A Blouson top features a gathered waist with a fullness that balloons out over the waistline. The waistline is gathered with elastic. The colors, prints and patterns and the embellishments on the ...

Repairing clothes is not the happiest of all sewing jobs I know. But it is sometimes a necessary thing you ‘have’ to do, when you see holes in a favourite garment you do not want to lose yet. You ...

There is a shop that sells second-hand clothes at our place – and when I go there, there is one thing that I always buy. Jean jackets. They are versatile and timeless and never look outdated in their ...

Choosing the right detergents and cleaning products is very important when it comes to maintaining clothes like new. You can choose them according to the fabrics, stains, and then your own preferences ...

Do you know that earlier collars were mostly detachable from clothes? Today collars are integral parts of most of our clothing. It frames the face, keeps your neck warm, and gives the whole garment ...

I assume you are some one who makes clothes with a simple home sewing machine? No issues, we all do that. And, if you are a little bit careful, you can escape the label of a sloppy hobby sewist. There ...

Drycleaning – the ultimate laundry recourse of the lazy homemaker. It is also the lifesaver for many different types of clothes, which otherwise would have been destroyed by regular machine washing at ...

Nap is the texture of a fabric with the raised fibers of the fabric going in a particular direction. This property of a fabric is woven into it. A secondary yarn is woven through the cloth to get the ...

An off-shoulder neckline, as the name clearly tells you, is a wide-open neckline exposing the shoulders. It is also known as the Bardot neckline after the starlet Brigitte Bardot, who really ...

French fries, French toast, French braid, French manicure, French rolls, French knots, French heroes in romance novels & even the French beans – all my favourites. Now the French seam stitch as well.

Why should you prewash fabric ? All the sewing experts recommend prewashing fabrics before sewing and all of them cannot be wrong. Here are the reasons why they do so. Fabric shrinkage To eliminate ...

What is a Top Stitch? A Top stitch refers to the stitching that you see on top of a garment/accessory, some 1/4 inch or more away from the seam line. Basically, any visible stitching done a short ...