Textiles - Pattern Pieces, Jordan & Stacey

Contrast - A fabric piece or embellishment made from a different fabric than the main fabric.

Nap - On fabrics with a pile of velvet, velour and corduroy.

Knit - Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile or fabric often used in many types of garments.

Notions - notions are small objects or accessories including items that are sewn or otherwise attached to finished articles such as buttons, snaps and collar stays.

Woven - a type of trim or embellishment consisting of a strip of folded fabric inserted into a stem to define the edges or style lines of a garment or other textile objects.

Bias - The bias of a piece of woven fabric is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. The "bias-cut" is a technique used by tailors and dress-makers for cutting cloth. The greater stretch in the bias (diagonal) direction of the fabric, helps it accentuate body lines and curves and drape softly.

Plaid - Plaid is a pattern created by bars and stripes of color that cross at right angles, or a piece of fabric with this pattern on it. An example of plaid is Scottish tartan.

Petite - Petite size. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In fashion and clothing, a petitesize is a standard clothing size designed to fit women of shorter height than the average, typically 160 cm (5 ft 3 in).

Interfacing - 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: stiffen or add body to fabric, such as the interfacing used in shirt collars. strengthen a certain area of the fabric, for instance where buttonholes will be sewn.

Grain - Types of Fabric Grain. Lengthwise grain refers to the threads in a fabric which run the length of the fabric, parallel to the selvage of the fabric. ... The bias has stretch in woven fabric and will hang differently than a garment that has been cut on the straight or crosswisegrain.

Bodice - a usually fitted vest or wide, lace-up girdle worn by women over a dress or blouse, especially a cross-laced, sleeveless outer garment covering the waist and bust, common in peasant dress. the part of a woman's dress covering the body between the neck or shoulders and the waist.

Fusible - 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: stiffen or add body to fabric, such as the interfacing used in shirt collars. strengthen a certain area of the fabric, for instance where buttonholes will be sewn.

Lining - In sewing and tailoring, a lining is an inner layer of fabric, fur, or other material inserted into clothing, hats, luggage, curtains, handbags and similar items. Linings provide a neat inside finish and conceal interfacing, padding, the raw edges of seams, and other construction details.

Yard - Term used to describe any cut length of fabric. In the U.S., fabric is measured and cut in yards (36-inch intervals). A length of fabric in an undefined amount. Yoke- A panel either across the shoulders or at the waistline into which the bulk of the garment is sewn.