Index

adjustment line, 32

apron with pockets, 103–111

baby blanket, 75–79

backstitching, 124

ballpoints, 12

baste, 72, 124

basting tape, 21

beeswax, 15

betweens, 14

bias, 22, 124

blanket binding, 21

blind catchstitch, 52

blindstitch, 52

bobbins, 12

thread tension, 12, 44–45

winding, 38–39

bodkin, 19

body measurements, 26

built-in stretch stitch, 47

button/buttonhole placement marks, 33

buttonhole cutter, 20

buttons

sew-through, 50

shank, 51

casing, 124

chalk, 37

clip, 124

corners, 68, 69

courses, 124

crewels, 14

crosswise grain, 124

cutting, 36, 54–55

cutting boards, 19

cutting lines, 33

cutting tools, 17

decorator fabrics

cutting, 54–55

matching designs, 56–57

designer fabrics, 24

designs, matching, 56–57

detail positions, 33

double-fold hems, 53, 106, 107

double-needle hems, 53

double-stitched seams, 47

dressmaker’s shears, 17

drop-shoulder, 124

ease, 124

edgestitch, 63, 93, 124

elastics, 19

elastic-waist pants, 89–95

elastic-waist skirts, 81–87

embroidery foot, 13

fabric

cutting, 36, 54–55

decorator, 54–55

designer, 24

fashion, 24, 25

fiber content of, 22

folding, 34, 35

knit, 23

marking, 37

preparation, 25

selecting, 22

shopping for, 24

woven, 22

fabric marking pens, 16, 37

facing, 124

fashion fabrics, 24, 25

fiber content, 22

foldline, 32

gather, 124

general-purpose foot, 13

glue sticks, 20

grading, 124

grainlines, 22, 32, 54

hand hems, 52

hand-sewing supplies, 14–15

hand stitches, 48–51

hemline, 33

hemming, 124

hems, 52–53

double-fold, 53, 106, 107

double-needle, 53

hand, 52

hem allowance, 33, 101

machine, 53

marking length, 85

interfacing, 19

jackets, unlined, 113–123

knife-edge pillows, 65–69

knit fabrics, 23

knit skirts, 86–87

lengthwise grain, 22, 71, 124

liquid fray preventer, 20

machine-baste, 72

machine hems, 53

marking, 37, 124

marking chalk, 16

marking tools, 16

measuring tools, 16

milliner’s needles, 14

miter, 125

multistitch-zigzag finish, 46

nap, 34, 125

narrow masking tape, 16

narrow zigzag seam, 47

needles

inserting, 38

sewing machine, 12

threading, 41, 48

needle threaders, 15

needle thread tension, 44–45

nondirectional print, 125

notches, 33, 36

pants, elastic-waist, 89–95

paper-backed fusible web, 21

patch pockets, 125

patterns

catalogs, 27

determining size, 26

envelope, 28–29

features, 30–31

layout, 32–35

matching, 56–57

selecting, 26–27

symbols, 32–33

pillows, knife-edge, 65–69

pincushions, 15

pinking shears, 17

pinning, 34–35

pins

with colored ball heads, 14

inserting perpendicular to edge, 42, 43

quilting, 14

removing, 43

straight, 14

pivot, 125

point turner, 20, 69

preshrink, 125

press, 125

press cloth, 18

presser feet, 13, 76

pressing ham, 18

pressing tools, 18

printed on-grain, 54, 55

projects, 59–123

apron with pockets, 103–111

baby blanket, 75–79

elastic-waist pants, 89–95

elastic-waist skirts, 81–87

knife-edge pillows, 65–69

rectangular tablecloth, 61–63

T-shirts, 97–101

unlined jackets, 113–123

zipper closures, 71–73

quilting pins, 14

rectangular tablecloth, 61–63

ribbing, 99–100, 125

ribs, 125

rotary cutter, 17

ruler, 16

scissors, 17

seam allowance, 17, 36, 42, 46–47, 125

seam allowance guide, 42, 125

seam gauge, 16

seamlines, 33

seam ripper, 17, 125

seam roll, 18

seams, 125

double-stitched, 47

finishes, 46

sewing, 42–43

shoulder, 98, 99

special, 47

stretch, 47

self-adjusting tension, 44

selvages, 22, 125

sewing, preparation for, 38–41

sewing directions, 31

sewing machines, 10–11

accessories, 12–13

adjusting tension, 45

balancing tension, 44–45

inserting needles, 38

needles, 12

presser feet, 13

threading the machine, 40–41

winding the bobbin, 38–39

sewing scissors, 17

sewing supplies, 14–18

sew-through buttons, 50

shank buttons, 51

sharp points, 12

sharps, 14

shoulder seams, 98, 99

single-fold bias tape, 21

size determination, 26

skirts

elastic-waist, 81–87

knit, 86–87

sleeve board, 18

slipstitching, 49, 52

special-purpose foot, 13

steam/spray iron, 18

stitched and pinked finish, 46

stitches

edgestitch, 63, 93, 124

hand stitches, 48–51

slipstitching, 49, 52

stitch in the ditch, 85, 111

stitch length, 79

straight pins, 14

stretch gauge, 23

stretch seams, 47

supplies, 14–18

cutting tools, 17

hand-sewing, 14–15

measuring and marking tools, 16

pressing tools, 18

symbols, pattern, 32–33

tablecloth, 61–63

tacking, 125

Teflon-coated sole plate guard, 18

tension

adjusting, 45

balancing, 44–45

thimble, 15

threading the machine, 40–41

thread jam, 126

tools

cutting, 17

measuring and marking, 16

pressing, 18

special products, 19–21

topstitching, 126

transparent ruler, 16

transparent T-square, 16

T-shirts, 97–101

turn and zigzag finish, 46

turn ties right side out, 109

understitching, 126

universal points, 12

unlined jackets, 113–123

walking foot, 13

woven fabrics, 22

yardstick, 16

zigzag finish, 46, 57

zipper closures, 71–73

zipper foot, 13