Monday, July 14, 2025

Zipper Foot

A zipper foot is a specialized presser foot designed for sewing machines to facilitate sewing closely to the zipper teeth. The zipper foot allows to stitch much closer to the zipper teeth compared to a standard presser foot for a neat and professional finish. Zipper foot can also be used to sew piping, trims etc. where it is necessary to sew close to a raised or bulky edge.

Types of Zipper Foot:

Standard Zipper Foot: The standard zipper foot is the most general type of zipper foot and is suitable for regular zippers where the zipper teeth are visible.

Invisible Zipper Foot: Invisible zipper foots are specially designed for insertion of invisible zippers.

Zipper foot can be used to sew different types of zippers and can be easily positioned it to the Right or Left side of the needle. When sewing with the zipper on the right side, attach the shank (the metal rod that holds the presser foot of the machine) to the left pin of zipper foot and when sewing with the zipper on the left side, attach the shank to the right pin of the zipper foot.



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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Ruffle Cuff

 A ruffle is a strip of fabric, ribbon or lace gathered along one edge or cut in a curve to produce a ripple. The gathered strip of fabric is used on bottoms of sleeves as cuffs or used on hems of skirts, dresses or on collars as a fancy element.



Monday, July 7, 2025

Off-Shoulder Silhouette

Off-the shoulder refers to not covering the shoulders. In off-the-shoulder design the garment consists of low neckline, normally elasticated extending around upper part of the arms baring the shoulders. Sometimes it consists of straps or sometimes without anything exposing the collarbone and frequently finished with a wide ruffle around the edge. This style became popular in 1930's and 1940's for the evening gowns and since then also used in blouses, evening dresses and gowns.



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


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