Howdy! Here is this month’s Art of Dressmaking download, focused on Seams. Basically, the whole reason I picked this is because of page 97, “A Dart with Fulness on One Side”. It’s the style used in the hip gathers for the infamous “One Hour Dress”, but the construction method shown here, with the stay, is different enough from the construction as explained by Mary Brooks Picken that I want to try it out and see which version I like better. (Don’t worry, I’ll do a whole post on this. Or maybe do worry? Because it’s gonna be nerdy.)

I haven’t yet decided which other technique I want to try. I’m already familiar with a lot of the examples (French seams, felled seams, various seam finishes etc.). The Open Welt and Slot Seams are intriguing to me, because I can’t immediately visualize an application for them. I’ll have to dig in more magazines to see if I can find examples of them!