Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
TEXTILES
Keywords
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absorb | To soak up a liquid |
| Adhesive | A substance used for sticking objects together |
| Appliqué | A decorative design made of one fabric sewn onto another |
| Back stitch | A stitch that is worked backward so that it overlaps the stitch before by half |
| Batik | A method of dyeing a fabric in which removable wax is used to resist the dye |
| Conductor | A material that carries heat or electricity |
| Couching stitch | a type of embroidery in which the decorative thread is attached to fabric using tiny stitches made with a thinner thread |
| Cutting line | the exact edge to be created by cutting away the rest |
| Dilute | To make thinner by adding water |
| Dye | A substance used to colour materials |
| Dye-stick | A crayon of coloured dye |
| Embroidery | Decoration of fabric with needle and thread |
| Fabric | A cloth produced especially by knitting |
| Fixing | To put into a state that cannot be changed |
| Glue | A substance used for sticking objects together |
| Glue Spreader | a tool for applying a smooth coat of glue |
| Hem | An edge on a piece of cloth that is folded under and stitched down |
| Insulator | A material that does not easily carry heat or electricity |
| Iron | A metal tool with a handle and a weighted flat bottom |
| Ironing Bed | a pad of papers used as a working surface for ironing |
| Melt | To be changed from a solid to a liquid state by the application of heat |
| Needle | A stiff piece of wire with an eye at one end through which a length of thread is passed and held |
| Newsprint | cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers |
| Pin | A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point |
| PVA | Polyvinyl acetate – a strong white glue |
| Resist | A substance that can cover and protect a surface |
| Running stitch | A simple form of hand sewing in which the thread is passed in and out of the fabric with a gap between every stitch |
| Saturate | To soak completely |
| Scissors | A tool with of two blades for cutting light materials |
| Seam | A sewn line joining two pieces of fabric together along their edges |
| Sewing | Joining or attaching by stitches |
| Shape | The 2D/flat nature of an object |
| Stitch | A single complete movement of a threaded needle in sewing |
| Template | A cut out pattern |
| Thread | Fine cord used in needlework and the weaving of cloth |
| Tjanting | A Batik tool with a thin spout for pouring out hot melted wax in fine lines |
| Wax | An oily or greasy heat-sensitive substance that does not dissolve in water |
Created by:
artyspice
Popular Miscellaneous sets