Sewing

Sewing

The craft of stitching fabrics together to make cloths or other textile objects.

Industry: Hobbies; Textiles

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topstitch

Hobbies; Sewing

A line of stitching worked from the right side of the fabric to reinforce a seam and/or to make a decorative effect.

tracing wheel

Hobbies; Sewing

Used with dressmakers carbon to transfer information from the paper pattern to the fabric, such as positions and sizes of darts, circles, etc.

trim

Hobbies; Sewing

Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornament such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament.

tuck

Hobbies; Sewing

A small fold or pleat in a fabric or trim. Turn under: to turn the edge of a piece of fabric to the wrong side, usually by a prescribed amount, such as 1/2 inch.

twill tape

Hobbies; Sewing

Twill tape is a flat twill-woven ribbon of cotton, linen, polyester, or wool.

twin needle

Hobbies; Sewing

An attachment for your sewing machine that produces parallel rows of decorative stitching in one easy step.

understitch

Hobbies; Sewing

When a line of stitching is made on a facing close to the seam through the facing and all the seam allowances. This encourages the facing to sit smoothly and not roll to the outside.