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Shaping a Garment:

Gathering Three methods on how to gather fabric
Darts How to sew a single-point dart and a diamond dart (double-point dart)

Pleats How to make perfect pleats on your garments

Intricate Pleats How to make tiny pleats as a decoration on a garment
Smocking How to use elastic thread for smocking/shirring

Princess Seams How to sew curved edges and princess seams
Shirring How to Sheer fabric, a pretty alternative to darts

Article: Shaping a Garment in Sewing
 
Closures:
Putting in a Zipper
How to Make an Elastic Waistband
How to Make a Buttonhole
How to Put in Snaps
Easy Lacing for a Corset
 
Seams and Seam Finishes:
How to Make a Seam
How to Make a French Seam
How to Make a Flat-felled Seam
How to Sew a Seam with Knit Fabric
How to Zig-Zag Seam Finish
How to Make a Princess Seam
Seam Finish with Overcast Method (Zigzag Method - most common)

Seam Finish for Knit Fabric

Seam Finish with Pinking Method
 

How to Topstitch

How to Stay Stitch

How to Back Stitch

How to Ease Stitch

How to Stitch-in-the-Ditch

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Sewing the Garment

The Order of Your Sewing Process

Direction to go in Seam Stitching

Quality Construction of a Garment

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