Freelance Textile Designer

Polyester fibers are thermo plastic, they have good strength and are hydrophobic, do not absorb water well. Used for a wide variety of apparel, home furnishings and industrial fabrics.

Grade means to reduce the bulk of enclosed seams by trimming the individu al seam allowances different widths, clipping inward curves and corners, notching convex curves, and trimming away excess fabric at outward corners.

A stitched fold that provides shape and fullness to a garment so that it fits the curves of the body

Gather means to draw up fabric fullness on a line of stitching.

Cutting chart on instruction guide sheet showing the place ment of pattern pieces.

Right side is the Finished side of fabric, outside of garment.

Fabric hand means the way a fabric feels and drapes; its flexibility, smooth- ness and softness.

Sheath means the Close-fitting dress with a straight skirt.

The Link between button and fabric to allow for the thickness of overlapping fabric.

Eyelet is a small, round, finished hole in a garment or fabric.

Under stitching is Folding the entire seam allowance to the facing side or under- side and then stitching on the correct side of the facing close to the seam edge. This allows the seam to lie flat and keeps the seam edge from showing on the correct side of the garment.

A Unit of design; used as decoration or pattern.

Roll is the desired curve and fold (commonly on a collar); shaping established by pressing, pad stitching, etc.

Clean finish means the method for finishing the raw edges of pockets, hems or seams.

Each cotton seed may produce as many as 20,000 fibers on its surface, and a single ball will contains around 150,000 fibers.

Armscye means the Armhole; opening for a sleeve.

Tension – Amount of pull on thread or fabric during construction. Also the relationship of the needle and bobbin thread and how they interlock to form the sewing machine stitch, creat- ing a balanced, looser or tighter stitch.

French Seam is narrow seam within a seam, used on fabrics which ravel easily .

Glass fibers are produced by combining silica sand, limestone, and certain other minerals.

Cutting V-shaped sections from the seam allowance is called notching.