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This glossary contains terms used in sewing, tailoring and related crafts. For terms used in the creation or manufacturing of textiles, including spinning, knitting, weaving, and individual fabrics and finishing processes, see Glossary of textile manufacturing. For terms used in dyeing, see Glossary of dyeing terms.
28 sty 2024 · Gathering – Long loose running stitches or differential feed setting on a serger that pulls the fabric into many small regular folds when drawing up the thread. Used to attach fabric pieces of varying widths such as sleeves into armholes.
5 maj 2016 · Applique is a decoration made by stitching one piece of fabric onto another fabric by using blind stitches or satin stitches. Learn how to do hand applique; how to do sewing machine applique. Applique scissors. Applique scissors are used to cut applique, they are also called duck bill scissors. One edge is longer for better cutting around edges.
17 sty 2014 · Quilt top is either pieced or a single piece of fabric. The next layer is batting. The bottom layer of a quilt is a piece of fabric that is generally 4 inches longer and wider on all sides, this allows for quilting. For example, if quilt top measures 60×60, backing and batting should measure at least 68×68.
7 kwi 2015 · Grain refers to the orientation of the fiber pieces that are woven or knit together to create fabric. Materials such as leather or fleece do not have a grain because they are not woven together. If you look really closely at the fabric below, there are little fibers that run parallel and perpendicular to the selvage.
14 paź 2019 · Swallow the fabric: At the beginning of a seam, the fabric edge is sometimes pushed into the throat plate by the needle and it appears that the machine has "swallowed" the fabric. Symmetry: When one-half of an image or block is the mirror image of the opposite half.
3 lip 2024 · Seam allowance is the extra fabric between the edge of the fabric and the stitching line on two pieces being sewn together. This excess fabric is crucial for the integrity and durability of the finished quilt.
