Button Loops work as a great alternative to buttonholes. Button loops are usually used on women’s clothing and I think it lends a soft charm. They are on most ready-to-wear tops and dresses with a small vent to fasten a single button on the back. On wedding gowns they are almost always a beautiful feature. … Read more
I dislike this. I really do. Most of the time it happens to a top that fits me properly. The neckline gapes! With a neckline that gapes, you have a dud of a dress/top in your hands. You know how important a neckline is in a dress. A neckline that gapes is a sewist’s nightmare. … Read more
A Pant Fly refers to the short opening over the crotch line in pants. A zippered fly has a zipper fastener securing the opening of the fly; this opening has to be sewn in such a way that the zipper is concealed and fixed to the inside. I read countless tutorials to learn it but … Read more
Love sequins. But sewing them painstakingly all over a fabric is something I do not have the patience for. So I usually take the easy way out, when I want the glamour and bling that the sequins can give me – Buy that gorgeously glorious sequin fabric for my project. Sequin fabric is beautiful, and not … Read more
I use a slip stitch mainly to hem – it is excellent as a hemming stitch. Another use of the slip stitch is that, it can make your stitching look invisible both on the right side and the wrong side and at the same time join fabric quite effectively. Making stitches invisible is what I have … Read more
Tacking refers to stitching or using some other means to keep fabric layers together temporarily in preparation for stitching before the final permanent sewing or as a means of marking before stitching. Why do we make Tack stitches ? There are places in your fabric for sewing where you are not able to mark patterns … Read more