Sewing terms pretty please.

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High end constructed early mid 60s dress silk dress. What are the proper terms for 1) inside band that does up with hook and eye 2) seam finishing on bodice where the lining creates a nice finishing edge on the material 3) the string that loosely attaches the skirt lining to the dress skirt.

THANKS!!!







A huge storm is approching...
 
1) A waist stay. I have mostly seen it called a petersham in older clothing, though it would still be correct. Interesting FYI (or maybe it's only interesting to sewing-geek me) is that Petersham actually refers to a type of ribbon, and the name became interchangeable with the term waist stay. Both grosgrain and petersham can be used to make waist stays.

2) Not sure that this has a term. It looks like a variation on binding, but it doesn't look like a true bound seam. Binding uses a strip of fabric or tape to encase a raw edge. The strip is first sewn to one side of the raw edge, then it is sewn to the other side, thereby encasing the raw edge.

3) I would call this a tailor's tack, though really a tailor's tack is used for marking points during the construction process and isn't intended to be a permanent tack. There may be an other term, but I can't think of it at the moment...

Laura
 
1) Laura nails it!
2) It looks like binding that wasn't fully wrapped on the back side leaving raw edge
3) That is single thread crochet swing tack. this techique is also used to make belt loops.

I can be a sewing geek, too!

Hollis
 
Yeesh! You ladies know your stuff!!! I'm a thingie and whatchamacallit kind a gal.

How I wish my mom was here so I could apologize for not listening to her when I was young - she was a sewing, knitting, crocheting, marcrame etc. etc. geek too! I actually failed the sewing portion of grade 8 home ec :BAGUSE::BAGUSE:- a prairie dress, no less. OY! I had zero patience - I'd put my foot on the pedal and be fine and steady for about 30 seconds and then zooooooom... off to the races

Okay, I'm rambling...

I'm very grateful ladies!
 
Nice work ladies... I have been looking for a good book that will help me with sewing terms and also perhaps ones with different kinds of fabric.

Is there a sample book perhaps that is available with different samples of different types of fabric in it? Sometimes it's confusing and if you're me, you have to touch everything to confirm what you THINK you see. :)

I'd love some suggestions. I like being as technical as possible and my mom is getting sick of the phone calls - "you know, where the bodice does that thing but it's in the back instead of the front and it's kind of a cxurly que twist that is upside and sideways..." :hysterical:
 
Anessa, you are lucky to still have your mom around to get sick of such phone calls! :wub:

Sorry about your bad Home Ec experiences, Deborah. :sniff: (said the Queen of Home Ec - both sewing and cooking)

Tailor's Tacks are threads used as sewing/tailoring markers on fabrics that are not suited for tailors chalk marks, etc.

The crochet swing tack or belt loop is a basic chain stitch in the world of crochet.

The Vouge Sewing Book is pretty much the bible of sewing terms. :)

Janine
 
Hi Anessa - I bought the "All About" Series by Julie Parker and I'm very pleased. There are three volumes available - Cotton, Silk and Wool - you may purchase separately. They come with samples on the side and you have to tape them on the appropriate page in the book. Off the top of my head, I'd say there are about 100 samples and details of other materials or what these samples may be confused with etc. And there is space at the back of each book where you can attach additional samples and write notes.

Thanks, Janine - glad to know someone passed home ec with flying colours :D
 
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