Just as no single outfit suits every occasion, one press cloth isn’t right for all your sewing ventures. The correct cloth protects your fabric and enhances pressing techniques. Jacque Goldsmith describes how to chose, create, and care for press cloths. Press cloths are important sewing tools. It takes just a few minutes to make handy versions that look great and last for years.
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Style Arc, Hendrix Coat
The Hendrix coat sewing pattern from Style Arc is an unlined, panelled design with long two-piece sleeves, a button or snap front, and optional top-stitching. It features binding along the neck, hem, and sleeves, along with angled patch pockets and dropped shoulders. Recommended fabrics include wool, linen, faux fur, or velvet, with fabric estimates and trim details provided for sizes 4-30.
Know Me patterns offer stylish and versatile designs, including the ME2064 rain jacket, which combines a cropped jacket and a vest that can be worn together or separately. The boxy-fit jacket features a hood, snap closure, and multiple pockets, while the vest has a zippered front and cargo pockets. This sewing kit includes templates, fabric recommendations, and instructions for sizes 44-52, proudly made in the USA.
Pattern A has pleated patch pockets with flaps. Pattern B has side seam zippers. This Vogue sewing pattern kit was designed and printed in the United States and comes with sewing templates, instructions, fabric recommendations, pattern pieces, and sizing guides for (2) shirts and (1) pair of pants. Women's clothing patterns can be made to fit sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14.
Successful dressmaking requires aptitude, skill, and plenty of sewing experience. It also calls for artistry, something dressmaker Helen Haughey has mastered.
Butterick Patterns in 1915 were promoted in a popular magazine known as the Delineator. See a two-page spread of the latest designs from the December 1915 issue.
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