E

  • Echo quilting - Quilting stitches that follow the outline of the blocks' basic design and are then repeated, like ripples, every 1/4" in concentric lines.

  • Edge stitch - Topstitching 1/16in. from the edge or seam line.

  • Extended facing - Facing cut in one piece with garment section.

  • Eyelet - (1) Small round opening in fabric. (2) Small metal ring (a.k.a.: grommet).

F

  • Fat quarter - A 1/4 yard of fabric cut 18" x 22".

  • Feed dogs - Pointed metal or rubber bars located under the presser foot of a sewing machine that move the fabric backward and forward.

  • Fiber migration - The shifting of quilt batting between the quilt top and quilt bottom.

  • Flame resistant fiber - Fiber that has been chemically treated to inhibit burning.

  • Flame retardant fiber - Fiber, such as polyester, that inhibits or resists the spread of fire with out the aid of chemical treatments.

  • Flat finish - Finishes, such as overcast, zigzag, serged, raw edge, and seam tape, which are flat.

  • Flounce - Circular shaped ruffle.

  • Fly placket - Any placket, which conceals fasteners-zipper, hooks and eyes or buttons and buttonholes.

  • Foundation piecing - Sewing fabric onto a piece of paper or muslin base to form the quilt block. Also known as “paper piecing.”

  • Fusible web - A web like material which melts when you apply heat and moisture that will fuse (glue) together two pieces of fabic.

G

  • Gather - To pull excess fabric into a seamline.

  • Glover's needle - Needle with a wedge point used for sewing fur and leather.

  • Gore - Garment section; usually larger at the bottom than the top.

  • Gorge line - Diagonal seamline that joins the collar and lapel.

  • Grading - Reducing bulk of seams by trimming the individual seam allowances at different widths.

  • Grain - The direction threads are woven in a fabric. The lengthwise grain runs the length of the fabric. Crosswise grain runs from selvage to selvage.

  • Grommets - Large metal eyelets that provides a fished edge to an opening in fabric.

H

  • Hawaiian quilts - Quilts made up of one piece of fabric, folded and cut into a large overall design of leaves or flowers and then appliquéd onto a background fabric.

  • Hemline - The lower edge of the garment.

  • Hue - The graduation or variety of color.