Do you think you know sewing? Well have a go at my mini quiz and see how many you know!
Below are the terms with 3 options, grab a pen and paper and note down your answers.
Anchoring Stitch:
- Stitching with string
- Embroidery stitch
- Stitch backwards to fix stitches
Bumblebunching
- Embroidery stitch
- Tangle on bobbin side of fabric from incorrect tension
- gather stitch
Casing
- gathers materials for project
- small tunnel to put drawstring or elastic through
- shopping for fabric
Double Needle
- have drunk too much and can’t see correctly
- two needles joined together to do parallel stitching
- using two different size needles
Edge stitch
- when you do wonky stitching
- a tacking stitch
- also known as top stitching
Frogging
- embroidery stitch
- the art of undoing stitching
- a kind of trim
Godet
- a triangular piece of fabric inserted to add movement and fulness
- a cup you use whilst sewing
- bad cough
Hem
- the finished edge of a garment
- a type of stitch
- part of you sewing machine
Interfacing
- when you are matching two fabrics
- when you put a face on your fabric
- term for adding something to your fabric to give stability
Jewellers Knot
- a knotted up necklace
- adding bead work to fabric
- a simple knot which is pulled down to the base of the tread
Ladder stitch
- a stitch used to join fabrics or close openings
- embroidery stitch
- stitching together net curtain fabric
Match point
- when you finish a project the same time as your friend
- matching fabric and thread
- a point marked on pieces of fabric so they can be matched up
Notions
- small accessories used in sewing
- sewing ideas
- written instructions for patterns
Overlay
- when your pattern is too big
- top layer of fabric is different to one underneath.
- lots of layers of fabric
Placket
- something you keep needles in
- sewing a pleat into a shirt
- double layer of fabric that holds buttons & buttonholes
Quilting
- cutting up pieces of fabric then stitching together
- making a cover for a duvet / quilt
- working with feathers
Ruching
- a mess of tangled treads
- a pleat or frill of fabric
- gathering fabric with elastic
Stitch in the ditch
- when sewing outside
- embroidery stitch
- term used for sewing within a seam
Tacking
- large ugly stitches
- temporary stitches
- when you glue down your seam
Understitch
- stitching close to edge of facing to stop it rolling
- stitching underneath a row of topstitching
- when your bobbin tension is wrong
Vertical Bobbin
- refers to how the bobbin sits in your machine
- when you feel dizzy
- when your bobbin is the wrong one for your machine
WOF
- the dog in your sewing room
- width of fabric
- wipe off feeddogs a reminder to check your machine is clean
Yardage
- how big your garden is
- width of fabric
- how much fabric you need for a pattern
Zigzag
- type of stitch
- type of trim used
- crooked stitch
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