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  2. Rotary cutter - Wikipedia

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    Rotary cutter in use on a cutting mat. A rotary cutter is a tool generally used by quilters to cut fabric. It consists of a handle with a circular blade that rotates, thus the tool's name. Rotary cutter blades are very sharp, can be resharpened, and are available in different sizes: usually smaller blades are used to cut small curves, while ...

  3. Quilting - Wikipedia

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    The three layers are typically referred to as the top fabric or quilt top, batting or insulating material, and the backing. Quilting varies from a purely functional fabric joinery technique to highly elaborate, decorative three dimensional surface treatments.

  4. History of quilting - Wikipedia

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    For much of its history, quilting was primarily a practical technique to provide physical protection and insulation. However, decorative elements were often also present, and many quilts are now primarily art pieces.

  5. Cutting mat - Wikipedia

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    A cutting mat is a mat that is placed between a workpiece to be cut and the surface below (e.g. a table) to protect the surface. They are used, amongst other things, in hobby work for precise and clean cuts of paper, cardboard or textiles using a scalpel or rotary cutter.

  6. Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel - Wikipedia

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    The series shows viewers how to make quilts using a particular type of quilting known as lap quilting. Traditional quilting uses a hoop or frame which the fabric is stretched across. Lap quilting does not use a frame.

  7. Tivaevae - Wikipedia

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    Tivaevae or tivaivai (Cook Islands Māori: tīvaevae) in the Cook Islands, tifaifai in French Polynesia, is a form of artistic quilting traditionally done by Polynesian women. The word literally means "patches", in reference to the pieces of material sewn together.

  8. Machine quilting - Wikipedia

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    Machine quilting is quilting made using a sewing machine to stitch in rows or patterns using select techniques to stitch through layers of fabric and batting in the manner of old-style hand-quilting. Some machines even replicate hand stitching, [1] for example Sashiko or running stitch quilting.

  9. Corded quilting - Wikipedia

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    Corded quilting (also known as Marseilles quilting, Marseilles embroidery, marcella, or Zaans stitchwork) is a decorative quilting technique popular from the late 17th through the early 19th centuries.

  10. Cut and sew - Wikipedia

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    The term cut and sew is a manufacturing process used in the making of custom garments within the fashion industry. [1] A whole piece of any type of fabric is first placed on a cutting table or run through a cutting machine. A garment piece or shape is then cut out, which is next sent for sewing through the garment assembly.

  11. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    Pattern (sewing) Three patterns for pants (2022) Pattern making is taught on a scale of 1:4, otherwise the paper consumption would be far too large. In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled.