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(patch) A pocket attached to the outside of the garment and constructed of self-fabric. Pocket (quarter)- The angle from the side seam.

(slash) - A pocket that must be entered through a slash on the garment. The pocket pouch is suspended from and attached to the slash.

(swing) - The pocket pouch is suspended from and attached to the pocket opening.

(quarter) - The angle from the side seam.

(stitched/topstitched) - The same as stitch and turn pocket, except with an added row of stitching along the folded edges.

(rule) - A patch pocket attached on the outseam, halfway betweeen the hip and the knee of the garment; usually found on coveralls.

(patch) - A pocket attached to the outside of the garment and constructed of self-fabric.

Facing - A piece of shell (outer) material super-imposed on the top of the pocket material at its opening to conceal the lining.

(serged) - A pocket formed by joining two pieces of fabric and joining the edges with safety-stitching.

(stitch and turn) - Formed when two pieces of fabric are joined along the edges and turned so that the raw seam margin is inside of the finished pocket.

A treatment of cotton yarn or fabric to increase its luster. Its affinity for dyes is also enhanced. In the process, the material is immersed under tension in a sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)...

A woven fabric construction made by interlacing two or more sets of warp yarns with two or more sets of filling yarns. A weft knit fabric in which two layers of loops are formed that cannot be...

a) Crimpled Length The extent of crimped fibre substantially freed from external restraint, and measured with respect to its general axis of orientation. b) Fibre Extent The distance in a given...

Cotton fabric made of combed yarn that comes in a plain weave with a crosswise or lengthwise spaced rib or crossbar effect. A thin sheer with corded spaced stripes that could be single, double or...

Color is applied to the fabric by spraying dye on the surface with a compressed air gun. Multiple colors maybe applied by using a different stencil for each color. Ombre or tie dye effects may be...