Yay! After two years of talking about it, I finally took delivery of my new Siruba BH790 button hole machine!
I had to go pick it up at the freight terminal because I don’t have a dock. What can I say?…
Yay! My button hole machine arrived!
Month: August 2012
What is a marker?
Here’s another subject that deserves a reminder: what are markers?
Markers are a guide used in the cutting process. It is long sheet of bond paper with all of the pattern pieces used to make a style laid out in a configuration intended to reduce fabric waste as much as is possible, including all of the sizes you’d need of a given style.…
Archives 8/17-8/23 2005-2011
Yay! It’s archives day! If you don’t know what that is, it’s a listing of all the entries posted on this site for a given period of blog history. Perusing the list is a great way to survey the oldie-but-goodie content.…
Designers must know seam allowances and specifications
Certain themes seem to crop up over and over within a short period of time leading me to think I should post reminders about it. Today’s topic amounts to brief reminders about seam allowances and the responsibility of technical specifications.
Seam allowances:
First, if you don’t know anything about sewing and are obligated to provide this information to a pattern maker, sample maker, or sewing contractor, you can go to a thrift store and buy garments for the purpose of cutting seam samples to illustrate your wishes.…
Please DO try to make your own blocks
If you have some sewing skills -even rusty ones- and a bit of time, consider trying to make the pre-production pattern blocks for your line before hiring a professional. If you’re new to these parts, don’t know what a block is or haven’t bought my book (tsk tsk) or even think you do know what a block is, here’s a review:
[ ] a block is not a sloper.
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