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Below you will find a list of quilting terms that are linked to explanations and/or photos.  An index has been set up on the left if you would like to page through these .

Spend as much time as you need viewing the information under each topic.  For convience you may want to print out this information.  I recommend copying and pasting the lessons into a word processing program before printing.  (Click here to learn more about copying and pasting.  Use the back button to return to this page.)

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a, b, c

Acid-free tissue paper  Acrylic ruler  Album quilts Alternate set Amish Applique Backing Background Baltimore Album Baste Basting Spray Basting Stitches Batt Batting Bearding Beeswax Betweens  Bias Bias Applique Bias bars Binding Blanket stitch Blocks		Borders Calico Chain piecing  Chalk Charm quilt Chintz  Challenge Clamshell Colorfast fabrics Colorway Color wheel Comforter Complimentary color Corner triangle Coverlet Crosshatch Crazy quilt Crib size Crosswise grain (cross grain) Cuttting board  Cutting lines Cutting mat

d, e, f

Darning foot Decorative stitches Design wall Diagonal set Dominate color Echo quilting English piecing Even feed foot Fabric Fat quarter Feed dogs Filler Finger cotts		Finger pressing Focal fabric Focus fabric Foundation Foundation piecing Four patch Free motion quilting Freezer paper French fold binder Full size quilts Fusible Fussy cut

g, h, i

Grain of fabric Graph paper Grids Half square triangle Hand quilting Hanging sleeve Hopper foot		Hue Indigo Blue In the ditch Invisible stitch Invisible thread Ironing Isosceles triangle

j, k, l

King size Knots Label Lap quilt Lap quilting		Lattice Layering Lengthwise grain Loft

m, n, o

Machine piecing Machine quilting Marking Masking tape Meander Medallion Muslin		Nap Needle turn applique Needles Nine patch One patch Orphan blocks Outline quilting

p, q, r

Paper piecing Patchwork Pattern Piecing Pillow tuck Pins Pigma pen Points Post Prairie points Pressing Primary colors Project Linus Quarter square triangle		Queen size Quilting Quilting frame Quilting lines Quilting needles Quilting thread Quilt top Reducing glass Reproduction fabric Reverse applique Round robin Ruby beholder Ruching

s, t, u

Safety pins Sampler Sandpaper Sashing Satin stitch Scale Seam Seam allowance Seam ripper Selvage Seminole patchwork Set on point Setting Sew and flip Sew order Shade Sharps Sizing Sleeve Stabilizer		Stilleto Stippling Stitches Stitch in the ditch Straight of grain Straight pins String piecing Strip piecing Templates Thimbles Tint Tissue paper Tone on tone Trapunto Triangles Turkey red Twin size Tying

v, w, x

Value Walking foot		Whole cloth quilt

y, z

Y-seam Yard		Yo-yo's Zig-zag stitches