#daryl lancaster

Threads Magazine January 2018

The holiday issue is out from Threads. It includes an overview of working with metallic fabrics by Deana Tierney May, just in time for whipping something up for a party. If your taste runs more towards the tailored and you are thinking suits, Pamela Leggett has a technical piece with some inventive ways to make collars and lapels so that the seam lines roll underneath. I’ve always done this by sheer shaping with steam, but she builds sewing into the process as well. The green jacket above illustrates some of her insights. The frogs you see to close a garment are made using a Japanese kumihimo, a gadget that allows you to braid threads, yarns, etc, into custom trims and closures. Daryl Lancaster explains. Plus Linda Stewart offers help if you are considering setting up some kind of sewing business. What do you need to think about, why you need a business plan, how to set up a workroom, etc.

Threads, September 2017

This issue has articles that well serve the dressmaker of any taste and any skill level. There is the red beaded dress on the back, a 1940s version of the 1920s, done on chiffon which Judith Neukam explains in her article. Angela Wolf helps those whose taste run more to denim to distress their jeans, while Daryl Lancaster explains the innards of a tailored jacket--I know it looks terribly complicated to the uninitiated, but I have to say making my own suits has been most satisfying. There is no other way to get the cut, color, details, and fit exactly the way you want them, unless you hire a tailor. Other articles explain seersucker for the beginner, then there is one on fitting sleeves with both basic and advanced info, and glamorous leather applique for the embellishment aficionados.