1. What is seam?
Ans: Seam is joining of pieces of fabric together with stitching.
2. What is French seam?
Ans: French Seam is narrow seam within a seam, used on fabrics which ravel easily .
3. What is trimming?
Ans: Trimming is Evenly cutting away part of the seam allowance .
4. What is seam Allowance?
Ans: Seam Allowance is the Width between fabric edge and seam line .
5. What is Plain Seam?
Ans: Plain Seam is the Most common type of seam, Suitable for all areas of a garment and fabrics except for sheers and laces.
6. What is Gathers?
Ans: Gathers meanstheTiny, soft folds of fabric formed when a larger piece of fabric is sewn to a smaller piece
7. What is seam finish?
Ans: Seam Finish istheTreatment on seam edges to prevent raveling and make the seam stronger and last longer.
8. What is Basting?
Ans: Basting is the Temporarily joining layers of fabric together.
9. What is Grading ?
Ans: Grading means theTrimming each seam allowance to a different width.
10. What is Back stitching?
Ans: Sewing backward and forward in the same place to secure stitching, is known as Backstitching.
11. Dart
Ans: A stitched fold that provides shape and fullness to a garment so that it fits the curves of the body
12. What is Hem?
Ans: A finished edge on a garment, one of the last steps in sewing a garment is called the hem.
13. What is Notching ?
Ans: Cutting V-shaped sections from the seam allowance is called notching.
14. What is Clipping?
Ans: Making straight cuts into the seam allowance is called clipping.
15. What is Topstitched Seam ?
Ans: A plain seam with a row of machine stitching on one or both sides of the seam line is known as the top stitched seam.
16. What is Alter?
Ans: Alter means to change the pattern or garment so that it fits the body and represents body measurements and proportions.
17. What is Applique.?
Ans: Applique is A cut-out decoration, design or motif applied to base fabric.
18. What is Armscye?
Ans: Armscye means the Armhole; opening for a sleeve.
19. What is Asymmetrical ?
Ans: Asymmetrical means the One-sided, not geometrically balanced.
20. What is Baste?
Ans: Baste is the Stitches made by hand or machine to hold fabric pieces together temporarily.
21. What is Bias?
Ans: Bias is the Diagonal direction of fabric. True bias is at a 45-degree angle to the grain line.
22. What is Binding?
Ans: Binding is the Strip to encase edges as a finish or trim.
23. What is Blind hem?
Ans: Blind hem means the Sewing a hem invisibly with hand or machine stitches.
24. What is Blouson?
Ans: Blouson means the Bloused effect of fullness gathered in at and falling over a seam, typically the bodice over a skirt.
25. What is Bodice?
Ans: Bodice means the Portion of garment above the waist.
26. What is Bolt?
Ans: Bolt is the Unit in which fabric is packaged and sold by the manufacturer. Usually contains 12 to 20 yards.
27. What is Boning?
Ans: Boning means the Flexible strips used to stiffen seams or edges.
28. What is Casing?
Ans: Casing is a folded-over edge of garment or area through which elastic or ribbon is threaded.
29. What is Chevron?
Ans: Chevron is a V-shaped stripes.
30. what is Clean finish?
Ans: Clean finish means the method for finishing the raw edges of pockets, hems or seams.
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