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2. Cord (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   In sewing, cord is a trimming made by twisting or plying two or more strands of yarn together. [1] Cord is used in a number of textile arts including dressmaking, upholstery, macramé, and couching. Soft cotton cord forms the filling for piping. [2] A type of cord, ordinarily being used as a decoration for a peaked cap.

3. Frog (fastening) - Wikipedia

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   Frogs can be made by looping and interlocking the cording or fabric tube into the desired design, then securing the places where the cords touch by hand-sewing. The frog is then stitched onto a garment, usually by hand. When a fabric tube is used, the fabric is cut on the bias. This allows the fabric tube to remain smooth and flex easily when ...

4. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   The "front" of a piece of fabric having a distinct front and back; same as right side. facing A facing is fabric used to finish the raw edges of a garment such as at neckline and armhole. Shaped facings are cut to match the edge they will face, and bias facings are strips of fabric cut on the bias or cross-grain and shaped to fit edge.

5. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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   Crochet is the process of creating fabric from a length of cord, yarn, or thread with a hooked tool. Crochet hook A crochet hook is a type of needle, usually with a hook at one end, used to draw thread through knotted loops. Cro-hook The cro-hook is a special double-ended crochet hook used to make double-sided crochet. Because the hook has two ...

6. Piping (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Cotton day dress edged with contrasting piping, 1836–1840, Victoria and Albert Museum Piping on the armrest of a sofa In sewing, piping is a type of trim or embellishment consisting of a strip of folded fabric so as to form a "pipe" inserted into a seam to define the edges or style lines of a garment or other textile object.

7. Upholstery - Wikipedia

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   Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word also refers to the materials used to upholster something. Upholstery comes from the Middle English word upholder, [1] which referred to an artisan who makes fabric furnishings. [2]