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Handicraft Supplies glossary
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Handicraft Supplies glossary
This page collects terms related to handicraft supplies for cutting, sewing, measuring, and marking.
61 terms
61
terms
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1703
Fabric
924
Trims
779
Trim categories
Button
94
Lining
29
Zipper
50
Ribbon, Tape, Cord
70
Interfacing
55
Pocket Lining
13
Sheeting
13
Hook
9
Elastic Band
23
Lace
33
Fusible Stay Tape
13
Rib Knit
9
Waistband Interlining
2
Shoulder Pads
10
Bra Pad
5
Snap Button
8
Sleeve Head Wadding
6
Under Collar Felt
9
Buckles And Rings
39
Press Fasteners And Eyelets
34
Button Loop・frog Button
9
Thread
36
Handicraft Supplies
61
Sewing And Processing
94
Formal Accessories
55
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A
2 terms
American Needle
Western-style hand needle
An American needle is a general-purpose Western-style hand sewing nee…
Awl
An awl is a handheld tool with a sharp pointed tip and a handle, used…
B
5 terms
Basting Clip
Sewing clip
A basting clip is a clip-shaped tool used to temporarily hold fabric …
Bead Embroidery
Bead embroidery is a decorative technique that uses a needle and sewi…
Beading Needle
A beading needle is a hand-sewing needle with a slender shaft and a s…
Blanket Stitch
Blanket stitch is a hand embroidery stitch sewn along the edge of fab…
Bobbin
A bobbin is a small spool used to wind and store the lower thread in …
C
4 terms
Crewel Needle
Embroidery needle (crewel)
A crewel needle is a hand-sewing needle with a sharp point and a rela…
Crochet Hook
A crochet hook is a craft needle used for crochet and lacework, with …
Cross Stitch
Cross stitch is an embroidery technique in which embroidery thread is…
Cutting Mat
A cutting mat is a mat placed under fabric, paper, and other material…
D
3 terms
Darning Needle
A darning needle is a hand sewing needle used for darning to mend hol…
Dressmaker's Pin
Pins
A dressmaker's pin is a thin, needle-like sewing tool used to tempora…
Dressmaking Shears
Tailor's shears
Dressmaking shears are scissors with long blades and easy-grip handle…
E
1 term
Embroidery Hoop
An embroidery hoop is a tool that holds fabric between an inner and o…
F
3 terms
Feed Dog
A feed dog is a tooth-like part that moves in and out from beneath th…
French Curve
A French curve is a ruler used to trace a variety of curves that are …
French Embroidery
French embroidery (surface embroidery)
French embroidery is a general term for hand embroidery techniques de…
G
1 term
Grid Ruler
A grid ruler is a ruler with grid lines in addition to scale markings…
H
2 terms
Hera
Tracing spatula (hera)
A hera is a craft tool with a thin tip used to make fold lines and ma…
Hole Punch
A hole punch is a tool used to make circular holes in fabric, leather…
J
1 term
Japanese Embroidery
Japanese embroidery (nihon shishu)
Japanese embroidery is a general term for embroidery techniques and e…
K
1 term
Kogin Sashiko
Kogin embroidery
Kogin sashiko is a sashiko technique handed down in the Tsugaru regio…
L
1 term
Lunéville Embroidery
Luneville embroidery
Lunéville embroidery is an embroidery technique that uses a hook-ende…
N
7 terms
Needle Board
Needle board (velvet board)
A needle board is a tool used to place pile fabric on a surface dense…
Needle Eye
A needle eye is the hole at the end of a hand-sewing needle or embroi…
Needle Penetration
Fabric penetration
Needle penetration is a property related to how easy a needle is to u…
Needle Plate
The needle plate is a metal part attached around the sewing machine n…
Needle Threader
A needle threader is a tool that helps thread hand sewing needles and…
Normal Point / Ball Point
Normal point and ball point
Normal Point and Ball Point are names for sewing needle tip shapes. A…
Notcher
Pattern notcher
A notcher is a manual tool used to make small cuts at the edge of the…
P
8 terms
Pattern Paper
Pattern paper (kraft paper)
Pattern paper is a thin paper that is easy to write on and is used fo…
Pattern Weight
A pattern weight is a cutting weight with just enough heft to hold a …
Pin Cushion
Pincushion
A pin cushion is a sewing tool used to temporarily stick and store pi…
Pinking Shears
Pinking shears are scissors with continuously zigzag-shaped blades th…
Point Presser
Point presser and clapper
A point presser is an ironing tool with a tapered section for shaping…
Presser Foot
A presser foot is a replaceable part attached to a sewing machine to …
Pressing Cloth
A pressing cloth is a cloth laid over fabric or trims when ironing or…
Punch Needle
Punch Needle is a needle and handcraft technique that repeatedly punc…
Q
1 term
Quenching
Hardening (quenching)
Quenching is a heat treatment that primarily involves heating steel s…
R
1 term
Rotary Cutter
A rotary cutter is a cutting tool that cuts fabric and pattern paper …
S
10 terms
Safety Pin
A safety pin is a fastening device that can be secured by tucking the…
Satin Stitch
Satin stitch is an embroidery technique that fills the inside of a de…
Seam Ripper
A seam ripper is a small sewing tool with a forked tip, used to cut t…
Semi-industrial Sewing Machine
A semi-industrial sewing machine is a stationary sewing machine desig…
Set Square
L-square ruler
A set square is a ruler used to accurately check and draw right-angle…
Sewing Machine Needle
A sewing machine needle is a needle attached to a sewing machine that…
Sewing Needle
Hand-sewing needle
A sewing needle is a slender needle with an eye for threading sewing …
Sleeve Board
A sleeve board is a long, narrow ironing board used when pressing sle…
Sleeve Ham
Tailor's ham
A sleeve ham is a fabric pressing tool with a rounded, three-dimensio…
Smocking
Smocking is an ornamental hand-sewing technique in which regular mark…
T
8 terms
Tailor's Chalk
Tailor's chalk is a solid, chalk-like marking tool used to temporaril…
Tape Measure
A tape measure is a sewing measuring tool that uses a flexible strip …
Tapestry Needle
A tapestry needle is a handicraft needle with a rounded tip and a lar…
Thimble
A thimble is a sewing aid worn on the finger used to push a needle fo…
Thread Snips
Thread snips are small scissors used to finely trim thread ends and e…
Tracing Paper
Dressmaker's tracing paper
Tracing paper is paper coated with coloring material used to transfer…
Tracing Wheel
A tracing wheel is a sewing and craft tool used to transfer markings …
Trapunto
Trapunto is a quilting technique that creates partial dimensionality …
W
1 term
Water Erasable Chalk Pen
Water-erasable fabric marker
A water erasable chalk pen is a pen-shaped marking tool used to put m…
Z
1 term
Zipper Foot
A zipper foot is a specialized presser foot used on a sewing machine …
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