The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.
1. Unbleached cotton fabric. 2. Term used by designers to describe a test garment that checks fit and style.
Hand stitch used to smoothly join two layers of fabric-usually not always a seam. Also a decorative hand stitch.
Hand-guided stitching with dropped feed dogs on hooped fabric. French curve- A drafting tool that enables you to draw smooth curves.
Darts positioned on the garment front starting from near or at the waist and ending near the bust point.
Available in a variety of narrow widths, this tape heat fuses to fabric to stabilize a seam or edge.
Pin through pattern markings, remove pattern leaving pins in place, and chalk mark the fabric using pins as a guide.
A hemstitch used to join an edge to the inside of a garment. It is formed with cross-shaped stitches on either side of an edge.
Also called bias tape, a bias cut strip used to bind or cover edges. Slightly stretchy, it sews neatly around curves. Can be purchased ready-made or cut from fabric.
