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  2. Quilting - Wikipedia

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    Bias binding or bias tape can be made from strips of quilt fabric or purchased as quilt binding. It is used in the last stage of making a quilt, and is a method of covering the edges of the quilt. It is used in the last stage of making a quilt, and is a method of covering the edges of the quilt.

  3. Quilt - Wikipedia

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    Stitching patterns can be a decorative element. A single piece of fabric can be used for the top of a quilt (a "whole-cloth quilt"), but in many cases the top is created from smaller fabric pieces joined, or patchwork. The pattern and color of these pieces creates the design.

  4. Binding (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    Extra wide double fold bias tape being sewn as a binding for a decorative quilt. In sewing, binding is used as both a noun and a verb to refer to finishing a seam or hem of a garment, usually by rolling or pressing then stitching on an edging or trim. [1]

  5. History of quilting - Wikipedia

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    Whole-cloth quilt, 18th century, Netherlands.Textile made in India. In Europe, quilting appears to have been introduced by Crusaders in the 12th century (Colby 1971) in the form of the aketon or gambeson, a quilted garment worn under armour which later developed into the doublet, which remained an essential part of fashionable men's clothing for 300 years until the early 1600s.

  6. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other. Non-woven fabrics such as felt or interfacing do not have a bias. bias tape Bias tape or bias binding is a narrow strip of fabric, cut on the bias. The strip's fibers, being at 45 degrees to the length of the strip, makes it stretchier as well as more fluid and more ...

  7. Lint (material) - Wikipedia

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    Cotton lint, or cotton linters, [4] is a byproduct of the process of ginning cotton, consisting of the silky fibers that remain attached to the seeds of the cotton plant, as well as other more coarse fibers. This material may be purified and used for such purposes as the manufacture of paper.

  8. 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).

  9. Calendering (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    Fabrics that go through the calendering process feel thin, glossy and papery. [ 2 ] The wash durability of a calendered finish on thermoplastic fibers like polyester is higher than on cellulose fibers such as cotton , though each depends on the amount and type of finishing additives used and the machinery and process conditions employed.

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