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
Symmetry refers to uniformity, consistency, regularity. Asymmetry is naturally opposite to this. In fashion, an Asymmetrical hemline is a hemline that is not straight. Sometimes the hemline goes up and down (high and low)Â and other times it appears as a diagonal slash across the body; sometimes very pronounced, sometimes subtly asymmetrical. An asymmetrical hemline … Read more
No need to tell you what the buttonhole stitch is all about – the name itself is an indication. It is the stitch used in making buttonholes, surprise!. But that is not the only use of this versatile stitch. The Buttonhole stitch is a variation of the blanket stitch. It is often confused with a … Read more
An edge stitch is a straight line of stitch made along the edge of the fabric (usually a folded edge) or the ditch of a seam (on the face of the fabric), at a distance of about 1/8 inch from the seamline or the edge. It is basically topstitching and is done as a reinforcing … Read more
A mitered corner is a neat way of finishing the corner of a fabric edge in such a way that there is no bulk in the corners when the fabric is turned under to finish the edges. You have a border or a hem which looks neat on the front as well as the back.There … Read more