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Sewing
Sewing is simply the stitching and joining of pliable materials, such as cloth, various fabrics, leather, etc. using needle and thread. Sewing can be done by hand or by machines. Questions in this topic also include types of stitches, patterns, and how to do them.
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What year was this Singer sewing machine manufactured serial number NA700934?
The two letters (NA) at the beginning indicate 1951according to Singer's site in the related link.
Yes you can. It is best if you iron it from the back, so you do not flatten your work.
What is the price range of a Tajima embroidery machine?
The price for a Tajima embroidery machine will vary depending on the size of the machine. Smaller embroidery machines can be purchased around $400 where as larger machines can cost up to $2800.
The origin of the name Guayabera may come from a Cuban legend that tells of a poor countryside sewing sewing large pockets into her husband's shirts for carrying guava (guayabas) from the field.guayabera#cite_note cubanet 2guayabera#cite_note bakersfield 3 Guayabera may also have originated from the word yayabero, the word for a person who lived near the Yayabo River in cuba.guayabera#cite_note cubanet 2guayabera#cite_note havanajournal 4
Though commonly called guayabera in yucat n 3 or camisa de Yucatan in Mexico, the shirt is sometimes referred to as a "Mexican Wedding Shirt."guayabera#cite_note articlesbase 1
DesignThe guayabera shirt is distinguished by several details: either two or four patch pocket and two vertical rows of alforzas(fine, tiny pleats, usually 10, sewing closely together) running along the front and back of the shirt (the pockets are separately detailed with identical, properly aligned alforzas).guayabera#cite_note bakersfield 3In Mexico, Puerto Rico, and panama guayaberas designed from linen are generally considered the most popular attire for beach weddings due to their combination of style and comfort of wear.guayabera#cite_note articlesbase 1
The top of each pocket is usually adorned with a matching shirt button, as are the bottoms of the alforza pleats. Vertical rows of adjusting buttons are often seen, one on each side, at the bottom hem. While most versions of the design have no placket covering the buttons, a few newer designs do.
The bottom of some shirts have three-inch slits on either side, and these include adjusting buttons. The Mexican shirt will usually have two or three such buttons at the bottom, on each side. It has a straight-bottom hem, thus it is not tucked into the trousers.guayabera#cite_note fortmill 5
Though traditionally worn in white and pastel, guayaberas are now available in many colors. Black, heavily embroidered with tiny colorful flowers and with French cuffs, has for many decades been extremely popular in Mexico. guayabera#cite_note babalu 6
In puerto rico, guayaberas are the national costume for men.guayabera#cite_note Puerto_Rico.com 7
In zimbabwe, the short sleeve Cuban version is worn for special occasions.guayabera#cite_note justlinen 8 The shirt was brought to Africa by Cuban teachers who once lived there.
Today, it has replaced the safari jacket for special occasions. White shirts are worn with black dress pants to wedding and black shirts are worn to funeral. The same, short sleeve Cuban version is worn as office wear in jamaica and trinidad.guayabera#cite_note justlinen 8 In Zimbabwe and Britain the guayabera is called a Safari shirt. In Jamaica it is known as a bush jacketand in Trinidad, it is called a shirt-jac.
The shirt-jac (also known as a "jac" for short, or a "summer jac") has become a popular clergy shirt in the last thirty years; though these shirts avoid the Guayabera design details, several companies such as Toomey of Chicago and Wippell's of England/New Jersey offer such shirts. Many clerics purchase fine Guayabera shirts and have the collars re-tailored into clergy collars.
Popularity in the United StatesIn the past, guayaberas were typically sold to and associated with older men ranging from 45 to 75. When retro clothing styles began to make a resurgence in recent years, the consumer base began to shift to a significantly younger audience.guayabera#cite_note fortmill 5In some countries and in several areas of Florida, the guayabera is often an acceptable form of office wear as a means of coping with hot weather.guayabera#cite_note babalu 6
Similar shirtsIn the Philippines national dress which the guayabera bears its similarity, the barong tagalog. The Barong Tagalog is an elegant, typically long-sleeved shirt. Its major difference from the traditional guayabera is that it typically has no pockets, whereas a guayabera often has four.guayabera#cite_note cubanet 2In the Samoan islands the shirt style has been introduced into the masculine formal attire known as the "safari set" which pairs a solid-colored linen ie faitaga (a tailored, formal version of the "lava lava" wrap) with a matching button-down shirt. The most common "safari" shirt resembles the pocketed khaki shirts stereotypically donned by Australian zoo workers and African safari tour guides but guayabera-like shirts are now commonly seen, especially in American Samoa where the majority of tailor shops are operated by ethnic Filipino tailors. The type seen in Samoa often includes tightly-sewn vertical pleats and two to four buttoned pockets front.
In Texas, a company is offering a "Hawaiiabera"; a traditional Guayabera in traditional Hawaiian prints. guayabera#cite_note 9
A cloth woven with a raised design is called?
A cloth woven with a raised design is called a brocade. A damask fabric also has a raised design. With a damask the design is visible from both sides of the fabric.
Can anyone give advice on cutting out chiffon?
Cutting chiffon (and silk)can be very easy if you use a stabilizer. This is a thin soft fabric that you either pin, or Iron-on the back side of the fabric, and then remove when you are finished. There are many commercial varieties of this product which can found online and at most full service fabric shops. Ask for chiffon stabilizer.
What does the thread take-up do on a sewing machine?
The take up lever is used in threading the sewing machine and to keep the thread tension at the proper level. If the take up lever is threaded improperly, the thread will knot up and jam in the machine.
What are some examples of nonwoven fabrics?
Non-Woven Web Forming
The web formation phase of Non-Woven manufacturing processes transforms previously prepared/formed fibers, filaments, (or films), into preferentially arranged layers of lofty and loosely held fiber networks called webs, batts, mats, or sheets.
Latest carding technology is used to produce the desired webs of staple fibers. Here at Feathertouch three carding lines are present to run all types of fibers and produce customer's desired Non-Woven. We use the most versatile web-forming system for Non-Woven i.e. carding and cross lapping. All the critical fabric parameters such as unfinished product weight and manufactured width are established at this web formation.
The web formation process maintains the trend of improved quality, increased speeds, and process monitoring by using electronic information as a feedback mechanism to control the process and quality of the web.
In our Non-Woven manufacturing systems, the fiber material is deposited or laid on a forming or conveying surface, and the physical environment at this phase is always dry hence the terms drylaid Non-Woven manufacturing is used with our manufacturing facilities.
From this process the material is sent to different Non-Woven bonding processe
What is the main purpose of having a Bernina Serger?
A Bernina Serger is used for serging; making sewing simple. It allows you to cut, sew and neaten in a single operaton. Ideal for all types of material, silk, satin, linen, fleece and denims; serging will become straightforward for even the most inexperienced user.
How do you start and end stitches on a prequilted baby quilt?
You start and finish stitches just as you would on any other embroidery project, from the back. When you have completed the pattern, you will finish the back with another piece of fabric (I suggest flannel) and bind the two together around the edges with blanket binding. This will cover all your knots and floss ends and enhance the warmth of the blanket.
What products are sold by Lincraft?
Lincraft sells fabric & patterns, crafts goods, knitting & crochet materials, homeware, curtains & blinds, stationary, and sewing machines & overlockers.
What is dfference between Hem and Flap Pillow case?
A hem pillowcase just has a hem around the edge at the opening. A flap pillowcase has one side extending as a flap that gets tucked in once the pillow has been inserted.
Which are the temporary hand stitches?
The most basic temporary hand stitch is call basting. It is a long, straight stitch to hold the fabrics together in place until the permanent stitches are placed.
How do you sew buttonholes with a Kenmore model 385.17628890?
Attach the buttonhole foot. Set the setting for buttonhole (bh). Sew. You adjust the buttonhole size by sliding the rear part of the buttonhole foot forward and back.
What year was Kenmore sewing machine model 1813 manufactured?
Well, I know I bought one new in 1970, from the Sears store in Northern Va. Don't know how long before or after 1970 it was made.
What is Value of singer portable electric sewing machine 221-1?
I have a Singer portable electric in the case, in excellent condition. It is a 221-. Can you tell me how much it is worth?
How do you braid your hair if it has no ends?
No ends... do you mean how do they hide the ends??.... the ends are tucked under at the base of the neck. It only looks as if they did something fancy to it. (I worked as a stylist for 10 years) sheila
Why do you feel breathless after running for a long time?
The oxygen transfer from your lungs to your blood can't always keep up with the amount you are burning so the heart demands more and begins to beat faster and your lungs try to work faster to keep up with your heart transferring the oxygen to your blood. As you get in better shape the heart and lungs work more efficiently and you don't feel so out of breath.
What year was pfaff 2027 sewing machine manufactured?
In 1862, Georg Michael Pfaff, an instrument maker by trade, made his first sewing machine and founded the G. M. PFAFF sewing machine factory in Kaiserslautern. This talented master craftsman developed his machines further and continuously up-dated the production shops of his company. It did not take long before he abandoned individual manual production to change over to steam-driven drilling, milling and planing machines.
How do you calculate fabric consumption in bias cut?
It is very difficult to mathematically calculate how much fabric is needed to make a garment if you want the style and/or draping qualities of bias cut cloth.
Also, for example, you will need much more fabric for a full-skirted dress than you will for a close-fitting style.
Once you have decided upon the design, shape, features and length you want, and how you want any fabric patterns to appear on the finished garment, the next step is to make paper patterns of all the panels and pieces you will need, allowing for comfort, body shape and undergarments, and making due allowance for zip, hem, seams, placing of seams, pockets, making the waistband/belt and trimmings, and very carefully allowing for the extra material necessary for pleats and flares.
And you will need to know the width of the fabric you are going to use. Check with suppliers regarding widths and availability of suitable cloths before you commit yourself to a particular fabric or design.
Clothing fabrics are made in different widths. 150cm (59 inches) is fairly common, but the fabric you have chosen may only be available in a different width.
When you know the width of your fabric, the ideal would be to have a large work table where you can lay out your paper patterns, having marked each piece with a straight line and 'down' arrow. Then you be able to see how best the material could be cut from those patterns and within the edges of that fabric. When laying out the patterns, make sure that the lines and down arrows are always at 45 degrees to the edge of the cloth. You will also need to ensure that you have your paper patterns 'the right way round and the right way up', especially if the material has important stripes or repeating patterns that need to be matched in the finished garment.
If you do not have a suitable table or work surface, you can lay your patterns on the floor.
When you have correctly positioned all the paper patterns, with due allowance for cutting off selvedge and ensuring that repeating fabric patterns will be aligned, you will then be able to measure how much of that fabric you will need.
A simple bias cut A-line skirt can be made from about 3m of 150cm width material, but a heavily pleated skirt will take much more. The actual amount of material needed will vary according to the size and style of the skirt, the width of the fabric and the size of any repeating patterns in/on the fabric.
Of course, if you are working with a pre-cut paper pattern for a particular bias cut style, the instructions on the pack will usually tell you how much fabric is needed.
