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 |