I started sewing, and this book has complemented other purchases (a booklet on the ABC sewing to discover this universe, an encyclopedia of sewing to see the extent of this universe, an "abc sewing "with models to achieve, and a book of Marie claire editions learn sewing machine great for beginners). I chose the latter, it is precisely because there are a lot of text: all silly questions I ask myself are answered in this book (handy pocket size). It is not used alone but in addition to other books. Books with pictures do not always think to explain everything. Here, as there are no images, the author describes all aspects of each technique, and that is precisely what is interesting to me. In addition, its price is very small, so why not use it?