I pick up this piece of polka dot material while in Miami, I am going to make a summer dress for my daughter with just two measurements, using your regular thread and elastic thread. 1) Take a very loose hip measurement (like for a gather waist skirt) 2) Take dress full length start measuring from [...]

A 1941 DESIGN MATERIALS: J. & P. Coats Knit Cro-Skeen, 3 balls of dark color and 2 balls of light color; Milward’s steel crochet hook No.8 or 9. Seat Cover measures about 18″ at front edge, 14″ at back edge, and 14″ along both side edges. Side strip measures about 3″ deep. GAUGE: 10 dc [...]

The pictorial demonstration below will show you how to put your skirt waistband on after you have sewn your zipper and join and serge your skirt side seams. First you will sew the waistband all around the material, next you will turn your material 1-1/2 inch or as desired for the width of your waistband, [...]

Sewing Your Straight Skirt Begin by printing and joining your pattern as shown. (Do not lap pattern) Next you lay your fabric out so the stretch goes width ways. Stretch the fabric to see which way has the most stretch. This is the way your skirt will go around your hip. Cutting the front Fold [...]

A zipper consists of two strips of fabric tape, each affixed to one of the two pieces to be joined, carrying tens or hundreds of specially shaped metal or plastic teeth. These teeth can be either individual or shaped from a continuous coil. Some zips have two slides, allowing variation in the opening’s size and [...]

Darts are narrow pointed folds that give shape and structure to many garments Darts is used to shape a flat piece of fabric to fit Waist, Hip, Bust or body curves. There are two types of darts. A single-pointed dart is widely use in skirts, pants, blouse etc. Start sewing this dart at the waist [...]