adjustment line, 32
apron with pockets, 103–111
baby blanket, 75–79
backstitching, 124
ballpoints, 12
basting tape, 21
beeswax, 15
betweens, 14
blanket binding, 21
blind catchstitch, 52
blindstitch, 52
bobbins, 12
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
courses, 124
crewels, 14
crosswise grain, 124
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
elastics, 19
elastic-waist pants, 89–95
elastic-waist skirts, 81–87
embroidery foot, 13
fabric
decorator, 54–55
designer, 24
fiber content of, 22
knit, 23
marking, 37
preparation, 25
selecting, 22
shopping for, 24
woven, 22
facing, 124
fiber content, 22
foldline, 32
gather, 124
general-purpose foot, 13
glue sticks, 20
grading, 124
hand hems, 52
hand-sewing supplies, 14–15
hand stitches, 48–51
hemline, 33
hemming, 124
hems, 52–53
double-needle, 53
hand, 52
machine, 53
marking length, 85
interfacing, 19
jackets, unlined, 113–123
knife-edge pillows, 65–69
knit fabrics, 23
knit skirts, 86–87
liquid fray preventer, 20
machine-baste, 72
machine hems, 53
marking chalk, 16
marking tools, 16
measuring tools, 16
milliner’s needles, 14
miter, 125
multistitch-zigzag finish, 46
narrow masking tape, 16
narrow zigzag seam, 47
needles
inserting, 38
sewing machine, 12
needle threaders, 15
needle thread tension, 44–45
nondirectional print, 125
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
preshrink, 125
press, 125
press cloth, 18
pressing ham, 18
pressing tools, 18
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
ribs, 125
rotary cutter, 17
ruler, 16
scissors, 17
seam allowance, 17, 36, 42, 46–47, 125
seam gauge, 16
seamlines, 33
seam roll, 18
seams, 125
double-stitched, 47
finishes, 46
sewing, 42–43
special, 47
stretch, 47
self-adjusting tension, 44
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
single-fold bias tape, 21
size determination, 26
skirts
elastic-waist, 81–87
knit, 86–87
sleeve board, 18
special-purpose foot, 13
steam/spray iron, 18
stitched and pinked finish, 46
stitches
hand stitches, 48–51
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
zipper closures, 71–73
zipper foot, 13