Tag: notions

• Fusible Interfacing

  The support layer that keeps collars, waistbands and buttonholes in shape - woven, knit and non-woven types, matching weight to fabric, fusing it so it doesn't bubble, and when to use sew-in interfacing instead.

• Elastic

  Braided, knitted, woven, clear and specialty elastics compared, how to measure and cut elastic to length, casing vs stitched-on methods, and joining the ends so the waistband doesn't twist or roll.

• Boning

  The strips that give corsets and fitted bodices their structure - spiral steel, flat steel, synthetic whalebone and Rigilene compared, sizes, buying pre-cut or by the metre, and capping the ends.

• Notions

  The small items besides fabric that a garment needs - thread, zips, buttons, elastic, interfacing, tapes and trims - how to read a pattern's notions list, and tips for buying them.