Friday, July 4, 2025

Shirred Cuff

The shirring technique involves decorative gathering of the cloth. The shirred cuffs are created by shirring elastic to produce a gathered cuff. This style may have a separate shirred elastic band attached as a separate cuff or as a part of the sleeve.


Saturday, June 28, 2025

Sponge Hair Curler

The sponge hair curlers are flexible soft hair rollers which helps to create natural curls. They are made up of soft and comfortable EVA sponge material making them suitable to wear all night during sleeping. This heatless hair curlers allows one to create curls without heat damage to the hair. The effect will be prominent if used after washing and drying the hair.

To Use: Take a bunch of hair and insert into the curling sponge.

Roll the hair till the roots.

Fix the curler tail into position by inserting he tail end into the unique heart-shaped key to create the curls.



Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Diamond Zigzag Stitch

The diamond zigzag stitch is worked with diamond shaped grid. It is also called as Horizontal Arrowhead Stitch. It can be worked in a single pass or in a variation with two passes. This decorative stitch can be used to create borders, lines or even to fill areas. The angled stitches can be overlapped to create a denser effect.

Bring the needle up at 'a', go back down at 'b'.

Come up at 'c' and go back down at 'a' and come up at 'd'.

Repeat this pattern till the end of the row.

Single Pass

 


Diamond Zigzag stitch Back


Two Passes


Back



Friday, June 20, 2025

Straight Stitch Foot

The straight stitch foot is a presser foot for sewing machine which is specifically designed for sewing straight stitches. Its primary function is to guide the fabric to produce accurate straight stitches. The foot is designed with a small, rounded needle opening that provides extra support to fabrics and prevents it from being pulled into feed dogs or causing skipped stitches. The elongated toe on the left side of the foot can also be used for edge stitching. This pressure foot is particularly useful for delicate fabrics like silk or chiffon to heavy fabrics like denim or canvas where a standard foot can be inconvenient.



Sunday, June 15, 2025

Blazer Cuff

A blazer is a type of formal jacket usually worn by sports players or students as a part of uniform. The blazer cuff can be a simple finished edge or a functional cuff having buttonholes allowing the wearer to unbutton and roll up the sleeve. Buttons are the decorative elements of the blazer cuff which can be purely decorative or functional depending on the blazer design.



Friday, June 6, 2025

Loop Button Cuff

The button and loop fastener are sewn on opposite sides of the cuff for securing the cuff to the sleeve.