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.
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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.
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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.
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The French Braid Maker is a practical do it yourself styling tool which helps you to create beautiful French braids easily. The braiding tool stays hidden inside the hair to hold the French braids in place. The tool features a hook to hold hair at the crown along with grooves to guide sections of hair through creating a vein like specific look. These tools simplify the braiding process by securing the hair and guiding the user to cross strands in definite pattern, which is then followed by a traditional three-stranded braid at the ends. The length of the tool is 19.5cm and the width is about 2.5cm. The tool is flexible, light weight and easy to carry.
To use it, take a section of hair at the top of the head and secure the top part of the braiding tool by hooking it in place with the section of hair and hold down the hair underneath with bobby pins.
A section of hair is then taken from left crossed over the braiding tool and slid into the next groove.
The same process is repeated with a section of hair from the right side.
Continue the process down to the length of the tool. Once the hair has been pulled through all the slots, the remaining hair is divided into three parts to be braided in a traditional three- strand braid.
A Hemmer Presser Foot is a specializes sewing machine foot with a spiral shaped funnel at the front to automatically fold the fabric twice which results in a neat and professional double-folded hems. There are many types of hemmer foots, a rolled hem foot creates a narrow rolled hem and is useful for delicate and lightweight fabrics, a blind hem foot is used to create a nearly invisible hem and is useful for medium to thick fabrics, a picot foot which looks similar to hemmer foot creates a decorative, rounded or ruffled hem, a narrow hemmer foot which are available in various sizes such as 3mm, 4mm, 6mm etc. are useful to create precise narrow hems.
To use it, practice is the key. It is first recommended to practice first on a scrap piece of fabric to determine the fabric feed. Prepare the fabric for the hem by folding it over once and then folding one more time followed by finger pressing or using a pin to secure the fold and then guide it into the funnel. As the fabric feeds through the foot the funnel of the presser foot rolls it over twice, creating a double fold, the needle then sews a straight stitch or in some cases zig-zag stitch through the folds to secure the hem. The hemmer foots are great to create neat, finished edges for skirts, dresses, scarves, hand kerchiefs, curtains and so on.
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