Costumes By Denny

10/01/2024

I found these at an estate sale this weekend. What wonderful treasures of the world of Dance.

07/31/2024

An unfinished Clara bodice after someone changed there mind.

02/25/2023

03/25/2021

Someone was asking if I had instructions for a pattern. I didn't have it but I gave them this instead. It can be different depending on what you are making. This is good to have for most basic garment stitching.

Order of Sewing Operations

1. Darts, tucks, pleats
2. Interfacings
3. Style lines, princess lines and yokes
4. Pockets
5. All zippers but dress zippers
6. Shoulder seams
7. Side seams and inseams
8. Prepare collars but don’t attach yet.
9. Finish sleeves cuffs etc. but don’t set in yet.
10. Attach collars
11. Bodice facings
12. Set in sleeves
13. Waist seam of dress skirt and bodice
14. Waistband or was it facings for skirts and pants
15. Dress zipper
16. Hems
17. Buttons and buttonholes

03/20/2021

Needles matter! They are so close in size but if you don’t have the correct one for your machine it won’t stitch correctly. We had to do a lot to this machine to get it running correctly. I replaced the tensions, cleaned it out. That fluff was only one pile that came out of the machine. When you can’t get in places you need cleaned try a pipe cleaner.They work great.
Now that it is working it will get a good cleaning once a week. Keep that machine clean! The less fluff the better it will run.