With the ever changing fashion in the trendy world today, more and more young people are becoming interested in being fashion designers. This is evident by the many fashion designing schools that are emerging and the quick change in fashion designs almost every day. To become a good designer one should be able to know how to use a sewing machine not only well but perfectly, make something out of a rug that people would want to wear and be join pieces together. A perfect piecing seam guide is a small plastic ruler with a laser line and has a needle hole scant quarter inch.
While seaming is defined as the art of joining two edges of a line especially a cloth. So as to have a perfect piecing seam it is advisable that the quarter inch is maintained for consistency even when changing machines. The following are some of the procedures used in using piecing seams directive. The first thing that one needs to do is positioning the perfect piecing guide under the presser foot. The hole in the guide is where your needle goes through. Then the directive should be lined straight with the throat plate.
The guide can then be removed after placing a piece of the sewing edge next on to seam guide and using some tape to hold this sewing edge in place. The edge initially formed can then be used in guiding you as you do the stitching.
The reason why quarter inch scant is advisable is because the thread and fabric takes up much space and if you are not careful you might end up with something smaller than you expected, especially if you are making something with too many seams.
Seams rippers are there to help you in undoing undesired designs in case of a mistake and you need to redo. We have two different types of sewing machines in the market today. There are the manual sewing machines where all the work is done manually using your hands and feet which is very tiring.
The electric sewing machines are the most preferred by most designers because they are fast and so much work can be done in a short period of time as opposed to the manual machines where the designer has to do all work manually, getting tired fast with only a few designs made. The electric machines are only disadvantaged in that one has to have electricity throughout.
Quilting is the process in which two or more layers of the material are sewed together to make it thicker, while the people who do this jobs are called quilters. Quilting can be done by use of a sewing machine, hands or by a special quilting system. This process only requires a needle, a thread; a quilter or the sewing machine and more often people prefer a layer of three materials.
The discovery of this guides has been a great help to tailor because it helps in making perfect seams unlike in the old times where many tailors would approximate the seams, which in most cases led to poor results.
While seaming is defined as the art of joining two edges of a line especially a cloth. So as to have a perfect piecing seam it is advisable that the quarter inch is maintained for consistency even when changing machines. The following are some of the procedures used in using piecing seams directive. The first thing that one needs to do is positioning the perfect piecing guide under the presser foot. The hole in the guide is where your needle goes through. Then the directive should be lined straight with the throat plate.
The guide can then be removed after placing a piece of the sewing edge next on to seam guide and using some tape to hold this sewing edge in place. The edge initially formed can then be used in guiding you as you do the stitching.
The reason why quarter inch scant is advisable is because the thread and fabric takes up much space and if you are not careful you might end up with something smaller than you expected, especially if you are making something with too many seams.
Seams rippers are there to help you in undoing undesired designs in case of a mistake and you need to redo. We have two different types of sewing machines in the market today. There are the manual sewing machines where all the work is done manually using your hands and feet which is very tiring.
The electric sewing machines are the most preferred by most designers because they are fast and so much work can be done in a short period of time as opposed to the manual machines where the designer has to do all work manually, getting tired fast with only a few designs made. The electric machines are only disadvantaged in that one has to have electricity throughout.
Quilting is the process in which two or more layers of the material are sewed together to make it thicker, while the people who do this jobs are called quilters. Quilting can be done by use of a sewing machine, hands or by a special quilting system. This process only requires a needle, a thread; a quilter or the sewing machine and more often people prefer a layer of three materials.
The discovery of this guides has been a great help to tailor because it helps in making perfect seams unlike in the old times where many tailors would approximate the seams, which in most cases led to poor results.
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