Title: Theory / Unimportant / Art / Sewing

Name: Weaving
Definition: method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving

Name: Woven fabric
Definition: any textile formed by weaving
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving

Question: What needle to use for woven fabric
Answer: Sharp point, to pierce
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What needle to use for knit fabric
Answer: Ballpoint, to slip between the loops
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Knitted fabric
Definition: a textile that results from knitting
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Knitting
Definition: a method for production of textile fabrics by interlacing yarn loops with loops of the same or other yarns.
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting
Context: Sewing machine

Name: Bobbin
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How are stitches made
Answer: locking the upper thread with a lower thread, carried on a bobbin
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: General purpose foot
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Zipper foot
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Special purpose foot
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Context: Sewing machine
Name2: Embroidery foot

Name: Utility stitch
Definition: A stitch which is non decorative
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What foot to use for utility stitch
Answer: General-purpose foot
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What foot to use for seam that has more bulk on one side
Answer: Zipper foot
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What foot to use to go over decorative stitches
Answer: embroidery foot
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What foot to use to go over raised cords
Answer: embroidery foot
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What foot to use to match pattern
Answer: A walking foot
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What foot to use to stitch bulky layers
Answer: A walking foot
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: A walking foot
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Shears
Definition: a cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger.
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Seam ripper
Definition: a small sewing tool used for cutting and removing stitches.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seam_ripper
Context: Sewing machine
French: Découd-vite

Name: Millinery
Definition: The design, manufacture and sale of hats and other headwear
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatmaking
Context: Sewing machine
Name2: Hat-making

Name: Thimble
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Pincushion
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Needle theaders
Definition: ease threading of hand and machine needles
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: Where to wear the thimble
Answer: On the finger used to push the needle through the fabric
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to strengthen thread
Answer: Draw them through beeswax
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Yardstick
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Context: Sewing machine
Name2: Meterstick

Name: Transparent ruler
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Tape measure
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Seam gauge
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Transparent T-square
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Marking chalk
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Fabric marking pens
Definition: Pens that can write and be easily erased on fabrics
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to see what you measure and mark
Answer: Use a transparent ruler
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to measure items with shape and dimension
Answer: Use a tape measure
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to locate grain-line
Answer: Use a transparent T-square
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Narrow masking tape
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to create marks on items
Answer: Marking chalk
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Context: Sewing machine
Answer2: Fabric marking pens
Answer3: Narrow masking tape

Name: Bent-handled dressmaker's shears
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Sewing scissors
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What to use to cut project pieces
Answer: Bent-handled dressmaker's shears
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What to use to clip threads
Answer: Sewing scissors
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What to use to trim seam allowances
Answer: Sewing scissors
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What to use to trim clip allowances
Answer: Sewing scissors
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What to use to open buttonhole
Answer: Seam ripper
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What to use to remove stitches
Answer: Seam ripper
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What to use to finish seam allowances
Answer: Pinking shears
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Context: Sewing machine
Answer2: Pinking rotary cutters

Name: Rotary cutters
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Rotary cutter
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: A press cloth
Definition: a cloth used between an iron and a garment.
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Sole plate guard
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Seam roll
Definition: a firmly packed cylindrical cushion for pressing seams
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Pressing ham
Definition: a firmly packed cushion for pressing curved areas of a garment.
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Sleeve board
Definition: useful for pressing sleeves one layer at a time to avoid unwanted creases.
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What to use to press sleeves one layer at a time
Answer: Use a sleeve board
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What to use to press curved areas of a garment
Answer: Pressing ham
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to prevent the seam from making an imprint
Answer: Use a seam roll
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Cutting board
Definition: protect table finishes from scratches.
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Interfacing
Definition: an inner layer of fabric
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Bodkin
Definition: used to thread elastic or cording through a casing
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Point turner
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Liquid fray preventer
Definition: a colorless plastic liquid that prevents fraying by stiffening the fabric slightly.
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Buttonhole cutter
Definition: a handy tool for making precision cuts down the center of buttonholes
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Basting tape
Definition: double-faced adhesive tape used instead of pinning or basting.
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Single-fold bias tape
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Paper-backed fusible web
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Blanket binding
Definition: resembles a wide satin ribbon that has been pressed in half for encasing the raw edge around a blanket.
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to protected table finishes from scratches
Answer: Use a cutting board
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to hold fabric securely while cutting
Answer: Use a cutting board
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What elastic to use for pajamas
Answer: Softer elastics
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What elastic to use for boxer
Answer: Softer elastics
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What elastic to use to stay flat in the casing
Answer: nonroll elastic
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: What elastic to use to topstitch
Answer: wide elastic
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to stabilize the fabric in areas like necklines and waistbands
Answer: Use an inner layer of fabric to interface
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to thread elastic or cording through a casing
Answer: One end holds the elastic tightly while you feed the tool through the narrow casing, pulling the elastic or cording behind it.
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to create a corner at the top of a pocket
Answer: Slip a point turne inside the pockert, and gently poke the fabric out into a point
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to create a corner at the ends of a waistband
Answer: Slip a point turne inside the ends of a waistband, and gently poke the fabric out into a point
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to create a corner inside a pillow corner
Answer: Slip a point turner inside the pillow, and gently poke the fabric out into a point
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to prevent fraying
Answer: Use liquid fray preventer
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Context: Sewing machine

Question: How to prevent frayingHow to hold an item in place temporarily
Answer: Glue stick
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Context: Sewing machine
Answer2: Pinning
Answer3: Basting

Question: How to adhere two pieces of fabric together
Answer: Use paper-backed fusible web
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Yarn
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Context: Sewing machine
French: Fil

Question: Which fabrics are easiest to sew
Answer: Natural fabrics
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Selvage
Definition: Outer edges of woven fabrics
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Grainlines
Definition: The directions in which the fabric yarns run
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Woven fabrics
Definition: Fabric with straight lengthwise and crosswise yarns
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Context: Sewing machine

Name: Lenghtwise grain
Definition: Yarns parallel to the selvage
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Context: Woven fabrics

Name: Crosswise grain
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Context: Woven fabrics
Notation: Perpendicular to the lengthwise grain

Name: The bias
Definition: Any diagonal direction compared to lengthwise and crosswise grain
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Context: Woven fabrics

Name: Knit fabric
Definition: Single-fold bias tape is useful for hemming curved edges, such as a round
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Question: Which fabric is more flexible
Answer: Knit fabric
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Context: Woven fabrics

Question: Which is more resistant, fashion or decorator fabric
Answer: Decorator
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Context: Woven fabrics

Question: How to preshrink decorator fabric
Answer: Pressing with steam
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Question: What to do with fabric you bought before you start a project
Answer: Preshink it
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Name: Preshrinking
Definition: Washing a fabric a first time to shrink it
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Question: How to find the waistline
Answer: Tie a string or piece of elastic around your middle, and allow it to roll
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Question: Where to measure hips
Answer: Around the fullest part
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Question: Where to measure bust
Answer: Place the tape measure under your arms, across the widest part of the back and the fullest part of the bustline.
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Question: Where to measure back waist length
Answer: Measure from the middle of the most prominent bone at the base of the neck down to the waistline string.
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Question: Shaded pieces
Answer: The pieces it represents has to be placed with the printed side down
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Context: Sewing patterns

Question: White pieces
Answer: The pieces it represents has to be placed with the printed side up
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Context: Sewing patterns