
Types of Stitches thru Tunics & Turbans

- Types of Stitches thru Tunics & Turbans
- Twill Weave to Yarns
- Last pages of The Language of Fashion
- Skirts thru sportswear – definitions and illustrations for vintage clothing identification
- timeline of Historical Fashion silhouettes thru the ages – Types of Satin continued
- 3 more scans from the Language of Fashion, a 1930s fashion dictionary
- Nets thru Robe de Style, and information about Rayon
- Types of Necklines Defined. Fashion Terminology, Lambswool to Nets
- Lace identification guide and illustrations, and I – Lambskin
- Types of heels to Hug Me Tights – Fashion Dictionary Scans
- Different types of hats, illustrated and defined.
- Different types of fancy dress and other pages from the Language of Fashion
- Décolletage, dots, Types of dresses, and other fashion definitions
- Cope thru Debutante – from The Language of Fashion
- Different types of Coats illustrated – from The Language of Fashion
- Carcanet thru Cloth Yard – From The Language of Fashion
- Different Types of Caps and Capes Illustrated- from The Language of Fashion
- Types of Blouses and More from The Language of Fashion, a Fashion Dictionary (Blouses thru Caps)
- Fashion Pronunciation Key, Preface, and Table of Contents
- The Language of Fashion by Mary Brooks Picken 1938
- The Language of Fashion: Dictionary scans aal through blotch
Ever wonder how to name or identify the stitching that you might find on pieces of vintage clothing? Here are some excellent definitions, descriptions, and illustrations for types of stitches used in clothing construction and decoration. Referring to these drawings and definitions has helped me to identify and describe vintage clothing.
These fashion definitions for stitches include:
- Arrowhead stitching
- blanket stitch
- buttonhole stitch
- chevron stitch
- chain stitch
- cretan stitch
- couching stitch
- florentine stitch
- french knot
- huckaback stitch
- looped braid stitch
- outline stitch
- petal stitch
- Pekingese stitch
- smocking
- surface darning stitch
- tailor’s tacks
- trame stitch
Then, alphabetically: sweater types, Japanese Tabis, common types of threads, finally ending with tunics and turbans.
If my words run dry, it’s because my eyes are about to fry scanning and describing this dictionary... almost to the end, and it’s very informative and I’m learning alot about fashion history and vintage clothing identification!
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