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  • Big daysAn ivory gown with a tulle skirt and lace edging hung from the frame of a dark four poster bed

    A gown hung up the night before

    Gowns go home in a breathable cover, with the train folded in tissue so it travels flat.

  • LengthsClose view of a denim hem corner with double rows of orange topstitching

    A jeans hem with a matched topstitch

    Thick seams on denim are hammered flat first so the needle passes cleanly and the stitch sits straight.

  • Fastenings and fixesTwo hands working thread through the inside of a white shirt collar

    Finishing inside a shirt by hand

    Some seams are easier to close by hand than to put under the machine again.

  • Fastenings and fixesA grey zip sewn into speckled grey wool cloth between two rows of pale stitching

    A zip set flat into thick wool

    Thick cloth needs the zip tape eased in, so the teeth lie straight and the seam doesn’t ripple.

  • FitBlack scissors following a pencil line through pattern paper, one hand holding it flat

    Marking up before a seam moves

    Chalk lines from the fitting are trued up flat first, and only then cut.

  • Fastenings and fixesThe ribbed edge of a rust coloured cable knit beside a small coil of matching yarn

    Knitwear and a close matching yarn

    Moth holes are darned in the nearest colour we can find, and the darn sits quietly.

  • FitA hand flattening grey wool under a presser foot

    Grey wool under the machine foot

    Wool is sewn slowly and pressed between steps, so a new seam lies as flat as its neighbours.

  • Big daysA cream halterneck dress with a pleated skirt on a dressmaker’s form against a dark panelled wall

    A party dress on the form

    A dress rests on the form overnight after pressing, so the skirt settles into its folds.

  • LengthsA machine needle stitching checked fabric beside a cream wool sleeve

    Checked shirting on the machine

    Checks are lined up across a seam before the needle goes in, so the pattern carries on.

  • The workroomReels of brown and cream thread, two buttons and a heap of glass headed pins on calico

    Thread chosen against the cloth

    Reels are held against the garment in daylight before one is chosen.

  • The workroomGold stork shaped embroidery scissors and a card of green thread on white cloth

    Small scissors for fine work

    Fine blades for clipping threads and opening tight seams.

  • Fastenings and fixesA worn steel presser foot stitching through bright blue cloth

    A seam that came apart, closed again

    The new stitching runs just inside the old line, so the seam keeps its width.

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