Technique Checklist

This is a checklist of sewing techniques that I would like to conquer at some point. There’s no rush, I’m just keeping a list so I can choose a pattern that will teach me something new whenever I feel like it. I first found the idea on Diary of a Chain Stitcher, but have since come across it on several other blogs as well.

• Bag feet, installing – Colette Patterns (Walden) Cooper backpack (January 2014)
• Belt, making a
• Boning
• Bra – Ohhh Lulu Jasmine (wearable toile) (May 2014)
• Bra strap carriers for a blouse or dress – New Look 6109 (August 2014)
• Bust padding (for a strapless dress?)
• Button holes, bound
• Button holes, corded
• Button holes, hand-sewn
• Button holes, standard, more than one on a garment – High-Contrast Megan Nielsen Kelly skirt (April 2014)
• Button loop, rouleau – Modified Burda 2/2013, #103 (wearable toile) (September 2014)
• Button loop, thread
• Button placket – Grocery-Store Grainline Studio Archer shirt (toile) (August 2014)
• Button placket, hidden
• Buttons, fabric-covered
• Clear elastic, finishing an armhole/neckline with – Stripey Maria Denmark Day-to-Night Drape Top (April 2014)
• Clear elastic, stabilising a seam with – Tribal Print Closet Case Nettie Bodysuit (June 2014)
• Collar, camp/convertible
• Collar, mandarin
• Collar, notched (cp. Noriko’s blouse in Tokyo Story)
• Collar, with collar stand – Grocery-Store Grainline Studio Archer shirt (toile) (August 2014)
• Fabric, cut on the bias, making a garment from
• Fabric, lace, making a garment from
• Fabric, rain-proof, making a garment from
• Fabric, sheer, making a garment from
• Hem, blind, hand-sewn – self-drafted Christmas dress (December 2013)
• Hem, blind, using the blind stitch foot
• Hem, rolled, hand-sewn
• Hem, rolled, using the roll hemming foot
• Hem, shirt-tail – Grocery-Store Grainline Studio Archer shirt (toile) (August 2014)
• Hem, twin-needle – Victory Patterns Lola dresses (wearable toiles) (January 2014)
• Horse hair braid, adding to a hem
• Lining, for a bodice/dress with facings
• Lining, for a dress with a waist seam – Disco Jacquard By Hand London Elisalex dress (December 2014)
• Lining, for a one-piece bodice/dress – self-drafted Christmas dress (December 2013)
• Magnetic snaps, installing – Colette Patterns (Walden) Cooper backpack (January 2014)
• Pintucks – self-drafted Purple Tank Top (May 2014)
• Piping
• Plaid, matching on something more complicated than my 2013 Christmas dress
• Pocket, cargo
• Pocket, welt, double
• Pocket, welt, single
• Pocket, with flap
• Rivets, installing
• Quilt, making a proper
• Scallops
• Shirring
• Sleeve, long, with placket – Named Clothing Quinn Shirt (wearable toile) (August 2015)
• Slit, with seam – Modified Burda 2/2013, #103 (September 2014)
• Slit, without seam – Modified Burda 2/2013, #103 (September 2014)
• Strap, adjustable, for a bag/backpack – Colette Patterns (Walden) Cooper backpack (January 2014)
• Strap, rouleau
• Tailoring a jacket (classic suit jacket or classic, fitted blazer)
• Vintage pattern, finishing something from a – Burda 9/1971, #9760 (June 2015)
• Waist stay
• Zip, exposed
• Zip, hand-picked
• Zip, invisible, using my invisible zip foot – Katy & Laney Tap Shorts (July 2014)
• Zip, lapped