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Calico is a type of fabric made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. Also refers to a type of printing. Cambric Cambric is a lightweight cotton cloth used as fabric for lace and needlework. Camel's hair Camel's hair is a natural fiber from the camel. Camel hair can produce a variety of different coarseness of yarn.
In the manufacture of cloth, warp and weft are the two basic components in weaving to transform thread and yarn into textile fabrics. The vertical warp yarns are held stationary in tension on a loom (frame) while the horizontal weft (also called the woof) is drawn through (inserted over and under) the warp thread. [1]
A gathered overlay. The fabric is gathered on two parallel sides and stitched to an underlay, creating a shelf effect. It is often done in sheers, like chiffon running stitch A running stitch is an embroidery stitch that passes in and out of the fabric in a straight line. This stitch can be used to baste fabric pieces together.
Cutwork frill on a cotton petticoat. Cutwork or cut work, also known as punto tagliato in Italian, is a needlework technique in which portions of a textile, typically cotton or linen, [1] are cut away and the resulting "hole" is reinforced and filled with embroidery or needle lace. Cutwork is related to drawn thread work.
Modern Hardanger fabric is an evenweave cotton material woven with pairs of threads, typically 22 pairs per linear inch in both directions, referred to as '22-count'. The weave gives a squared appearance to the fabric (similar to Aida cloth ), with distinct holes, making it easy to count and work on.
Slip stitch – form of blind stitch for fastening two pieces of fabric together from the right side without the thread showing; Stoating – used to join two pieces of woven material, such that the resulting stitches are not visible from the right side of the cloth; Straight stitch – the basic stitch in hand-sewing and embroidery
Chain stitch, made with one thread; Lockstitch, made with two threads; Overlock, made with one to five threads; Coverstitch, made with two or four threads (a twine) More advanced machine stitches mimic traditional hand stitches using variations on the basic stitches. [2] Many of these stitches though found centuries ago, are still used today.
Drawn thread work is one of the earliest forms of open work embroidery, and has been worked throughout Europe. Originally it was often used for ecclesiastical items and to ornament shrouds. [ 1 ] It is a form of counted-thread embroidery based on removing threads from the warp and/or the weft of a piece of even-weave fabric.