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4.01 Fashion Vocab
Obj. 4.01 Fashion Textiles Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ball-Head pins | pins with colorful glass or plastic heads, that are easy to pick up, and are used to hold fabric pieces together |
| Ballpoint pins | silk pin with a rounded point to enable pin to slip easily between strands of yarn, to prevent snags on fabric. |
| Bobbin | the part of a sewing machine on which the lower thread is wound. The machine makes a stitch by catching the bottom thread, from the bobbin, with the top thread, from the needle. |
| Bobbin Case | holds tension in the thread coming from the bobbin and is an integral part of your sewing machine. |
| Bobbin Cover/Slide plate | covers the bobbin area while the machine is stitching. It can be removed or slid to the side whilst loading the bobbin into the machine. |
| Bodkin | sewing tool that resembles a large, blunt needle and is used to pull cord or elastic through a casing. |
| Dressmaker Shears | 7 to 8 inch cutting equipment with a bent handle that allows fabric to lie flat while cutting. |
| Embroidery Scissors | cutting equipment that is 3 to 4 inches in length, with a very pointed tip, that are used for cutting buttonholes, and trimming embroidery threads. |
| Fabric Making Pen | marking tool pen, used to mark on fabric, notches, darts, circles or squares, that disappears with water or evaporates after 48 hours. |
| Feed/Feed dog | the mechanism in a sewing machine which feeds the material under the needle. |
| Hand sewing needles | sewing equipment that varies in size, 1 for course fabrics and 12 for fine fabrics, used for basting, hemming and applying fasteners such as buttons, snaps and hooks & eyes. |
| Hand wheel | controls the movement of the take up lever and needle; can be controlled by power or by hand; should ALWAYS be turned toward you. |
| Hem Gauge | measuring tool used to mark straight and curved hems. |
| Iron | metal appliance used to press & steam fabrics during and after construction. |
| Ironing Board | level and sturdy surface with tight fitting cover & smooth padding to iron, press or steam on. |
| Loop turner | a sewing tool that is a long metal rod with a hook, and is used to turn bias tubing and casings right side out. |
| Needle | a very fine slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing. |
| Needle threader | small sewing tool with a thin wire to aid in threading a needle by putting the thread through the needle's eye |
| Pincushion | a cushion that provides a safe way to store pins for convenience. They come in many colors and shapes. If it has emery that can be used to sharpen a dull pin by sticking the pin in & out of the emery. |
| Pinking shears | cutting equipment with zigzag edge that finishes the raw edge of a seam, and helps prevent raveling. Not to be used for cutting out pattern pieces. |
| Point presser | a narrow wooden surface with a pointed end used for pressing collar points and curved and straight edges. |
| Pointer | a wooden sewing tool with a pointed end and a rounded edge. The pointed end is used to push out sharp corners on collars and the rounded edge is used for holding a seam open while pressing. |
| Press cloth | lightweight cloth for pressing fabrics used to prevent iron shine or glossy marking & scorching on certain fabrics. |
| Presser foot | the footplate of a sewing machine that holds the fabric down onto the part that feeds it under the needle. |
| Rotary cutter | cutting equipment with a round retractable blade, resembling a pizza cutter, and makes straight clean cuts through multiple layers of fabric. Must be used with a special "self healing" cutting mat. |
| Seam ripper | removes stitches with small blade. Blade lifts the thread away from the fabric before cutting it. |
| Seam roll | long form tubular cushion used for pressing log seams and small curved areas. |
| Serger | a specialty sewing machine used for overcasting to prevent material from fraying at the edge. |
| Sewing scissors | cutting equipment with small round handles, with 4 to 6 inch blades, that are good for detail work such as clipping curves and corners. |
| Sewing/seam gauge | : measuring tool used to measure seam allowances and hems. |
| Silk pins | pinning equipment made of stainless steel or brass, used with most fabrics, to hold fabric pieces together. |
| Skirt marker | measuring tool used to measure and mark hemlines with either pins or chalk |
| Sleeve board | small ironing board around 20 inches long used to press narrow areas such as sleeves |
| Tailor's chalk | small square or pencil marking tools that mark pattern symbols onto fabric. The markings can be brushed away or will disappear when pressed with an iron. |
| Tailor's ham | small square or pencil marking tools that mark pattern symbols onto fabric. The markings can be brushed away or will disappear when pressed with an iron. |
| Tape measure | a firm round cushion used to press curved areas of a garment such as darts or curved seams. |
| Thimble | metal or plastic sewing tool, available in different sizes, used to protect the sewer's finger while hand sewing. |
| Thread clipper | cutting equipment with spring-action blades used to to clip thread ends. |
| Thread markings | mark pattern symbols by making simple hand-sewn stitches to mark construction lines on fabric. |
| Thread tension | the amount of thread that can pass through the machine to create the stitch. |
| Tracing wheel | marking tool that marks pattern symbols onto fabric. Use a smooth edged tracing wheel for delicate fabrics and a saw-toothed tracing wheel for most other fabrics |
| Transparent ruler | measuring tool used to measure and mark buttonholes, pleats, tucks and bias strips. |
| Yard stick | measuring tool used to measure skirt hems & sewing tasks requiring long, rigid measurements. |