Freelance Textile Designer

The Stitching around a corner by leaving the needle in the fabric, raising the presser foot, and turning the fabric in a new direction.

The symbols for construction printed on the pattern, such as for darts, buttonholes, notches, dots or tucks. They are transferred from the pattern to the fabric by means of tailor’s tacks, notches, chalk, basting or tem porary fabric markers.

A carefully selected fabric placed between the garment and the facing fabric for added body, to give support, and to maintain shape.

Edge stitching is the Stitching placed 1⁄16 inch from the edge; may be stitching detail, such as topstitching or stitching done to finish the outer edge of a seam or facing edge.

Facing is to finish an edge by applying a fitted piece of fabric, binding, etc. Also the right side of the fabric.

Fold line is the line where fabric is folded, usually vertically, when cutting out a garment. It is common for the center front of a garment to be placed on a fold line.

Clip is a cut in fabric to allow ease on curves or corners. Also used to indicate notches in garment pattern.

Blouson means the Bloused effect of fullness gathered in at and falling over a seam, typically the bodice over a skirt.

Marking is the Transfer of construction symbols from paper pattern to fabric.

Flap is the shaped garment piece attached by only one edge, such as a flap pocket.

A finished edge on a garment, one of the last steps in sewing a garment is called the hem.

Stay it Means of maintaining the shape of a garment area, by using a small piece of fabric or tape that is sewn to an area of the garment to reinforce and secure a position.

Chevron is a V-shaped stripes.

American Society for Testing and Materials.

The natural material of cellulose has been taken from cotton linters and wood pulp, processed chemically, and changed in form and several other characteristics into fibers of various lengths.

☛ Wool,

☛ Silk,

☛ Hair.

Glass fiber is made up of fine fibers of glass; it is lightweight, extremely strong and robust. Compare to carbon fiber it is somewhat less strong, but it is less expensive and non-brittle. It is used for

☛ Filament windings around rocket cases

☛ Nose cones

☛ Exhaust nozzle

☛ Heat shields for aeronautical equipment

☛ Fishing rods

☛ Boat hulls and seats

☛ Wall paneling

International Organization for Standardization.

There is three basic material you need to manufacture textile Thread, Yarn and Fiber. A Fiber is the basic raw material to produce yarn or thread. A textile Fiber could be natural or synthetic (man-made).

The difference between Yarn and Thread is

☛ Yarn: It is a continuous twisted strand of wool, cotton or synthetic fibre used for Knitting or weaving purpose

☛ Thread: It is a fine cord made up of two or more twisted fibres used in sewing and weaving

Yarn, which is woven, knitted, or otherwise made into fabric.