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| A woven, knitted, felted, bonded, or laminated material of which a garment is made, made of both natural and synthetic fibers. Fabric finishes vary in durability and amount of flame resistance. |
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| Term used when referring to fabric (usually interfacting or felt) formed by matting together fibers through pressure and the use of heat or chemicals. Ex: fusible or sew-in interfacting. |
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| The threads or yarns that run lengthwise during the weaving process (direction of selvage). |
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| The directions included with patterns. |
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| Sewing term that refers to the lengthwise & warpwise threads of fabric. |
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| Threads that run across the fabric and are perpendicular to the selvages. |
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| Threads that run up and down the fabric, parallel to the selvage. |
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| The heavy arrow on a pattern that indicates the direction pattern pieces should line up with the lengthwise grain of the fabric. |
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| The narrow, firmly woven finish along boh lengthwise edges of the gabric. Selvage does not ravel but often shrinks more than the rest of the fabric. |
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| A fibrous surface produced by brushing up fibers on the fabric during the finishing process. Ex: velvet, corduroy. |
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| A pattern layout directive where all pattern pieces are to be placed facing he same direction, to be used w/ napped fabrics. Ex: velvet or flowers growing the same direction on each pattern piece. |
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| Bias is a line diagonally across the grain of the fabric. True bias is at a 45 degree angle. Bias has the greatest stretchability. |
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| Heavy, dark, unbroken line printed on a pattern indictated where the pattern mus be cut. EXCEPTION - multi-sized patterns have more than one sized grment printed on each pattern piece. |
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| Center Front/ Center Back |
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| The line on a pattern or garment indicating the position of the vertical center of the bodice, skirt, or pant. |
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| A small V-Shape or clip, marking the edge of the pattern piece, to indicate which seams match and are to be joined. |
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| Small supplies needed to make a harment such as thread,needles, pins, buttons, and zippers. |
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| Permanet machine stitching. Normal stitch length is usually 12 stitches per inch (#3 on the sewing machine stitch length dial) and this hsould be adjusted according to the fabric. |
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| Long stitches used to hold fabric pieces together temporarily. Basting stitches can be made by hand or machine, gerneally at six stitche sper inch (#4 or longer if available). |
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| Pins are used to hold fabric pieces together, placed so they can be easily removed as fabric is stitched. Enough pins are used to keep layers from slipping. |
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| A duplicated layer of fabric stitched to a raw edge on a garment for the purpose of finishing it. It is turned to the wrong side of the garment and lies flat. |
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| Woven or non-woven fabric which is fused or stitched to the facing. |
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| Any method used to finish the raw edges of a garment piece, usually on facing edges, hems, and seam allowances. (Ex: serged, turned under & stitched, or overcasted). |
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