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2. Quilting - Wikipedia

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   Hand quilting is the process of using a needle and thread to sew a running stitch by hand across the entire area to be quilted. This binds the layers together. A quilting frame or hoop is often used to assist in holding the piece being quilted off the quilter's lap.

3. Longarm quilting - Wikipedia

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   Longarm quilting is the process by which a longarm sewing machine is used to sew together a quilt top, quilt batting and quilt backing into a finished quilt.. A complete longarming system typically consists of a sewing machine head, a frame, a table with a layer of plastic (under which is placed a pantograph), and several rollers on which the fabric layers and batting are attached.

4. Interfacing - Wikipedia

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   Interfacing used to reinforce a hem. Interfacing is a textile used on the unseen or "wrong" side of fabrics to make an area of a garment more rigid. Interfacings can be used to: [1] stiffen or add body to fabric, such as the interfacing used in shirt collars and cuffs; strengthen a certain area of the fabric, for instance where buttonholes will ...

5. Patchwork - Wikipedia

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   Traditional Korean patchwork pojagi wrapping cloth. Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeating patterns built up with different fabric shapes (which can be different colors).

6. Stitch (textile arts) - Wikipedia

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   Examples include: Backstitch; Overcast stitch; Cross stitch; Buttonhole or blanket stitch; Chain stitch; Knot stitch; These stitches and their variations are named according to the position of the needle and direction of sewing (running stitch, backstitch), the form or shape of the stitch (chain stitch, feather stitch) or the purpose of the stitch (tailor's tack, hem stitch).

7. Patchwork quilt - Wikipedia

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   A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer may consist of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. [1] Originally, this was to make full use of leftover scraps of fabric, but now fabric is often bought specially for a specific design. Fabrics are now often sold in quarter meters (or quarter yards in the United States).

8. Trapunto quilting - Wikipedia

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   Detail of the late 14th century linen Tristan Quilt. Surface wear has exposed the wadding beneath. The collar on this uniform from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan employs the trapunto method. [1] Trapunto, from the Italian for "to quilt", is a method of quilting that is also called "stuffed technique". A puffy, decorative feature, trapunto ...

9. Machine quilting - Wikipedia

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   Free-motion quilting is a process used to stitch the layers of a quilt together using a domestic sewing machine with the feed dogs lowered, with a darning foot installed. When the feed dogs are lowered they do not advance the fabric ; and with the darning foot merely hovering over the layers, the operator controls the stitch length as well as ...