Burda Style For people who sew

Bound buttonhole is often seen as a huge challenge, but it gives that little extra...

Twin-needle stitching can be used for quick hem finishes, pintucking and even deco...

This technique scared me at first. It looked HARD! But once I concentrated and fol...

Sometimes it's hard to find the right colour ribbing when coming to finish off a g...

An easy way to insert a Fly Zip

Once you master this trick you won't want to make seams any other way! I've use...

Sometimes, you may have a raw edge you need to finish, perhaps at a neckline, but ...

How to avoid a gaping neckline when altering a pattern to a V-neck or a deeper U-neck

See http://www.burdastyle.com/howtos/show/143 for the burdastyle how-to on blockin...

Here, we show you how to make a slit without a seam. For instance, if you had mad...

To properly sew a collar, the undersides need to be interfaced. Interfacing is al...

A way of finishing the neckline of V neck jersey garments.

After seeing kaller's pants, and reading her question regarding problem with the w...

Make a stencil and use it to crate your own, unique print on you creation.

French seams encase the raw seam edges securely inside two seams. They’re necessar...

Work with V neck, Scoop neck, etc.

How many times have you left a great looking, worn down pair of denim in to the sh...

Make a tailors ham to help with pressing your seams.

This How-To will teach you how to use a technical croqui for drawing your flats. ...

A single welt pocket is similar to the bound pocket (as described in nikishells ho...

I thought the instructions for using a binding on the sleeve slit on JJ were far t...

Bound pocket. Looks like a large buttonhole.

This is the easiest and cleanest way to apply bias binding, giving you a clean edg...

Everybody needs to hem their jeans. And if you are the seamstress/seam-mister in y...

There are 4 methods shown here. Try them all and pick the one that you like most.

There are several ways to transfer the important marks on your patterns, and doing...

To grade a pattern means to manipulate an existing pattern at various points in or...

Many of us are drawn to learn to sew because the clothes we find in stores just do...

This How To has instructions on how to tile a self-made pattern and upload into a ...

My Mom taught me this trick. It's great for when you're gathering a skirt into a w...