The Elastic Waistband – Live Demo on YouTube
On my livestream this past week, I went over how to sew an elastic waistband for the under skirt for ...
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Baste/Basting (stitching) – Sewing Word of the Day
Basting stitches are long, easy to remove stitches applied by hand or by machine.
Basting is used to temporarily sew layers ...
Bias (Fabric) – Sewing Word of the Day
Bias in fabric is an imaginary diagonal “line” intersecting the lengthwise and crosswise grain at a 45° angle.
Wovens and knits ...
Casing (construction) – Sewing Word of the Day
Casing in sewing construction is a fabric “tunnel” sewing into a garment or sewn item to hold boning, elastic, cording, ...
Clip/Clipping (cutting) – Sewing Word of the Day
Clip/Clipping (cutting) -
A small snip cut into fabric with the tip of scissors into the seam allowance.
Can be used to ...
Courses (fabric) – Sewing Word of the Day
Courses (fabric) -
Term used for knit fabrics. It is the knit equivalent of the crosswise grain in wovens.
Courses run perpendicular ...
Crosswise Grain (fabric)
Crosswise Grain (fabric) -
In woven fabrics, this is the grain that runs perpendicular to the selvedges.
Woven fabrics have a bit ...
Drop shoulder (patterning)
Drop shoulder (patterning) -
A garment where the seam joining the sleeve to the bodice is designed to fall off of ...
