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Textiles

Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.

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ruffler

Hobbies; Sewing

An attachment to your sewing machine that you fit instead of a foot. It can be used to gather/pleat the fabric as you sew. It differs from a small gathering foot as the gathers ...

run and fell seam

Hobbies; Sewing

With wrong sides together, stitch a straight seam, 5/8" from edge. Trim one seam allowance to 1/4" and press seam open with both seam allowances to one side with wider seam on ...

satin stitch

Hobbies; Sewing

A short zigzag stitch that forms a solid line, often used in applique.

scraps

Hobbies; Sewing

All those left-over pieces of fabric that you keep for future projects.

scribble

Hobbies; Sewing

A continuous machine stitch which is useful for covering large or small areas of quilting when a specific design is not required. The lines of stitching should not cross or join ...

seam

Hobbies; Sewing

A seam, in sewing, is the line where two pieces of fabric are held together by thread.

seam allowance

Hobbies; Sewing

A seam allowance is the area between the edge of fabric and the stitching line on two (or more) pieces of material being stitched together. Seam allowances can range from 1/4 inch ...