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Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

Damn, that's useful

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

watsdaughter

tags by @gallusrostromegalus

teaboot

OH HELL THE FUCK YES

#sewing #how to

fashion-runways

RALPH LAUREN Spring/Summer RTW 2027 pls help me get out of debt donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways or dinahlance-shop.fourthwall.com

#inspo #clothes #fashion

thejawsdevour

Lenore Tawney (American) - In Fields of Light (tapestry, 1978)

#lenore tawney #fiber art #in fields of light #weaving #inspo

aceinthetrap

An ultra extended flowchart for identifying dynasties! Even identifying sub-periods of each dynasty. As always, this is a general guide ther

does the makeup look sad or happy? >>> goth & sad >>> middle tang dynasty [lmao]

#clothes #hanfu #chinese hanfu #historical textiles

milksockets

'uxmal pockets' by sheila hicks, 1981 in handmade in america: conversations with 14 craftmasters - barbaralee diamonstein (1983)

#sheila hicks #sewing #inspo

a-totally-reasonable-username

@namelessennes

avidreaderffn

@sandstonesunspear

polyamorousmisanthrope

Jesus Tapdancing Christ... THIS is a good welt pocket and the people who designed Simplicity 2895 ought to be blasted well ASHAMED of themselves for the crap way THEY wanted a welt pocket made. *SNARLS*

makereadgrow

This is how I learned to do it and a good example of what you want to see in a short form tutorial: pinning, pressing, seam finishing, good fabric handling.

I would mention that you can make the pocket facing with a small panel of your matching fabric that is visible and the rest in a lighter fabric to reduce bulk. That's a lot of denim layers for comfort.

#sewing #how to #clothes

sartorialadventure

Young Parisian corset maker Sylvain Nuffer began cutting, stitching and boning corsets for men four years ago and now sells 30-odd standard models a year at 500 to 600 euros (650 to 775 dollars) a shot, 40 percent more when made to measure.

“I felt frustrated by the lack of choice of clothing for men,” he told AFP. “I made one for myself and they kind of multiplied.”

Wearing jeans with a gray silk corset of his own making over a shirt and tie, Nuffer, who learnt the complex trade with his corsetiere mother, stands tall, waist nipped in, shoulders wide, back straight.

Corsets for men have a history, he said, worn by medieval horsemen to protect the spine, adopted by bikers today for the same reason.

But the real inspiration behind Nuffer’s corset - laced up the back with a clip-open busk at the front - dates back to the heady days of the 1789 French Revolution.

Male followers of utopian philosopher and economist, Count Claude Henri de Saint-Simon, at the time adopted the corset precisely because it was impossible to lace up alone. Having to help each other with the ties symbolised the humanitarian helping-other ideals of the Saint-Simonien movement.

Critics derided Nuffer’s early creations, however, saying a garment stiffened with a multitude of bones and stays would be uncomfortable.

Not so, said one adept, Laurent Renaud, who teaches at a fashion school and wears his everyday. “I wear it over a shirt or under a sweater,” he said. “I use it as daywear or to go out at night.”

“The problem,” he added, “is you get so used to it keeping you straight that it gets difficult to go without.”

(source)

#ideas #sewing #inspo #clothes

elixir

Dress designed by Alessandro Trincone. Worn by Young Thug on the cover of his 2016 mixtape.

#sewing #clothes #inspo

chilewithcarnage

For the Culture Product Jacket (2021)- Shaquita Reed (b. 1994) crystals, plastic barrettes, plastic hair ties, metal hair clips, plastic combs, hair beads, pony beads, rubber bands, synthetic hair, shoe laces, hair ribbon and vinyl

#ideas #sewing #inspo #fashion #clothing

omgthatdress

Cashmere Visite

1870s

The Kyoto Costume Institute

"This "visite," made from a cashmere shawl, was a popular item at the time. A visite is just one type of coats from the latter part of the 19th century. The shawl shown here is woven with a characteristic pattern in twill that utilizes red in the warp and roughly ten colors of wefts, such as red, purple, blue, black, green, and white. The white border and fringes act as an effective accent for this visite made in the bustle style.

The Indian-made cashmere shawl became extremely popular in Europe during the first half of the 19th century, causing the production of elaborate cashmere shawls in Lyon, France. In the second half of the century, they were not used solely as shawls, but were also made into coats and other clothing items made for indoor use. However, with the decline of fashion crazes at the end of the century came the death of the cashmere shawl industry."

#cashmere #1870s #ideas

annaplexis

Jogless join in the round

As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, there are different variations of this method as with so many #knitting techniques.

Thank you ❤️ to Hanna who pointed out that if you pass the last stitch over the first (and not vice versa as I used to do), all the strands at the bottom will lie in the same direction 🧶

So, yes, as of today, I’m doing it this way! 🙌

#knitting #knitting tutorial

uoftentimes

Towels are done! Off to wash them and hem them

After washing and hemming! (I pinned them all together after being hemmed at my partners parents house). The one with less overshot shrunk way more, which makes since as the overshot yarn is a cotlin.

Stats:

20 epi

8/2 cotton and 5/2 cotton linen

Woven on 4 shafts

397 ends

4.5 yard warp

I probably would not work with this 5/2 yarn again as the twist is really low and I found it too fiddliy, especially for the floating salvage. But I had no breakage!

I didn't have enough for 4 towels because of the re threading, but I am so glad I changed from 18 to 20 epi. The drape is really nice but the fabric feels sturdy.

#weaving #towels #inspo