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Name the Sewing Word

Can you name these common machine-sewing terms from each description?
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Last updated: April 15, 2024
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A direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually a 45 degree angle to the (7), or diagonal direction of the fabric.
Bias
A small tool used for unpicking stitches.
Seam ripper
A term for an undefined length of fabric.
Yardage
A twisted fiber, somewhere between rope and string.
Cord
A small piece of metal near the needle on the sewing machine. It keeps your fabric in place while you sew.
Presser Foot
The finished bottom edge of a garment.
Hem
The direction of the warp and the weft in a woven fabric.
Grain
The thread that comes up from the bottom and meets the thread from the spool to form the stitch. Need to be wound up.
Bobbin
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The front of a piece of fabric (the right side)
Face
The line where 2 pieces of fabric are held together by the thread.
Seam
A protective implement worn on the finger or thumb when sewing.
Thimble
A narrow strip of material sewn around the edge of a garment, a bag or even a quilt.
Binding
A type of fold in the fabric created by doubling the material back on itself and securing it in place.
Pleat
Temporary long running stitches, made by either hand or machine, that holds the fabric together before permanent stitches are applied.
Baste
A stitch to create fullness and/or bunching in the fabric, such as ruffles.
Gather
The edge of the piece of fabric after it is cut but before it is (6)
Raw edge
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