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Textiles and Garment Construction

Fasten off securing the end of thread with stitches during sewing

Fasten on securing the beginning of the stitch when sewing

Fastener is a device for closing the opening on garments. Examples of fasteners
are zips, buttons and buttonholes

Flare shape of a garment, especially skirts or pants, that widens towards

the hem, often called flared skirt

Fullness extra amount of fabric in pattern pieces that need to be arranged to

give a garment a good fit

Gathers tiny, soft folds of fabric formed when a larger piece of fabric is sewn to
a smaller piece. They are used especially on skirts and puffed sleeves

Hem a finished edge on a garment; this is the last step in sewing a garment

Hook section of a fastener that is held onto the bar, loop, or eye to make a
fastener

Laundering washing fabric by hand or by machine with a soap to remove dirty

Notching cutting v-shaped sections from the seam allowance

Openings gap section created or made on a garment for easy putting on and

taking off the garment

Pyjama a set of comfortable, loose-fitting clothes typically worn for sleeping
or loughing

Piping is a trim or edging formed by sewing a thin strip of folded fabric -
typically bias binding into a narrow tube and attaching it to the edge

of a piece of fabric. It can also include a cord to give it extra body

Pucker to form or make something from small folds or lines

Raw edges unfinished, rough, or undecorated edges of a fabric

Seam the line where two pieces of fabric are stitched together

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