BUTTON AND BUTTONHOLE:

 CHOOSE YOUR BUTTON AND THREAD.

 THREAD THE NEEDLE.
 TIE AKNOT AT THE END OF THE THREAD.
 POSITION THE BUTTON ON THE FABRIC.
 PUSH THE THREADEDNEEDLE UP THROUGH
THE FABRIC AND THROUGH ONE HOLE IN THE
BUTTON.
 BRING THE NEEDLE UP THROUGH THE FIRST
HOLE AGAIN AND PULL THE THREAD ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE FABRIC.
 STRENGHTHEN THE BUTTON.
 REPEAT THE SEWING PROCESS ENOUGH TIME
TO MAKE SURE THE BUTTON IS SECURELY IN
PLACE.
 ON THE LAST STITCH PUSH THE NEEDLE
THROUGH THE MATERIAL, BUT NOT
THROUGH A HOLE IN A BUTTON.
 WRAP THE THREAD.
 SECURE THE BUTTON BY LOCKING THE
STITCH. CUT THE EXCESS THREAD.

BUTTONHOLE:
 TO MAKE THIS STITCH INSERT THE NEEDLE FROM TOP TO
BOTTOM (WHERAS IN THE BLANKET STITCH WE INERTS THE
NEEDLE FROM BOTTOM TO TOP).
 AS YOU MAKE THE BLANKET STITCH YOU LOOP THE THREAD
ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE NEEDLE . THIS CREATES A
KNOT ON TOP OF THE LOOP MADE IN THE BLANKET STITCH.
  WHEN USING IT FOR BUTTONHOLES YOU WILL HAVE TO
MAKE VERY CLOSELY SPACED BUTTONHOLE STITCHES.

PRESS BUTTON
 THREAD THE NEEDLE AND KNOT THE END.
 CREATE ANCHOR “X” .
 PLACE THE PRESS BUTTON ON THE FABRIC.
 BLANKET STITCH.
 LOCK THE STITCH .
 REPEAT THE SAME FOR THE ANOTHER BUTTON

VELCRO:

 TAKE 10”X14” FABRIC .

 FOLD THE FABRIC WIDTH WISE .DIVIDE THE FABRIC INTO 2
EQUAL PARTS . AND CUT .
 FOLD THE FABRICV AT 1.5” TWICE . PIN IT .
 PLACE THE VELRO ACCORDINGLY .
 MACHINE STITCH ON THE EDGES OF THE VELCRO .
 REPEAT THE SAME ANOTHER PIECE OF FABRIC THAT YOU
HAVE CUT.

KNIFE PLEATES:
 TAKE 10”X28” FABRIC .
 DRAW ½ INCH LINE AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THE FABRIC .
 MARK 1.5”-0.5” ALL OVER THE LINE .
 FOLD THESE LINES ACCORDING TO GIVEN MARKING AND PIN
THEM .
 MACHINE STITCH ON THE ½ INCH LINE AND LOCK THE
STITCH AT THE STARTING AND THE END .
BOX PLEATES:

 TAKE 10”X28” FABRIC .

 DRAW ½ INCH LINE AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THE FABRIC.
 MARK 1” AND ½” ALL OVER THE LINE.
 FOLD THE LINES ACCORDING TO THE GIVEN MARKING AND
PIN THEM .
 MACHINE STITCH ON THE HALF INCH LINE ALL OVER THE
FABRIC .
 LOCK THE STITCH AT THE STARTING AND THE END .

SINGLE GATHERS :

 TAKE 10”X30” FABRIC.

 MARK ½” LINE LENGTH WISE ON THE FABRIC.
 NOW KEEP THE STITCH LENGTH AT 5.
 WITHOUT LOCKING THE STITCHES TAKE A MACHINE STITCH.
 PULL THE BACK STITCH THREAD WHHICH WILL CREATE
GATHER.
 STITCH THE GATHERS AT A HALF INCH LINE FORM THE EDGE
OF THE FABRIC WHERE THE GATHERS ARE CREATED BELOW
THE UNLOCKED MACHINE STITCH.

DOUBLE GATHERS:

 GATHERS ON BOTH THE REPEAT THE SAME STEPS AS IN

SINGLE EDGES OF THE FABRIC.

PIN TUCKS:
 TAKE 10”X13” FABRIC.
 MARK LINES FOR THE PIN TUCKS WITH THE FABRIC
MARKER OR THE CHALK. MAKE THE LINES ON THE
CORRECT SIDE OF THE MATERIAL.
 PIN THE PIN TUCK LINES.
 FOLD THE MATERIAL ALONG THE FIRST PIN TUCK MARK
SO THAT THE WRONG SIDES ARE TOGETHER.
 PLACE THE FOLE UNDER PRESSER FOOT. START
STITCHING.
 THE BOBIN THREAD WILL PULL THE STICHED ROWS
TOGETHER , CREATING A PIN TUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE GROOVE.
 CONTINUE STITCHING THE REST OF THE PIN TUCKS. LINE
EACH TUCK WITHIN THE GROOVE OF THE PRESSER FOOT
AND SEW THE EACH ADDITIONAL TUCK AS THE FIRST
ONE.
 GENTLY PULL UP THE END OF THE TUCK TO RAISE THEM
PRIOR TO PRESSING THEM.
 USE AN IRON TO PRESS THEM DOWN TO ONE SIDE.

SHELL TUCK:

 TAKE 15”X10” FABRIC.

 FOLD HEM ALONG THE FABRIC BIAS.
 PLACE THE FABRIC UNDER THE FOOT. POSITION THE
FABRIC SO THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF SWING OF THE
NEEDLE DROPS OFF AT THE FOLD OF THE FABRIC.
 LOWER THE FOOT AND START SEWING.
 CUT BAIS STRIPS.
 SEW A LINE OF SHELL TUCKS ALONG THE TOP EDGE
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FABRIC.
 PULL THE BOBIN THREAD AND GATHER THE FABRIC
EVENLY.
 SEW THE ENDS OF THE FABRIC TOGETHER TO MAKE A
RING.
 SET THREAD TENSION TO 4 AND STICH TO 2.
 SEW A LINE OF STRAIGHT STITCHES ALONG THE
FOLDED EDGE.
 PULL THE BOBIN THREAD OF THE LINE OF STRAIGHT
STITCHING TO GATHER.
 FLATEN OUT THE FLOWER.
 ARRANNGE THE FLOWERS TO EVEN UP THE SHAPE.
CROSS TUCKS :

 TAKE 10”X12” FABRIC.

 SEW A NUMBER OF TUCKS IN ONE DIRECTIONS AND THEN CROSS
THOSE TUCKS WITH ROWS OF TUCKS IN THE CROSS WISE DIRECTION.
 ONCE ALL THE TUCKS HAVE BEEN SEWN IN ONE DIRECTION ,
MEASURE AND PPRESS WITH WRONG SIDES TOGETHER , THE FIRST
TUCKS IN THE CROSS WISE DIRECTION.
 SEW THE CROSS WISE TUCKS IN THE PLACE WITH THE EDGE OF THE
FABRIC AGAINST THE METAL B;LADE . WHILE SEWING THE CROSS
WISE TUCKS , KEEP THE TUCKS FLOWING TOWARDS YOU TO KEEP THE
TUCKS LAYING FLAT AND PREVENTING THEM FROM TWISTS AND
TURNS.