When we think of beads, the first thing that comes to our mind are those small round seed beads, but bugle beads can do ...

The term for clothing designed for use outdoors. ; Also called overclothes. Includes all items ranging from Coats, Overcoats, Blazers, Capes, Jackets and Rainwear. They are mainly of these fabric ...

When buying a bag or making one yourself, one of the most important things you take into consideration is the bag fabric material it is made of. The material is what makes the bag, other than the ...

What with all the talk of fast fashion, throwing away old things for the sake of mental peace and nirvana, the convenience of not stepping out or even taking out your wallet for buying things, and the ...

Fashion refers to the styles of clothing that are currently popular – ‘currently’ being relative. It is always evolving and changing and going back. Every style and trend in fashion keeps coming back ...

At one point in time, I was obsessed with Fabric painting. Whatever I sewed, I had to paint some design or motif on it. I have made some horrible fabric paintings on napkins, aprons, and bed sheets ...

Grain of the fabric refers to the direction of the yarns in a woven fabric. The grain of a fabric affects the drape and the fit of a garment. When you ignore it in cutting, hems twist, seams rotate ...

Corsets! How else do you think all those noble ladies of Europe, some hundreds of years ago, managed to look like an hourglass, with a waist that you could span with a hand? The women of those times ...

If you came here looking for Types of jeans with names and pictures CHECK IT OUT. If you are looking for the fit of different jeans go here. If you are looking for ...

I have always been fascinated by smocking done on my girls’ dresses and always thought it is too difficult to do. Realistically it is a little bit difficult to do than other embroidery work but the ...

When a zipper doesn’t close on a perfectly well-made, well-fitting dress or your favorite bag, nothing can be more frustrating. Bags, shoes, skirts, dresses, blouses, pants – those zippers are ...

Fashions of sleeves come and go. One moment a particular sleeve may be in fashion but then they disappear completely for decades to resurface later and become a rage again. I remember wearing loose ...