A plain seam is the stitching made to join two fabric pieces together, leaving some seam allowance, usually 1/2 inch or 5/8 inch. This stitching to join fabric pieces together is termed as piecing. So you are piecing a plain seam when you stitch two fabric pieces together – that is it!. You can sew … Read more
A ruffle or a frill is a piece of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and attached to a garment. A ruffle or frill sleeve is a sleeve formed by a fabric piece that is gathered or pleated. The best fabric for gathered ruffled sleeves is a thin lightweight fabric with good drape. You … Read more
An off-shoulder neckline, as the name clearly tells you, is a wide-open neckline exposing the shoulders. It is also known as the Bardot neckline after the starlet Brigitte Bardot, who really popularized this neckline in the 50’s. A Bardot neckline/off shoulder neckline is usually elasticized and gathered and may be decorated with frills/ruffles.It is a … Read more
Once there was a news article about this child who had to be operated because a needle somehow got into his body. I read it and it gave me the heebie-jeebies. For one week I was so terrified that I had left needles like this and it had —-. Too horrified to even write about … Read more
Professional Sewing involves many repetitive tasks, frequent head, and trunk bending movements for a long period, long duration of sitting work without a break. Poor sewing room layout, incorrect table, and chair heights, repetitive actions for long hours without any break, lack of exercise – all these results in Musculoskeletal pain (MSP) – simple body … Read more
Have you wondered at how some of the gowns worn by celebrities hold up their almost gravity-defying postures? Those puffy looking but beautiful gowns make quite a statement. What is inside them that makes it look so voluminous making the wearer inside seem ethereal and all feminine, like a princess. They all have one thing … Read more