31. What is Clip?
Ans: Clip is a cut in fabric to allow ease on curves or corners. Also used to indicate notches in garment pattern.
32. What is Closure?
Ans: Closure means that which opens or closes a garment (buttons, snaps, etc., or the area on which they are Placed)
33. What is Colorfast?
Ans: Colorfast means the Fabric that will not fade or run during cleaning or laundering.
34. What is contrasting?
Ans: Contrasting means the Opposing; showing off differences of color, fabric, shading, etc.
35. What is Crease?
Ans: Crease is a line made by folding the fabric and pressing the fold on this specified line .
36. What is Dart?
Ans: Dart is a tuck in the fabric that helps in fitting the garment over the body curve.
37. What is Dolman?
Ans: Dolman means the Sleeve set into a deep armhole so as to resemble a kimono sleeve.
38. What is Double-breasted front?
Ans: Double-breasted means Front closing that overlaps enough to allow two rows of buttons.
39. What is Drum Lining?
Ans: Drum lining is the Lining not sewn into garment seams.
40. What is Ease?
Ans: Ease is the even distribution of slight fullness when one section of a seam is joined to a slightly shorter section without forming gathers or tucks. Used to shape set-in sleeves, princess seams, etc.
41. What is Edge stitching?
Ans: 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.
42. What is Empire?
Ans: Empire is a High waistline bodice with a loose, straight skirt.
43. What is enclosed seam?
Ans: Enclosed seam means the seam allowance along a faced edge that is stitched and turned to form an enclosed seam between two layers of fabric.
44. What is Eyelet?
Ans: Eyelet is a small, round, finished hole in a garment or fabric.
45. What do you mean by fabric hand?
Ans: Fabric hand means the way a fabric feels and drapes; its flexibility, smooth- ness and softness.
46. What is facing?
Ans: Facing is to finish an edge by applying a fitted piece of fabric, binding, etc. Also the right side of the fabric.
47. What is Fell stitch?
Ans: Fell stitch is a Neat, tiny, vertical stitches used in tailoring.
48. What is Finger Press?
Ans: Finger press means the Pressing a small area by crease with the fingers.
49. What is Finish?
Ans: Finish is any means of completing a raw garment edge to keep it from raveling, rolling or fraying.
50. What is Flap?
Ans: Flap is the shaped garment piece attached by only one edge, such as a flap pocket.
51. What is Flare?
Ans: Flare is a Portion of garment that spreads out or widens.
52. What is Fly?
Ans: Fly means the fabric used as lap to conceal an opening in a garment.
53. What is Fold line?
Ans: 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.
54. What is Fusible web?
Fusible web is a web-like adhesive that melts when you apply heat and moisture.
55. What is Gather?
Ans: Gather means to draw up fabric fullness on a line of stitching.
56. What is Gore?
Ans: Gore i s a tapered section of a garment; wider at the lower edge.
57. What is Grade?
Ans: 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.
58. What is Grosgrain?
Ans: Grosgrain means the Silk fabric or ribbon having heavy crosswise ribs.
59. What is Gusset?
Ans: Gusset is a fabric piece inserted at the underarm to give ease in the sleeve area.
60. What is Hem?
Ans: Hem is the finished portion of skirts, jackets, and sleeves held in place with a hemming stitch.
