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selvage/selvedge
The side edges of a fabric, mostly a little different looking and feeling then the bigger part of the fabric. Selvages don’t fray and are in the same direction as the thread/grain line .
bias binding
bias binding is a strip of fabric cut in a 45° angle to the selvage (or grain line/thread line), because of that it is a little stretchy even when the fabric normally isn’t elastic
deutsch: Schrägband
español: cinta al biés
française: biais (servant á recouvrir le bord d’une pièce)
italiano: striscia (tagliata) di sbieco
hip girth
Look at measurements, too.
Measured at the widest part of your hips.
deutsch: Hüftumfang
español: circunferencia de las posaderas
française: tour au niveau de la hanche
italiano: circonferenza dei fianchi
hem
deutsch: Saum
español: dobladillo/bajo
française: bas (de jupe, veston, manteau etc.)
italiano: fondo (di un indumento)/orlo(di fondo)
side seam
deutsch: Seitennaht
español: costura lateral
française: couture côté
italiano: cucitura laterale
seam allowance
distance from seam to border
since you can’t sew right at the edge of the pattern you need some more material to sew on, those 0.7cm-4cm are your seam allowance
deutsch: Nahtzugabe (von der Nahtlinie bis zur Nähgutkante)
español: margen de la costura
francaise: relarge de la couture (jusqu’au bord)
italiano: aggiunta della cucitura (dall’impuntura fino al bordo)
waistband
a waistband is the upper ending part of any skirt or pants, often sewn on, can be at the waist or your hips, matters what kind you prefer to wear.
deutsch: Bund (angesetzt)
español: cintura/pretina (aplicada)
francaise: ceinture (rapportée, comme partie fixe d’un vêtement)
italiano: cintura (rimessa, cucita a livello della vita)
secure seam
Securing your seam means that you do some stitches back and forth, this way the endings of the seam doesn’t undo themselves.
you can see that there are more stitches at the ending
thread line/grain line
thread line or grain line is any line thats parallel to the selvages (edges of width of fabric) and in patterns normally drawn as an arrow. Please be sure to put that arrow really parallel to the selvages, because only this way you can be sure it will fit and look as you want it to be.
deutsch: fadenlauf
español: recorrido del hilo
francaise: parcours du fil
italiano: corsa de filo
fabric crease/fold line
the fabric crease is where the fabric is folded, when you put selvage on selvage (selvage is the edge of the fabric’s width, not length)
deutsch: Stoffbruch
español: pliegue del tejido
francaise: cassure de tissu
italiano: spezzatura del tessuto
a pattern is the forms and pieces you need to sew a garment
