pockets

Pattern Review: Creation Domum, Netta Pants

Designed for an intermediate to advanced sewist, these pleated, wide-leg pants feature pocket facings that wrap to each side back where they button.
Up Close: Elegant Statement Pockets Elevate a 1950s Suit

Shaped pocket flaps, which are paired and fastened with buttons, accentuate a jacket's hourglass silhouette.
Pocket Inspiration from Bonnie Cashin

Bonnie Cashin, one of America’s foremost 20th-century designers, produced this ensemble around 1975. One of her later designs, it clearly exemplifies her penchant for clean, sleek looks in luxury fabrics,…
Add Bonnie Cashin Pockets

Learn how to adapt a basic dolman-sleeve coat pattern to incorporate pockets, and then construct the coat for a flawless finish.
Mainely Menswear’s Pattern-Free Method for Welt Pockets

Check out a tailoring aficionado's pattern-free method for the neatest results. Learn how to sew welt pockets for trousers.
Reader Question: Flattering Pants Pockets

Flattering Pants Pockets I love the vertical-welt pockets in many tailored ready-to-wear pants, because they’re so flattering. Is it hard to sew these pockets? —Sophia DeLuccia, North Wales, Pa. Fred…
Add a Pocket Along a Side-Seam Invisible Zipper

If the pattern you choose doesn’t have pockets, you can add some that don’t interrupt the lines of the garment, such as in-seam pockets.
Draft and Sew Generous Side-Seam Pockets

Editor's note: For the Huon Dress pattern by Muna and Broad, author and designer Leila Kelleher includes the holy grail of frock design features: sizable and secure side-seam pockets. What…
Pattern Roundup: Thanks, It Has Pockets

Nothing makes me happier than discovering pockets in a ready-to-wear garment. Nothing, that is, except making my own garment with perfectly sized pockets. Much has been written about why pockets…
Attach a Patch Pocket Without Visible Stitches

When you feature patch pockets on a garment that doesn’t lend itself to visible topstitching, the usual method is to line the pocket, then hand-sew it in place. A hand-sewn…

Page 1 of 3

Threads #228, Winter 2024

Threads of Connection | Letter from the Editor

Threads #227, Fall 2024

Live and Learn | Letter from the Editor

Threads #226, Summer 2024

pockets

Pattern Review: Creation Domum, Netta Pants

Up Close: Elegant Statement Pockets Elevate a 1950s Suit

Pocket Inspiration from Bonnie Cashin

Add Bonnie Cashin Pockets

Mainely Menswear’s Pattern-Free Method for Welt Pockets

Reader Question: Flattering Pants Pockets

Add a Pocket Along a Side-Seam Invisible Zipper

Draft and Sew Generous Side-Seam Pockets

Pattern Roundup: Thanks, It Has Pockets

Attach a Patch Pocket Without Visible Stitches

Threads Magazine

Threads of Connection | Letter from the Editor

Live and Learn | Letter from the Editor

Reimagining a Couture Look by Galliano

Add Bonnie Cashin Pockets

Membership & Magazine

Taunton Network

pockets

Pattern Review: Creation Domum, Netta Pants

Up Close: Elegant Statement Pockets Elevate a 1950s Suit

Pocket Inspiration from Bonnie Cashin

Add Bonnie Cashin Pockets

Mainely Menswear’s Pattern-Free Method for Welt Pockets

Reader Question: Flattering Pants Pockets

Add a Pocket Along a Side-Seam Invisible Zipper

Draft and Sew Generous Side-Seam Pockets

Pattern Roundup: Thanks, It Has Pockets

Attach a Patch Pocket Without Visible Stitches

Threads Magazine

Threads of Connection | Letter from the Editor

Live and Learn | Letter from the Editor

Reimagining a Couture Look by Galliano

Add Bonnie Cashin Pockets

Follow

Sign up for the Threads eletter

Membership & Magazine

Taunton Network

Follow