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Textiles and Garment Construction

Glossary

Basting process of temporary joining fabric layers, such as in making a
collar or belt.

Bias binding is a strip of material cut on the bias for extra stretch used for
binding hems, interfacing or for decoration.

Bias an edge cut diagonally across the threads of a piece of fabric.

A true bias is cut at a 45-degree angle to the grain line.
Casing a folded over edge of fabric or an application applied separately

to the garment. The result is used to enclose a drawstring tie or
elastic.

Checked fabric a pattern of stripes consisting of crossed horizontal and vertical
lines forming squares.
Clipping making small short cuts on the edge of a fabric, especially on

the curved edges to lie smoothly
Concealed hidden

Conspicuous easy to be seen or noticed

Crossway strips a strip of a fabric cut diagonally from a square piece of a fabric,
also known as bias strip.

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

Designer a person who is creative enough to have new ideas and practical
knowledge of how to turn those ideas into a product

Ease amount of extra room or fabric added to a garment to allow for
comfort and movement when worn

Easing controlling fullness by drawing or pulling invisible garments to
fit well and can stretch

Embroidery different types of decorative stitches used on a fabric

Fabric a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting textile fibres such
as cotton, silk

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