Stitch Guide Foot

A stitch guide foot or a Ruler foot is a presser foot that has a ruler-like metal guide with dents or lines that are precisely spaced (2mm increments). The guide helps in sewing to create accurate, evenly spaced parallel lines for topstitching, edge stitching and quilting, piecing and decorative accents. The foot comes with a wide opening along the front which allows one to use the option of variable needle positions for a straight stitch from far left to far right or anywhere in between. The grooved guidelines close to front also makes it suitable for both straight and curved edges. The flat foot also helps with smooth feeding of fabric layers.

To use it, remove the standard presser foot and snap on the stitch guide foot and position the fabric for the stitch line. To create a new stitch line up the previous stitch line a corresponding mark on the guide. The guide ensures that the new row of stitch is sewn at the exact same distance from the first, creating a desired uniform pattern. It can also be used with a twin needle.

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Spindle Silhouette

The word spindle means tapering at each end. The term originates from a tool of ancient times that was used for spinning thread, a stick that is thickest in the center and narrows at the ends (spindle). A spindle silhouette in fashion refers to a garment shape that is wide in the middle and tapers at both the top and bottom that is towards the shoulders/neckline and the hemline which creates a distinct fusiform shape.

Gauntlet Cuff

The term Gauntlet refers to a medieval armored protective glove that covered the hand and forearm worn in the suits of armor. The meaning of Gauntlet Cuff as on women's wear refers to a wide turned back cuff that slants away from the arm flaring wide at top and tapering to wrist resembling to the cuff of gauntlet.

Pendant Cuff

 A Pendant cuff is a cuff design that hangs down from the sleeve.

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Cuffs With Plackets

A placket is a finished opening or slit in a garment often made with a fabric strip where it fastens (with buttons, snaps or zippers). The cuffs with plackets are generally attached to the long end of the sleeve and requires a cuff-and-placket opening fastened snuggly around the wrist. Of this type of cuffs, the most popular types are the Shirt cuff and the French cuff. Each one is made up and attached to the sleeve at its edge. The Shirt cuff is sewn with its ends aligned to the underlap and overlap edges of the shirt placket, whereas the French cuff is sewn to the placket edges so that the ends of the cuff meet rather than lap, the cuff is cut wide to double back onto itself.