Fabric
Notions
Fitting & Fashion
Terms
Sewing Anatomy/Double Jeopardy
100

Textile art using wax.

What is batik?

100

A fastener made from hooks and loops.

What is Velcro?

100

How loose or fitted a garment will turn out.

What is ease?

100

A row of stitches on a single piece of fabric to help it keep its shape.

What is stay-stitching?

100

A place for thread. 

What is the eye of the needle?

200

 A plant used in the manufacture of the earliest type of cloth.

What is flax?

200

Fasteners that are attached to clothing or other items to secure an opening or add embellishment.

What are buttons?

200

The front of a fabric.


What is Face?

300

One of the most dreaded sewing tools.

What is a seam ripper?

300

A group of people in the 1960s that advanced diverse fashion trends.

Who were the Hippies?

300

You won’t want to have this for dinner.


What is a Tailor’s ham?

400

Composed of hooks and eyes and first used as a shoe fastener.

What is a zipper?

400

Where weft threads loop and become a dense edge.

What is a selvedge edge?

400

Not dinner time for your pet.


What is a feed dog?

500

How a fabric feels against your skin.

What is a fabric's "hand"?

500

A long, slender tool with a sharp point that's used to manipulate fabric while sewing.

What is a sewing stiletto?

500

This iconic fashion trend was started by the French in 1890.


What is haute couture?

500

A sewing idiom used to express the act of suddenly laughing uproariously.

What does, "it had me in stitches" mean?

500

Don’t pull my leg on this one!

What is a presser foot?

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