Vocabulary

• best practices – practices, that over time, sewists have determined are correct, work, and should be included in a project, quilt, or garment
• bodice – top, blouse, part of a dress above the waist
• chain stitch – type of stitch sewn with a serger (see lock stitch)
• ironing – with a heated iron, the iron is moved across the fabric
• lock stitch – type of stitch sewn with most household sewing machines (see chain stitch)
• moulage – a fit/test garments sewn without wearing ease (see sloper)
• pressing – with heated iron, the iron is placed at a static location on the fabric for an appropriate time, then picked up and placed at a different location without moving the iron across the fabric
• quilt (n.) – a sewn item usually having a pieced top, batting, and backing fabric sewn together
• quilt (v.) – to sew a top, usually pieced, batting, and backing fabric together, often with decorative patterns of stitching
• seam – a completed line of stitching, usually joining 2 or more fabrics together
• seam allowance – distance from seam to edge fabric
• scant seam allowance – seam allowance minus the width of the needle or thread which does not turn when a seam allowance is turned to the
• sloper – a fit/test garments sewn with wearing ease (see moulage)
• stitch length – the physical measurement of a single stitch length, usually measured in millimeters (mm)
• stitch width – the physical measurement of a single stitch width, usually measured in millimeters (mm). Applies to zigzag and decorative stitches.