improving your sewing skills today is demand for many all over the world, sewing is not just about mending the hemline of your favorite dress or stitching a torn button to a shirt! It is much more than that. In today’s world where the fashion industry is booming each day,…
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Fabric Lay-out and Cutting
before you start laying-out fabric make sure you have the pattern ready, as well as cutting tools which is (scissors, pins, marker, ……), fabric and patterns must be 100% flat on a flat table, and make sure you have plenty of space to work. A large table is best, because…
Continue ReadingDraping on Mannequin for Fashion Design
Draping on mannequin has been popular for centuries, men and women in ancient Rome and Greece all wore draped dresses. While contemporary Indian women often wear a sari, which is a type of draped dress as well. It’s possible to make a draped dress either by making a new dress…
Continue ReadingSewing Machine Tension
Adjusting the tension in your sewing machine is the start point for making beautiful sewing, tension in sewing machine is adjustable because you need to sew different fabrics with variety of thicknesses, and different stitch length too. The goal of adjusting the tension is to have your two threads meet…
Continue ReadingSeam Allowance
While making a pattern, it is always important to remember to allow space for the seam, as you can’t sew right on the edge of the cut fabric or else it will fray. This is what is known as the seam allowance, seam allowance is the area between the stitching…
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