Improve Your Projects with Sewing and Patchwork Books

This page under Magazines and Books gathers the sewing, patchwork and quilting titles at Hobianna: technique books for hand and machine sewing, patchwork block and quilt pattern books, appliqué and bag-making guides, and back issues of Burda magazine with their patterns. Titles in Turkish and in English or other languages sit side by side; patchwork books work in any language because the block diagrams and cutting charts are visual. All magazines and books are in Magazines and Books; the fabrics, threads and tools for the projects are in Sewing.

Patchwork or Sewing?

If you want to make garments, home textiles or repairs, start with a sewing technique book that covers seams, hems, zips and pattern reading; Burda issues add ready patterns in several sizes. If you want to piece blocks into quilts, bags and cushions, choose a patchwork book with block templates, cutting lists and quilting suggestions. Beginners do well with a book that teaches a few basic blocks step by step; experienced quilters look for pattern collections and appliqué designs.

Is patchwork the same as quilting?

Patchwork is piecing fabric shapes together into a top; quilting is stitching that top to wadding and a backing. Most patchwork books cover both, and the same term is used for both in everyday speech.