Sewing With Nancy - Artistic Closures (VHS, 1996)

Artistic Closures
Nancy Zieman, hostess of TV’s Sewing With Nancy, brings her 3-part series on Artistic Closures to you in this 60 minute video.
Highlights
• Using buttonholes and buttons both functionally and as decorative accents
• Measuring, marking, stitching, and opening buttonholes
• Adding cording to buttonholes
• Incorporating buttonholes as artistic elements: buttonhole lacing; buttonhole appliqué; patchwork, multiple, fringed, overstitched, and embellished buttonholes
• Creating an invisible buttonhole placket
• Stitching on buttons by machine and by hand
• Using buttons as artistic accents: stitching options, tie-on buttons
• Creating braided buttons and braided loop closures
• Substituting loops for buttonholes
• Using tabs, belts, and toggles as closures
Reference Material
To accompany this video, Nancy has written a fully illustrated booklet entitled Artistic Closures.

[@susancorvalan6765]

Nancy, we miss you so much! Thank you for bring me up from a mediocre sewer to a nearly competent seamstress. I read and reread some of your books and teach the skills to my gnddtrs, ages 8-11.

[@quiltta]

I loved watching Nancy. I learned so much from her. I miss you Nancy. ♥️🧵

[@carefulpilgrim]

These are excellent videos on sewing techniques. And I have a Pfaff and have been quite happy with it.

[@margienell4401]

Miss Nancy so. ❤

[@gaylacedarpark3094]

💜 watching Nancy!!

[@eekk6230]

Thanks Nancy. RIP

[@sonyasew2]

Thank you for this video

[@vanessaknight7129]

I always enjoy you. Those cow pants are super cute.

[@elsiewilliams8640]

Very inspiring