When you're new to quilting, there's so many words and phrases that are overwhelming. This page is a comprehensive and regularly updated list of terms used in Hot Stitch Studio patterns so you can always know what these words even mean.
B
- Binding: folded fabric that is put all around the unfinished edge of the quilt to complete the quilt
N
- Nesting (the seams): Aligning seams on the right sides with the seams pressed to opposite directions - this allows the seam to appear like a perfect line on the right side
P
- Press: a way of ironing wherein you lift the iron up and down rather than "iron" side to side
- Press seams open: on the wrong side of the fabric, spreading the seam apart and pressing down the middle
- Press seams to the ___: intentionally setting the seam to one direction for best nesting of seams in final product
R
- Right Sides Together (RST): align the fabrics with the right side or the most saturated printed side facing each other
S
- Seam: the line of stitching connecting pieces of fabric together, commonly 1/4" in quilting
- Sub cut: Subsequent smaller cuts from an initial cut of fabric
W
- Width of Fabric (WOF): the measurement of the fabric form selvedge to selvedge
Y
- Yardage: quilting fabric is commonly cut in yards with yardage referring to the amount of yards you'll need to complete the project