Sewpedia

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  Even Slipstitch Technique

  The even slipstitch is used to join two folded edges together, using a barely-visible stitch. This stitch is often used to mend a seam from the right side when the wrong side is difficult together (for instance, there may be a lining in your way).

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  Collar Design

  encircles the neck and frames the face at the neckline of a garment. It may stand away from the body or lay flat. There are endless design possibilities for collars.

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  Pant Design

  a bifurcated (divided) garment fitting the bottom half of the body

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  placket Design

  a finished slit or opening of a garment. Men's button-down shirts are great, common examples of plackets: they are at center front, where the bottons are, and at the back of the sleeves where the cuff opens.

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  Yoke Design

  a design element at the top part of a garment, fitting the shoulders for a shirt or dress, or fitting the hips for pants or skirt.

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  Gathering Design

  adds fullness and softness to a garment, fitting a larger fabric piece to a smaller fabric piece.

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  Mercerization Fabric

  is a chemical process applied to cotton to increase strength, luster, and receptiveness to dye, among other things.

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  Empire Line Design

  A styleline that crosses under the bust, which may or may not continue to the back of the garment.

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  Dart Sewing Pattern

  Darts are used to shape a garment by taking away fullness in the middle of a pattern piece, away from a seam line. Darts are generally wedge or triangle shaped and are often used at the waistline, shoulderblade, and bust.

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  Piling Wool

  Every fabric has its life term, and when wool has come to its end days the first sign to notice is Piling. Piling refers to those little fussy balls your sweater begins to get when it is getting old.

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