Cutting Up: Any Sharp Sewer's Necessities --
Measuring Up: It Pays to Be Accurate --
Marking Up: Points Well Taken --
Staying Up: Holding It All Together --
Keeping Interfacing Easy --
The Eyes Have It: Needles and Thread --
Finding the Right Needle Among the Haystacks --
Pulling It All Together: Thread --
Power Stitching and Steam Heat --
The Ultimate Driving Machine --
Going with the Grain: Fabric Facts --
Nature vs. Nurture: Natural and Man-Made Fabrics --
Fabric Foilers: Some Special Fabric Instructions --
How Wide Can You Go: Fabric Width --
Don't Shrink from Preshrinking --
No More Hemming and Hawing: Getting Set to Sew --
Machine Make-Up: Know Your Working Parts --
The Long and Winding Thread Road --
The Long and Short of It: Stitch Length --
These Feet Were Made for Sewing --
Sleight of Hand: Hand Stitching --
A Cut Above: Your Cutting Table --
Stow Away Sewing Supplies --
Setting the Sewing Mood: Lighting --
Tying Up the Loose Ends --
Before: Sew Up the Loose Ends --
During: Steps to Stop the Mess Stress --
After: Taming the Sewing Beast --
The Straight and Narrow: Finding the Grainline --
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: Basic Techniques --