Fabrics
The life span of cotton fabric.
What is 100 years.
Things like pins, needles, elastic, measuring tapes, buttons are called...
What are notions?
Strips of fabric, plain or pieced, that divide the blocks in a quilt
What is sashing?
This quilt is named for the clothing it is made of.
What is a T-Shirt quilt?
Showing hues in primary and secondary colors, this can help you in color selection
What is the color wheel?
This salvage runs parallel to the grain of the fabric.
What is the warp?
This can break down the binding agents that hold pigments on cloth.
What is washing or detergents?
Squares of fabric positioned at the points where the sashing strips meet.
What are posts?
The name given to the embroidery technique where pictures are “drawn” usually using backstitch or stem stitch. The picture is embroidered in a single color.
What is Redwork Quilt?
When you mix two primary colors together you get this.
What is a secondary color.
This fabric grain runs perpendicular to the salvage.
What is the lenghtwise grain?
This gives you the ability to reposition layers of a quilt sandwich before quilting and should be used in a well ventilated area.
What is basting spray?
The process of working in extra fabric where two pieces do not align precisely, especially when sewing curves
What is easing?
What type of quilt is made from one large piece of fabric, decorated only with stitching instead of patchwork?
Wholecloth Quilt
Colors that are close together on a color wheel are called this.
What are Analogous Colors?
This fabric grain runs diagonally across the fabric.
What is Bias Grain?
What Astronaut made a quilt block in space?
Karen Nyberg
This term is used to describe when cheap polyester batting appears on the quilt surface.
What is bearding?
Quilts known for their solid colors and bold geometric patterns.
What are Amish quilts?
These are colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors?
Crosswise threads woven into the lengthwise threads but not stretched as tightly
What is the weft?
If this is the same for both the length and width of the fabric, the fabric is said to have an even weave
What is thread count?
A technique where fabric shapes are cut specifically to highlight a shape or part of the fabric
What is Fussy Cutting?
Quilts known for their bold, symmetrical designs inspired by native plants and flowers
What are Hawaiian quilts?
The depth, saturation, and impact of the color is called.
What is Intensity or value?