Sewing: general questions

sewing lessons from Vera Olkhovskaya

Just think, some ten years ago there was a joke: “I’ll buy an overlocker. I'll take a look at what it is."

Now the venerable public is tormented only by those questions that modern search engines cannot answer. So, what to replace it with?

Ask the girls who got their grandmother's "Heads" and "Singers" from the mezzanine and the tailors did not dull the overlock knife in time ...

I tried to analyze the most popular answers to this question today in the video master class on sewing

Sewing lessons from Vera Olkhovskaya

How to learn to sew? Question for all time.

Whether you decide to learn to sew on your own or take a sewing course, you still can't avoid learning how to take measurements.

Even if you sew according to the ready-made patterns of Vera Olkhovskaya, the size of which can be chosen according to the size of your favorite clothes, you still have to master taking measurements.

Taking measurements is the most important lesson in cutting and sewing.

So, watch the video master class ...

Each portNoah knows which two seams should have special strength. This is the seam of the armhole and the seam of the seat (see articles on armhole processing and tailoring trousers).

Traditionally, these seams are recommended to be sewn with two straight lines at a distance of 1 mm, stretching the fabric.

This is a good way that has stood the test of time.

This is one of the most common stitches made with a universal machine, that is, with a straight stitch.

The stitching is done in two steps.

The parts are folded face to face, but the cut sections are not combined, but are arranged in parallel at a distance of 0,5 - 0,7 cm (Fig. 1).

At the request of readers of my books and visitors to the Couturier, each model has been assigned a level of difficulty.

There are five levels of sewing difficulty:

Elementary.
Simple.
Medium (medium difficulty).
High (high difficulty).
Pro (for professionals).

Body types are important to consider when choosing styles and proportions of clothing.

Dolichomorphic type - relatively long limbs and a short narrow body.

Brachymorphic - relatively short limbs and a long, wide body.

Mesomorphic - an intermediate type, the most proportional ...

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During my tailoring practice, I was convinced that the client and the tailor put different meanings into the word “fitting”.

The client often does not understand why this is needed at all and simply makes concessions to the master.

And when trying on a product, first he looks at how much his new image meets his own expectations...

processedka open cut with a "dense" zigzag with simultaneous stretching and tucking the edge is called "picking".

Sometimes this seam is called "edge" or "edge".

Some household sewing machines have a special foot for piping... (read more and watch video)

To determine the type of posture, you will probably have to repeat everything about taking measurements.

See also the video tutorial on taking measurements at the end of the article.

Since the type of physique in posture is determined by the tailor solely by measurements.

Of course, we can also say by eye: “he has a chest with a wheel”, or “she is very stooped”, about someone we will say “swallowed a stake” (Fig. 1).

So, a professional approach.

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In sewing modern clothes today, various materials are used, which 5 years ago were used only for sewing corsets and dresses for ballroom dancing.

We are talking about regiline, in some countries it is called "regiline".

In many cases, it is able to successfully replace metal bones in corsets with a small and medium tightening.

Such a replacement will also be successful in various corsetry products that are processed without lining and do not require tightening.

In cases where it is inconvenient to use regilin, the so-called corset tape or artificial whalebone is taken to replace it.

Both the regilin and the corset tape are sometimes referred to by the common name "bones" ...