265Index
pleats, tucks, and darts, 124‑137
box pleats, 128‑129
darts, 132‑133
knife pleats, 126‑127
tucks, 130‑131
pockets, 160‑162
backstitching, 162
materials needed, 160
needle position, 161
pattern, 160
pinning, 162
pressing, 161
purposes, 160
steps, 160‑162
polyester thread, 22
power button, 19
power cord jack, 19
preparation, 4‑15
cutting tools, 8
fabric defined, 10‑11
fabric preparation, 14‑15
fabric types, 12‑13
measuring tools, 7
pins and needles, 6
pressing tools, 9
preshrinking, 14
presser foot, 19, 36
pressing cloth, 9
pressing tools, 9
ironing board, 9
pressing cloth, 9
roller towel, 9
sleeve board, 9
steam iron, 9
wooden point turner, 9
prick stitch, 42
printed cotton, 13
Q
quilt binding tape, 82
quilting types, 146‑151
batting, 147, 153
channel and diamond quilting, 148
free motion quilting, 150
outline quilting, 150
quilt block, 150
rotary cutter, 147
stitch in the ditch quilting, 149
technique description, 146
tools, 147
walking foot, 149
R
rayon thread, 22
reverse appliqué, 143
reverse stitch, 18
rickrack trim, 70, 73
roller towel, 9
rotary cutter, 147
making bias tape, 81
making drawstring ties, 94
self‑healing mat and, 8
ruffles and gathers, 88‑101
elastic, sewing with, 96‑99
gathering a ruffle, 90‑91
making drawstring ties, 94‑95
shirring with elastic thread, 92‑93
ruler, 7
running stitch, 43
S
safety pins, 6, 95
satin ribbon, 70
seam allowance, clipping, 58
seam gauge, 7
seam ripper, 8, 51, 108
seams, curved, 58‑61
inward curve, 58‑59
materials needed, 58
needle position, 61
notching, 61
outward curve, 60‑61
presser foot, 60
pressing, 59
scissors, 58
seam allowance, 58
seams and hems, 46‑55
hem, sewing, 52‑53
seam finishes, 50‑51
straight seam, sewing and pressing,
48‑49
selvage, 10
sewing machine, 16‑31
anatomy, 18‑19
bobbin loading, 24‑27
feet, 28‑29
needles, 23
tension and stitch adjustment,
30‑31
threading, 20‑22
sew‑in interfacing, 158‑159
shank button, 116
sharp needles, 23
shirring with elastic thread, 92‑93
backstitching, 93
bobbin winding, 92
description of shirring, 92
marking, 92
materials needed, 92
pressing, 93
steps, 92‑93
silk, 13
sizing, preshrinking and, 14
sleeve, setting, 166‑167
ease, 166‑167
materials needed, 166
pressing, 166‑167
staystitching, 166
steps, 166‑167
sleeve board, 9
snaps, 119
solid cotton, 13
speed control, 18
spool pin, 19
standard foot, 28
staystitching, 166
steam iron, 9
stitch in the ditch, 77, 171
stitch in the ditch quilting, 149
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