Fabric Decoration Terminology

Applying colour to fabrics. Done by immersing the fabric in a coloured dye bath.

• Tie-dye

• Applique

• Dyeing

• Batik

Tie, pleat, scrunch or twist cloth before it is dyed. The dye cannot go where the fabric is tied tightly.

• Batik

• Painting

• Tie-dye

• Beading

Cut out shape and sew onto fabric using zig zag stitch and coloured threads

• Patchwork

• Applique

• Quilting

• Beading

Make fabric by interlacing yarn or other materials on a loom

• Screen printing

• Applique

• Quilting

• Weaving

Small pieces of fabric are joined together to create a pattern.

• Patchwork

• Quilting

• Embroidery

• Stencilling

Cut out design from card. Position on fabric and apply colour using sponge/brush. The colour will appear in cut areas

• Applique

• Block Printing

• Stenciling

• Patchwork

Can be hand or machine. The most popular stitches are straight, blanket, chain, herringbone, free machine embroidery, French knot, couching and smocking

• Beading

• Embroidery

• Weaving

• Quilting

Sandwich wadding between two layers of fabric. Stitch by hand or using the sewing machine.

• Beading

• Patchwork

• Quilting

• Applique

Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to a material, usually by the use of a needle and thread.

• Beading

• Batik

• Patchwork

• Stencilling

Apply wax using tjanting tool or brush apply dye when wax has cooled and remove wax with paper and iron

• Tie -dye

• Batik

• Dyeing

• Appliqué