Fine Machine Sewing: Easy Ways to Get the Look of Hand Finishing and EmbellishingThis beautiful reference book makes advanced finishing styles accessible to all levels of sewers. Hundreds of color photos and illustrations demonstrate tools, techniques, and tips, as well as completed garments. Fine Machine Sewing provides confidence and inspiration to home sewers looking to expand their repertoire. |
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Fine Machine Sewing: Easy Ways to Get the Look of Hand Finishing and ... Carol Ahles No preview available - 1996 |
Fine Machine Sewing: Easy Ways to Get the Look of Hand Finishing and ... Carol Ahles No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
adjoining rows adjust align appliqué attaching lace batiste Bernina blanket stitch blind-hem blouse bobbin buttonhole collar color crease line create curves decorative stitching drawn threads embroidery entredeux excess fabric fabric edge facing fagoting feather stitch feet finished folded edge front garment glue stick grooves heirloom sewing hold the fabric holes lace heading lightweight fabrics linen look loosened upper tension lower edge method narrow hemming needle plate needle position organdy Parisian hemstitch picot stitch piece pin stitch pintuck foot polyester presser foot puckering pull raw edge reverse stitches ribbon right side satin-stitch foot seam allowance sewing machine shape side stitches skirt spray Spray-starch and press starch starching and pressing stitch length stitch pattern stitch width straight stitch stretch blind stitch stretch stitch tearaway stabilizer techniques Templar topstitching trim twin twin-needle stitching underside Universal needle Venetian hemstitch water-soluble stabilizer wing needle woven wrong side zigzag stitch