To improve your buttonhole sewing, sew the least noticed buttonhole first and work towards the most noticed buttonhole.
Elastic drawstrings make clothing more comfortable to wear and more accomodating to minor weight changes
Notch the pleat positions on both the skirt and the waistband in order to get equally deep and evenly-spaced pleats.
A simple zigzag stitch allows you to sew lots of buttons by machine in half the time
Make a smooth elastic joint with the help of a thin piece of fabric
Use different thread colors to differentiate between marked foldlines and placement lines
Use fusible thread in your bobbin for flawless binding aplications.
Now that you have created the perfect jacket, complete your look with the perfect trim. (Part 3 of a 3-part series.)
Learn how to create the shell for a jacket.(Part 2 of a 3-part series.)
In this three-part series, learn how to create a stylish jacket from scratch.
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