Sewing Sewing In sewing and embroidery, a backstitch is a series of stitches that each overlaps half of the previous stitch. It is often used decoratively to outline an embroidered design. ...more on Wikipedia about "Backstitch"
Beeswax is a product from a bee hive. Beeswax is secreted by honeybees of a certain age in the form of thin scales. The scales are produced by glands of 12 to 17 days old worker bees on the ventral (stomach) surface of the abdomen. Worker bees have eight wax-producing glands on the inner sides of the sternites (the ventral shield or plate of each segment of the body). Wax is produced from abdominal segments 4 to 7. The size of these wax glands depends on the age of the worker. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beeswax"
The bias (US) or cross-grain (UK) direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually referred to simply as "the bias" or "the cross-grain", is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bias (textile)"
Bias tape or bias binding is a narrow strip of fabric, cut on the bias (UK cross-grain). The strip's fibers, being at 45 degrees to the length of the strip, makes it stretchier as well as more fluid and more drapeable compared to a strip that is cut on grain. Many strips can be pieced together into a long "tape". The tape's width varies from about 1/2" to about 3" depending on applications. Bias tape is used in making piping, binding seams, finishing raw edges, etc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bias tape"
In sewing, binding is used as both a noun and a verb to refer to finishing a seam or hem of a garment, usually by rolling or pressing then stiching on an edging or trim. ...more on Wikipedia about "Binding (sewing)"
A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound. Typically found in sewing machines and cameras. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bobbin"
A bound seam has each of the raw edges of its seam allowances enclosed in a strip of fabric, lace or net 'binding' that has been folded in half lengthwise. An example of binding is double-fold bias tape. The binding's fold is wrapped around the raw edge of the seam allowance and is stitched, through all thicknesses, catching underside of binding in stitching. A variation of the bound seam is the Hong Kong seam. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bound seam" The shortopedia spirit Sewing
Brother Industries, Ltd. (ブラザー工業) is a diversified Japanese company that produces a wide variety of products including sewing machines, large machine tools, label makers, and fax machines, printers and other computer-related electronics sold both under their own name and OEMed to other companies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brother Industries, Ltd."
:For other uses of the word button, see Button (disambiguation). ...more on Wikipedia about "Button"
In sewing and embroidery, a chain stitch is a series of looped stitches that form a chain. It can be used decoratively or constructively. Compare lockstitch. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chain stitch"
A Coverlock is a type of Overlock- sewing-machine that can work in the middle of the cloth too, by not cutting, unlike pure overlock-sewing-machines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coverlock"
Darning is a sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting with needle and thread alone. It is often done by hand, but it is also possible to darn with a sewing machine. Hand darning employs the darning stitch, a simple running stitch in which the thread is "woven" in rows along the grain of the fabric, with the stitcher reversing direction at the end of each row. ...more on Wikipedia about "Darning"
The foot, also sometimes called a presser foot, is the part of a sewing machine that holds the cloth or fabric in place. ...more on Wikipedia about "Foot (sewing)"
To hem a piece of cloth (in sewing), a garment worker ...more on Wikipedia about "Hem" Visit again www.shortopedia.com
A Hong Kong seam is a type of bound seam. The raw edges of the seam are encased in a fabric binding, usually bias tape. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hong Kong seam"
Interfacing is a textile used on the unseen or "wrong" side of fabrics to make an area of a garment more rigid. ...more on Wikipedia about "Interfacing"
The lockstitch is the mechanical stitch most commonly made by a sewing machine. Most home sewing machines are lockstitch machines, although sergers have entered the home market in the past ten years or so. Of a typical garment factory's sewing machines, half might be lockstitch machines and the other half divided between overlock machines, chain stitch machines, and various other specialized machines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lockstitch"
Machine embroidery ...more on Wikipedia about "Machine embroidery"
An Overlock- Sewing Machine also known as a "Serger" sews and hems seams and cuts off the leftover cloth. They have no bobbins, using instead 3 or 4 thread cones. Some overlock machines can be set up to do a rolled or blind hem, but all can bind off the edge with an overcast stitch. ...more on Wikipedia about "Overlock"
In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is an original garment from which other garments of a similar style are copied, or the paper or cardboard templates from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric before cutting out and assembling (sometimes called paper patterns). ...more on Wikipedia about "Pattern (sewing)"
A pincushion (or less commonly pin cushion) is a small cushion, typically 3-5 cm across, which is used in sewing to store pins or needles with their heads protruding so as to take hold of them easily. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pincushion"
Piteado is an artisanal technique, where pita or ixtle (thread made from the fiber of maguey, Agave Americana) is sewn into leather in decorative patterns. The technique is used to make belts, sandals, hair bands, saddles and other leather accessories and goods. Typical designs include flowers, animals, charrería (Mexican rodeos), and Pre-Hispanic symbols. Piteado is particularly popular among the charrería (Mexican rodeo) community. ...more on Wikipedia about "Piteado"
A placket is where two pieces of fabric are joined together via a fastener, usually buttons, snaps, or a zipper. Plackets are almost always used to facilitate putting on or taking off the garment, but are sometimes used as a design element as well (non-functional design purposes). ...more on Wikipedia about "Placket"
A seam, in sewing, is the line where two layers of fabric are held together by thread. ...more on Wikipedia about "Seam"
A seam ripper is a small tool used for unpicking stitches. ...more on Wikipedia about "Seam ripper"
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