlocking on my serger and am very pleased with the results. Next, I plan to try the leggings waistband variations on a few pair of yoga leggings. I also enjoyed reading the interviews with some of the movers and shakers in the activewear sewing community. Rarely do I buy full-price books, but I am so glad I treated myself to this one. I am going to be returning to it again and again. (This is also my first purchase of an desertcart print-on-demand book, and the quality is very good. The colors are good, the text is crisp, and the binding feels like it will hold together well.)
Review: EXCELLENT RESOURCE! - This is an excellent resource for people who sew active wear of any kind, or even comfortable clothes out of knits. The author has clearly put some thought into what people need to know, such as types of fabrics, recommended stitches for seams and hems, notions, and a whole slew of ways to add features: sleeves with thumb holes, fold over elastic, card pockets, ties and strings, ribbing, binding, altering waist bands, crotch gussets, and zipper pockets. The photos are helpful and of good quality and the author's writing style is clear and concise. If the price is putting you off, think of this book as a super high quality Craftsy class that you can keep referring to AND you can have access to the author through her Facebook group and her website. She is great about answering questions!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #938,876 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,059 in Fashion Craft #1,365 in Sewing (Books) #2,087 in Needlework (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 234 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Helpful Activewear Sewing Techniques Book!
*by C***G on January 3, 2018*

What a terrific resource for those who sew (or want to sew) their own professional-looking activewear as well as other knit garments. Be aware that this is not a book of patterns, but instead is a book of techniques for sewing activewear - full of all those things you wondered about how to do like getting seams that are stretchy enough, adding gussets to leggings patterns that lacked them, adding ready-to-wear type details, etc. All instructions and explanations are clear and concise, and they are all accompanied with helpful photographs. As I read, I found myself getting excited to sew some more activewear. I've already used the author's tips and advice to try (gasp) flatlocking on my serger and am very pleased with the results. Next, I plan to try the leggings waistband variations on a few pair of yoga leggings. I also enjoyed reading the interviews with some of the movers and shakers in the activewear sewing community. Rarely do I buy full-price books, but I am so glad I treated myself to this one. I am going to be returning to it again and again. (This is also my first purchase of an Amazon print-on-demand book, and the quality is very good. The colors are good, the text is crisp, and the binding feels like it will hold together well.)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ EXCELLENT RESOURCE!
*by D***S on October 24, 2018*

This is an excellent resource for people who sew active wear of any kind, or even comfortable clothes out of knits. The author has clearly put some thought into what people need to know, such as types of fabrics, recommended stitches for seams and hems, notions, and a whole slew of ways to add features: sleeves with thumb holes, fold over elastic, card pockets, ties and strings, ribbing, binding, altering waist bands, crotch gussets, and zipper pockets. The photos are helpful and of good quality and the author's writing style is clear and concise. If the price is putting you off, think of this book as a super high quality Craftsy class that you can keep referring to AND you can have access to the author through her Facebook group and her website. She is great about answering questions!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Exactly what I've been looking for
*by S***Y on December 11, 2020*

I've been sewing for 45 years. My skills have been handed down and self taught. I've bought bought several books on sewing stretch fabrics that are typically found in activewear, sportswear and casual clothing. I've been extremely disappointed because I'm trying to learn how to produce something that looks like it was professionally produced. All the books I've purchased until this one have assumed the seamstress lacks the skill, equipment or desire to produce something that doesn't look like grandma made it. This book explains the proper way to sew, Serge and or overlock your way to a professionally finished garment. It does give alternate methods for those that don't have all the toys but highlights the preferred stitch. This is exactly what I've been looking for I did send the other books back.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Sewing Activewear: How to make your own professional-looking athletic wear
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