When a beginner starts to sew, denim is not the first fabric choice. Everyone has a perception that it is a hard fabric to sew. What they don’t know is that there are many types of denim, including ...

Evenweave fabric. Evenweave fabrics refer to woven fabrics (cotton or synthetic- can be rayon, polyester, cotton, silk, wool, acrylic, linen or mixtures of these and other fibers) with same number of ...

A Dictionary of words related to fashion; Fashion terms that are used in the fashion circle by the experts, that you may want to know.

A 5 to 9 meters long and 3 to 4 feet wide fabric that is simply wrapped around a female form – you will never guess that this simple cloth as a garment would look alluring and graceful in any way, if ...

You have your pattern. You have your beautiful fabric and you want to get on with sewing it. At this point, for me cutting the fabric is something I want to get over fast. But not so fast! There is ...

The term for clothing designed for use outdoors. ; Also called overclothes. Includes all items ranging from Coats, Overcoats, Blazers, Capes, Jackets and Rainwear. They are mainly of these fabric ...

Diaper cloth. A fabric (usually cotton or linen) with actwill dobby or plain weave; very absorbent. Dimity. A lightweight but strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and ...

Yesterday I took out a pair of jeans I owned some 20 years back, from the back of my wardrobe. Don’t ask me what it was doing in my cupboard. I am “all talk and no action” for a minimalistic wardrobe.

There are 3 types of felting that a fiber/fabric lover does. 1. First is, Felting as a non-woven fabric making process in which fibers are compressed, matted, and joined together, by applying heat, ...

Do you know that it is difficult for even the experts to identify the quality and type of silk? – they need a magnifying glass to inspect the quality of their silk. So you are excused for being ...

Body rise is the distance from the waist (or another starting point, depending on the garment) down to the crotch. A-B in the picture. When you take body measurements for sewing, taking the exact ...

A few years back, I would never have imagined that my phone would become a part of my body! I mean, not literally, but figuratively it almost is. I have it near me at all times. Panic sets in if I ...