A polo collar shirt has many characteristic features – a button placket, short sleeves, a step hem with the back longer than the front; but its most distinguishing element is its soft collar without a stand. Here is a tutorial with step-by-step instructions to draft and sew a polo collar with placket easily How to … Read more
Sweater knit is an apt name given to knits that are used to sew sweaters. What else! it is the fabric used for sweaters. And also for a lot of tops and outerwear. It looks a lot like a hand-knitted sweater fabric with its thickness, fluffiness, and texture with a somewhat open pattern than on … Read more
When you want to stand out, you choose exaggerated sleeves – this is the norm nowadays. And when common sense meets fashion trends you are right where you want to be – with large conspicuous-looking sleeves that make you look like a queen. Many people may not agree with this statement and consider replacing the … Read more
In your sewing life, you will come face to face with many curved edges. They are charming, definitely non-boring, but somewhat challenging. Seams sewn with straight stitches are meant to be straight – so when you sew curved edges with straight stitches there is bound to be some difficulties. How to finish these, (usually resulting … Read more
If you have a lot of trouble sewing fabric tubes and you have to do it a lot, a loop turner can be your friend. It is used to turn all kinds of fabric tubes (very thin fabric casings, bigger tubes used for drawstrings) right side out. When you have to make rounded thin fabric … Read more
What is a sloper? A Sloper is a basic pattern that will fit you exactly. No design ease, bare minimum wearing ease, no design features. As basic as it gets. The sloper will fit you like a second skin. It is used as the building block for drafting patterns for all the clothing you want. … Read more