Textiles

Contrast

A fabric piece or embellishment made from a different fabric than the main fabric.

Nap

 On fabrics with a pile of velvet, velour and corduroy.

Knit

 Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile or fabric often used in many types of garments.

Notions

notions are small objects or accessories including items that are sewn or otherwise attached to finished articles such as buttons, snaps and collar stays.

Woven

 a type of trim or embellishment consisting of a strip of folded fabric inserted into a stem to define the edges or style lines of a garment or other textile objects.

Bias

 The bias of a piece of woven fabric is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. The "bias-cut" is a technique used by tailors and dress-makers for cutting cloth. The greater stretch in the bias (diagonal) direction of the fabric, helps it accentuate body lines and curves and drape softly.

Plaid

 Plaid is a pattern created by bars and stripes of colour that cross at right angles, or a piece of fabric with this pattern on it. An example of plaid is Scottish tartan.

Petite

 Petite size. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia. In fashion and clothing, a petite size is a standard clothing size designed to fit women of shorter height than the average, typically 160 cm (5 ft 3 in).

Interfacing

 Interfacing is a textile used on the unseen or "wrong" side of fabrics to make an area of a garment more rigid. Interfacings can be used to: stiffen or add body to fabric, such as the interfacing used in shirt collars. strengthen a certain area of the fabric, for instance where buttonholes will be sewn.

Grain

 Types of Fabric Grain. Lengthwise grain refers to the threads in a fabric which run the length of the fabric, parallel to the selvage of the fabric. The bias has stretch in woven fabric and will hang differently than a garment that has been cut on the straight or crosswise grain.

Bodice

 a usually fitted vest or wide, lace-up girdle worn by women over a dress or blouse, especially a cross-laced, sleeveless outer garment covering the waist and bust, common in peasant dress. the part of a woman's dress covering the body between the neck or shoulders and the waist.

Fusible

 Interfacing is a textile used on the unseen or "wrong" side of fabrics to make an area of a garment more rigid. Interfacings can be used to: stiffen or add body to fabric, such as the interfacing used in shirt collars. strengthen a certain area of the fabric, for instance where buttonholes will be sewn.

Lining

 In sewing and tailoring, a lining is an inner layer of fabric, fur, or other material inserted into clothing, hats, luggage, curtains, handbags and similar items. Linings provide a neat inside finish and conceal interfacing, padding, the raw edges of seams, and other construction details.

Yard

 Term used to describe any cut length of fabric. In the U.S., fabric is measured and cut in yards (36-inch intervals). A length of fabric in an undefined amount.

 Yoke

A panel either across the shoulders or at the waistline into which the bulk of the garment is sewn.