In this video, Stacy Grissom provides helpful tips for connecting cord piping as well as teaches you how to sew on piping with a specific technique.
This is the stitch I use when sewing two pieces of fabric together, like side seams on a bodice or stripes or anything that I later fold and finish the seam. Run the needle 2-3 times, with about 5 …
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Discover the double box, a pleating that I have created to make kilts more fluid and pleasant to wear.
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There are so many ways you can use old luggage in your home! For some inspiration, I've collected 15 ways to repurpose a suitcase.
Heather Thomas explains in depth the benefits and qualities of each sewing machine needle. These tips and techniques will help you choose the right sewing needle.
@brandijoan is a sewist, pattern designer, and content creator who shares her work on Instagram and has recently become a McCall's licensee.
Hello all, Today I would like to spend a bit of time talking about Austrian Dirndls. The focus of this article will be specifically the tracht, or costume of the province of Lower Austria, Niederösterreich. This is in the northeast of the country. The province is divided into four regions which completely surround Vienna, which is considered to be separate. The Forest quarter, the Wine quarter, the Industry quarter, and the Cider quarter. The modern dirndl has its roots in the traditional daily wear of the German speaking people. In the 1800's there was a movement to replace some of the older and very complicated Folk Costumes with something simpler and more practical, and thus the dirndl was developed. Now they are very popular, and city women have even developed very elegant and costly versions for formal wear. They are made from solid colored or printed cloth, and may be in cotton, linen, wool or even silk. They may have exquisite detail work, ruched ribbons, points, or other details. Generally they are made in quiet colors. The outfit consists of a long or short sleeved blouse, apron which is smock gathered into the waistband, a cylindrical skirt, underskirt and bodice. In Austria the bodice is generally made in a different color from the skirt. The hem is generally several inches below the knee, but may be full length in formal versions. The fabric used varies from a simple gingham or calico to beautiful hand printed silk. Although there seems to be a general uniformity to dirndls, there is a great variety in detail. In particular the bodices vary a lot in their ornament and cut. These two are from Vienna, Doebling on the left, and Sievering on the right. This is the classic hemline of the dirndl. These show hemlines shortened under the influence of the 1960's and 1970's. It is sometimes reported that the placement of the apron's knot is significant: on the right if single, on the left if married or 'taken', in the front center if a virgin, and in the back if a widow. I will be presenting a number of variants from Lower Austria and also Vienna. The couple at the top of the article are wearing one form of Tracht from Vienna. Some variants are particular to certain regions, others are more general. I will be presenting a variety of cuts for the bodice. They will be superimposed onto this generic pattern. The following information is taken from 'Oesterreichische Trachtendirndl' by Maria Strnad, printed in 1950. Here is a 'zackendirndl' from Lower Austria with points on the neck and armholes, and fine lace on the neck and opening of the blouse. Here is a Holiday dirndl from Lower Austria. The gathered band across the bust is found in many places in eastern Austria. Industrieviertel This dirndl from the Wienerwald has straps that cross in back, a gingham skirt and floral print bodice. This dirndl is from Aspang. This dirndl is from the Piesting valley, in the east of the Industrieviertel. These next two are from the Wechsel area, on the southern border of the Industrieviertel Puchberg, in elegant colors, with ruched ribbon and a v in the back. Mostviertel Wachau is a part of the Danube valley between Melk and Krems. It forms the border between the Waldviertel and the Mostviertel. Here is a dirndl from Wachau. This has a rather complex princess cut and is trimmed with ruched ribbon. These two are from the area around St. Poelten Waldviertel A very elegant example. This is a winter tracht with a spencer jacket and a silk scarf. Weinviertel An example from the Kamp valley in gingham. Another winter outfit with jacket. Vienna. Some examples of dirndls from Vienna and environs. Here are two dirndls from Vienna, a formal full length one from Sievering, and an everyday one from Grinzing. These last are examples of formal full length dirnds appropriate for weddings, the opera, ceremonial occasions and other times when one wishes to dress one's best. Brides, as in so many places, will often wear a crown. Thank you for reading, I hope that you have found this to be interesting and informative. A website where one can buy Lower Austrian Tracht. http://www.trachtenkoestler.at/niederoesterreich.php email: [email protected] Source Material: Maria Strnad, 'Oesterrichische Trachtendirndl', Vienna, 1950 Rudolf Fochler, 'Trachten in Oesterreich', Munich, 1980 Helena Gruenn, 'Trachten in Niederoesterreich', Linz, 1971 author unknown, Tracht in Wien und sein umland'
Step by step instructions to make a jar opener easy sewing project. Perfect for gifts, craft fairs, or yourself. A quick project your kitchen is missing.
This video teaches you how to use a seam ripper without creating holes or tears in your fabrics.
@brandijoan is a sewist, pattern designer, and content creator who shares her work on Instagram and has recently become a McCall's licensee.
Hello all, Today i am going to talk about a specific costume of southern Selonia. I already did one posting on Selonian costume from the north of Selonia. The costume i will describe today straddles the Latvian - Lithuanian border, being found in Nereta district, Augšzeme Province, Latvia. .For location see this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereta_municipality And Biržai district, Aukštaitia Province, Lithuania. Check this link for location. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir%C5%BEai This costume resembles those of Lithuania more than it does those of Latvia, but it has some distinct characteristics. You may recall a map i included in my last posting showed an ethnic Lithuanian presence north of the border in this area. I cannot verify that, but the costumes are clearly from the same tradition. Here are two examples of the costume of the Nereta district, a married woman and back view And an unmarried girl. And here are a couple of examples of costumes from the Biržai district. A single girl. A young married woman with a cradle.[note the elaborately woven skirt] And a museum exhibit. These images are all from different sources so the quality varies quite a bit, i'm afraid. The distinctive piece of this costume is the chemise, which is typical neither of Latvian nor of Lithuanian Costume. The chemise is made of two seperate fields for the front and back, and there are two wide inserts sewn onto the shoulders which contain horizontal woven ornament in red. Both Latvian and Lithuanian chemises typically have a narrow bar over the shoulders with the front and back generally cut in one piece. The cut of this region is much more typical of Slavic costume, in fact if i had seen one of these chemises without knowing its provenance i would have identified it as being from Polissia, on the Ukrainian/Belorussian border. The second distinctive feature is red woven ornament placed vertically on the body of the sleeve. This feature is also not typical of either country. One could speculate that these features owe their existance to the old Selonian tribes. Here is the cut of the chemise of this region. Here are some closeups of chemises on the Latvian side. This is the shoulder insert and upper sleeve of one chemise. The collar of the same chemise. This is the shoulder piece and upper sleeve of another chemise. This is the shoulder piece of yet another chemise, the shoulder piece being attached with a decorative open stitching, the upper sleeve being at the right side of the image, and the body of the chemise at the bottom. The woven stripes would display horizontally on the upper arm. Here are two examples from the Lithuanian side. If you look at the images above, you will see that most show a plaid skirt, each woven in a different design based on red, green and other colors. Another part of the costume is a sash, either inkle woven, or very commonly hand braided. It also includes a linen apron, plain woven, or woven with a pattern, with red ornament at the hem, woven or embroidered or both. It may also be edged with bobbin lace or fringe. Here is a closeup of the apron shown in the first image. Here is a closeup of another apron from the Latvian side. Here are closeups of two aprons from the Lithuanian side. You will recognize this apron from the three part image of the museum exhibit above. Both of these examples have a patten woven into the entire apron. Two more linen components of this costume include the married woman's headcloth or 'wimple', called 'galvasauts' in Latvian and 'nuometas' in Lithuanian. The ends were ornamented with similar designs as the chemise and the apron. Often the two ends had different designs. There are various ways of tying this garment, as you can see above. The last garment, visible in the first image, is the rectangular linen wrap, called 'snatene' in Latvian and in Lithuanian 'panuometis' if made of one panel and 'drobule' if made of two panels joined together lengthwise. These also had ends ornamented in the same way as the aprons and chemises. They were sometimes woven of linen and wool for cooler weather, but the elaborately decorated Villaine so typical of Latvia is found neither in this region, nor in the rest of Lithuania. If you examine the images above, you will see that the Lithuanian images show two different cuts to the bodice, or 'liemene'. The last two images show a very basic cut, round neck opening, made of four pieces, sewn to the waist, and unjoined below, the bottom edges of the four pieces forming four lappets that extend to the hips. This is a common cut which is found all over Lithuania and Belarus. The first of the images shows a quite different cut, extending only to the waist in back but having two short extensions on the front. This cut is only found in western Aukštaitia, and in prints by Palaima and others, this is shown as the bodice typical of Aukštaitia. It was made of various materials, home woven as well as velvet or brocade. If the latter was the case, it was edged by metallic galoon. Either way it was fastened down the front with a chain laced through metal eyes or hooks. A couple images of this costume from the Lithuanian side. Note that this outfit has the horizontal ornament on the shoulder inset, but has horizontal ornament on the lower sleeve, instead of vertical. The various images show necklaces of glass or amber, typical of the entire Baltic region, but the girl wearing this bodice is also wearing a silver necklace of hollow beads and dangles, similar to those worn in neighboring Zemgale and by the Finnic peoples. These are also not found in other regions of Lithuania. The 'karuna' or crown shown in two of the Lithuanian images above is made of a wide piece of commercially produced galoon, lined and fastened around the head, by itself in the first image, and combined with a bow made of a wide commercially produced ribbon in the second. The Latvian girl is photographed with a 'vainags' typical of eastern Latvia, with beaded decoration on red cloth. Thank you for reading, i hope you have found this interesting and perhaps inspiring. I intend to work my way through the various provinces of Lithuania unless i get a request to research another area first. Feel free to contact me with requests for research. I hope to eventually cover all of Europe and the Former Russian Empire/Soviet Union. I also gratefully accept tips on source materials which i may not have. I also accept commissions to research/design, sew, and/or embroider costumes or other items for groups or individuals Roman K. Rkozakand@aol Source Material: Source Material: Velta Rozenberga et al, 'Latviesu Tautas Terpi III Zemgale, Augszeme, Latgale' [Latvian National Costumes III Zemgale, Augszeme, Latgale], Riga, 2003 N. Kalashnikova, 'National Costumes of the Soviet Peoples', Moscow, 1990 Ilze Zingite, 'Latvian National Costumes', Riga, 2000 J. Sudmalis, 'Cimdu Rasti' [Mitten designs], Riga, 1961 Aija Jansone et al, 'Ieteikumi Latviesu Tautas Terpu Valkatajiem', Riga, 2002 AntanaTamošaitis and Anastazija Tamošaitienė, 'Lithuanian National Costume', Toronto, 1979 Vida Kulikauskienė et al, 'Lithuanian National Costume', Vilnius, 1994, Kati Reeder Meek, 'Reflections from a Flaxen Past, For Love of LIthuanian Weaving', Alpena, Michigan, 2000 Teresė Jurkiuvenė, 'Lithuanian National Costume', Vilnius, 2006 Mikalina Glemžaitė, 'Lietuvių Tautiniai Drabužiai', [Lithuanian National Clothing] Vilnius, 1955 Stasė Bernotienė, 'Lietuvių Liaudies Moterų Drabužiai XVIII a XX pr.' [Lithuanian Women's Folk Clothing from the XVIII to the XX cent], Vilnius, 1974, Stasė Bernotienė, 'Lietuvių Valstiecių Išeiginės Prijuostės XIX a. - XX a. pradžia' [Lithuanian Aprons of the 19th and 20th cent], Vilnius, 2007 J. Grigienė et al, 'Lietuvių Liaudies Menas - Drabužiai' [Lithuanian Folk Art - Clothing], Vilnius, 1974 Elena Matulionienė, 'Klaipėdos Krašto Tautiniai Drabužiai' [Folk Clothing of the Klaipeda Region], Klaipeda, 2005 V. Palaimas, artist, set of postcards, 'Lithuanian Folk Costume', 1961 R. Paknys, photographer, set of postcards, 'Lietuvių Tautiniai Drabužiai', 1991 Tatyana Razina et al, 'Folk Art in the Soviet Union', Leningrad, 1990 Irma šidiškienė, 'Buti LIetuve', Vilnius, 2004
Sometimes you have to craft something for the specific purpose of crafting something else, just like our own Haley Pierson-Cox has done with these adorably crocheted washers to be used as sewing pattern weights.
Learn how to successfully fit an armhole by using a muslin. Adjust the bust, back, and shoulder—and your armhole almost takes care of itself.
A lavender sachet doesn't have to be a specific size or shape. These little sachets are a triangle. They even have a little ribbon loop so you can hook it onto something or grab it easy.
This is a guide about hemming jeans with thick seams. Sewing several layers of denim can be a challenge when shortening jeans. The right equipment and a few tips can make it easier.
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Sometimes our kitchen is the last room we think of when we're decorating our home. Now you have no excuse for not having these specific items in your kitchen when you've got such fabulous DIY projects at your fingertips! Listed below are some great ideas that are easy and will add a lot of colors,
I wrote the first half of this post up in January, but I backdated it so that it would show up in the tutorials section, but not make its debut until I had enough alternative layouts added. Now I'm posting it to the blog for real! Here are some alternative cutting layouts for Geodesic. This section
A new book features a century of photos of people picking up yarn and a pair of needles and getting their knit on.
This little pink label may look unassuming, but I am going to be bold and say you’ll want to use one in everything you make from now on... and it’s easy to pair with your own brand labels or other Labels By KATM in your collection. We sew and knit our clothes with care, let’s remind ourselves and others that we should take care of our belongings to prolong their lifespan. Specific details about this label: 1" square plus 1/4" (5mm) seam allowance Centre folded, this label is ideally sewn onto the garment (either inside or displayed visibly) by inserting into a seam allowance or facing. Baby Pink with Black Writing. The labels by Kylie and The Machine are Super High-Quality woven labels. They are classified as HD which is similar to a thread count in sheets, meaning finer and more threads and therefore very crisp designs. They are also Oeko-Tex certified, washable, durable and non-scratchy!
We're starting out the month with our very own pattern cards geared specifically at home sewing! If you're familiar with the garment industry, pattern cards or cutter's musts often accompany a pattern around the sewing facility giving the people working with it the information they need to correctly cut and sew that garment. We love the idea of these but we've found that the way they're formatted isn't really ideal for home sewing. With that in mind we designed our own dream pattern cards! They have all the information you need when working with a home sewing pattern, including: Basic details like pattern name, view you're making, and the date. Space for a sketch and fabric swatches which is especially great if you've made style changes to the original pattern. Keep yardage and notion information handy A sizing section so you know your measurements when you cut out this pattern, as well as a space for any other pattern alterations you may have made The cut list lets you keep track of everything you need to cut so you don't forget anything! If you don't need the cut list, download the card with sewing notes. Keep track of changes you make to the sewing process easily here. We hang our pattern cards with our patterns to keep everything organized and neat, and we never have to wonder if we're missing a piece, if this pattern will still fit, or what we need to make it. You can download your own pattern cards by clicking the links below! Download your PDF Pattern Cards here! If you're interested in organizing your pattern collection, you may also enjoy our post on how we keep our digital patterns in order and easily accessible using Dropbox and the PDF markup program uPad. You can find that post by clicking the link below! Easy PDF Pattern & Instruction Organization
Sometimes our kitchen is the last room we think of when we're decorating our home. Now you have no excuse for not having these specific items in your kitchen when you've got such fabulous DIY projects at your fingertips! Listed below are some great ideas that are easy and will add a lot of colors,
Product DetailsType: TopStyle: CasualCollar: Crew NeckSleeve: Short SleeveMaterial: Cotton BlendPattern Type: PrintOccasion: Daily Casual, Party, Holiday, Basic.Tips: Due To Different Measurement Methods, There May Be An Error Of 1-3cm. Please Select The Size According To The Specific Parameters Of The Clothes According To Your Own Height And Weight! SIZE CHART Size Bust Length Shoulder Width INCH CM INCH CM INCH CM S 39.30 100 26.72 68 18.08 46 M 40.87 104 27.51 70 18.86 48 L 43.23 110 28.30 72 19.65 50 XL 44.80 114 29.08 74 20.44 52 XXL 46.37 118 29.87 76 21.22 54 3XL 48.73 124 30.65 78 22.01 56 4XL 50.30 128 31.44 80 22.79 58 5XL 51.88 132 32.23 82 23.58 60 6XL 53.45 136 33.01 84 24.37 62 Due to manual measurement,will be 2-3cm(0.7-1.1inch)error.
The post about this finished knit is a little bit out of order, although I did only technically finish this project (by blocking it, I mean) last night – but the knitting was done a while ago…
Beginner Sewing Tutorial - How to Sew a Dinner Napkin and Look Like a Rock Star at Family Gatherings
It felt so good to finish this project after spending many hours planning it in my head and then sewing it! The Rue Quilt Coat […]
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If they look a little too perfect, it's because those are crochet molds on a felt base, sold by elinart at Etsy. Found at Fresh Photons.
This embroidery box was a gift for a friend. It's an old cigar box covered in natural dyed cotton fabric with a bit of embroidery. The embroidery yarn is thrifted, and so is the scissors. I so like reusing and repurposing. While making this I recollected memories of Inga, who smoked the cigars from the box. She was a friend of my mother and a very dramatic and choleric woman with a cigar hanging from her lip. I remembered, how I as a child collected tiny dutch tiles with blue printing on them, which was scattered amongst the pebbles, in their impressively large courtyard. Everything in this little box has its own story to tell, and I hope it will whisper to the receiver and make her want to stitch a story of her own.
