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[edit] Notions

Notions are items required for finishing a garment in addition to the fabric and pattern, e.g. pins and buttons, but not pin cushions. The article needs to be rearranged accordingly. Mr. Jones 12:40, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yarn and thread

Hi Andre,

noted your amendment. Unfortunately, there is a big difference between yarn and thread. Thread is used for sewing, and yarn for knitting/crochet.

User:Renata 1/10/2002

[edit] what about other stitches, anyone helps us to add some explanations

explanations pls

There are many, many different stitches, used in different contexts (depending on the application). There is a big -and still very incomplete- basic list on the page and a bit on stitch. There are so many different stitches that it is going to need its own page. I will be personally undertaking this in the next month, including posting example photos of my own work. --Kat 07:34, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you so much. I have been working so hard on the Islam-related articles that I haven't had time to work on clothing/textile/sewing stuff and I really appreciate the good work you and PKM are doing. Zora 07:59, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Kat, great! Saw a couple of your edits and was delighted to have you on the (unofficial) team. I have put stuff on zig-zag stitch under zig-zag, but perhaps it should be moved and cross-referenced. Paula Kate (PKM) 18:39, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] mending

anyone know of a quick and dirty guide of mending little rips and tears of clothing? Please link.

[edit] Sewing terminology?

Do we want/need a separate article on sewing terminology, to include things like dart, bias, grainline, princess seam, Hong Kong finish, french seam, lining, interlining, etc.? Or does that belong here, or with sewing patterns? PKM 21:17, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Plastic canvas"

I found a napkin holder that was made out of some yarn and a weird green plastic with holes in it, and a friend told me that this was "plastic canvas", and used as a structural material for sewing and such. Does anyone know anything about it? Would someone be able to create a stub or redirect for plastic canvas? --Creidieki 00:34, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

I did; thought I posted a comment here. PKM 17:17, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Sure, you can buy it at AC more. It can be used for tons of stuff and is a great tool to use to teach needlepoint or bargello. The plastic canvas actually comes in a variety of colors.

[edit] Darning

Redirects here. There's no mention of it in the article, and it's not just a synonym for 'sewing' after all. Someone kindly fix this! (ie write a bit)

Done. See Darning. PKM did a lot of good work on it. Zora 21:13, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tacking and Basting

I've started Tack (sewing) - there's a cleanup effort on to break apart the various senses of tack - could use more information. Like an illustration of how to make a tailor's tack.

Also, basting now covers both the cooking and sewing senses - if someone does basting stitch we should split those apart, and link from tack (sewing) - I have temporarily linked basting stitch here to tack (sewing)

Oh, and could someone form the UK confirm whether "tack" is the standard UK term for US "baste"? - PKM 18:09, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] References

Someone added some books by Barbara Deckert that are not sewing classics. I removed them. I suspect intent to boost sales, but I could be wrong; it could be that those were just the books that someone had handy, and thought were useful. I will add some more books later -- Therese de Dilmont, for one thing. A classic, and it's still available. The Vogue and Reader's Digest books aren't bad either. Zora 14:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Any teachers out there?

I am interested in knowing what your curriculum covers for a first and second year sewing course.

Please let me know!!

[edit] Anyone interested in another project?

I have just started a new wiki at Craftacular.com. It runs on the same software as wikipedia, but the goal is a little different.

I am working to make it a central resource for all things related to crafts. A central, on-line repositiory of patterns, techniques, tutorials, tip & tricks, etc that people can use as a resource. It will be a place that encourages opinions. I'm (obviously) just getting started, but I'm reaching out to crafters to ask them if they'd be willing to contribute some of their expertise or help me get the word out.

I appreciate any help that you can lend. It's going to take a lot more people than just myself to get this baby up to its full potential.

Also, please let me know if this comment is unwelcome. It's my understanding from reading wikipedia's rule/terms of use that this would be an appropriate place for a post like this. Thanks!

[edit] WikiProject?

I'm thinking about starting a WikiProject for Textile Arts that would include all the usual crafts (sewing, knitting, weaving, crochet, lace, etc.) plus clothing and fashion design. We basically need to find 5 editors who are interested in contributing. A WikiProject would allow us to use tags to monitor the progress of our field, using the [[Mathbot assessments. We could also make common templates, info-boxes and whatnot, and it might draw other textile-enthusiasts to us. (More knitters, yeay!) I'd be willing to get it off the ground, programming-wise; are people here interested in joining? Thanks! :) Willow 10:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm interested, but I'm also watching 700 articles and I'm chronically short on time. I dunno if it would be fair for me to sign up if I'm always going to be busy with articles relating to Islam, Indian cinema, and the South Pacific. Zora 23:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Zora, it's great to talk with you again! :) It's true, we're all busy, but the commitment might not be too bad; maybe an article a month or so? I think assessing and organizing our articles would be good and help to attract other editors; if we all pitch in a little, we might make something really good.

PS. I noticed the Vandal Sonnet in German on your Barnstar page — it's really good. You probably already have a translation of it, but I'd be happy to make you one, albeit inexpertly; it should be appreciated. ;) Willow 10:31, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] surgeon

I think that surgeons should be removed from the list of occupations that require sewing since surgeons really perform sutures, not sew skin together. A rather small, but important, difference I think. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.182.123.148 (talk) 17:50, 16 February 2007 (UTC).

Agree. - PKM 18:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Seam allowance

I don't think seam allowance should be merged here; rather, this should be a Main Article on this essential craft and the section on seam allowance here should be merged into seam allowance. - PKM 18:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


I agree. Seam Allowance should be searchable on its own.

[edit] Alternatives?

How about a section on the alternatives to sewing, such as welded seams (for appropriate materials) and any other methods that exist? EdX20 (talk) 17:27, 26 November 2007 (UTC)