Friday, June 28, 2013

INTERESTING SEWING TERMS

RS  WS  TNT NAP  STICH IN THE DITCH , WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?sewing printable vintage image--graphicsfairy2c

DO YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF SAYING HUH? WHEN IT COMES TO SEWING TERMS? MOST TERMS LIKE RS (RIGHT SIDE) WS(WRONG SIDE)ARE EXPLAINED ON THE PATTERN DIRECTIONS,MOST JUST NATURALLY COME TO MIND AS TO WHAT THEY ARE, BUT IF YOU’VE BEEN OUT OF THE SEWING LOOP FOR A WHILE, YOU START TO SEE WORDS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE, THEN THERE’S FABRIC TERMS, I’VE NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT AS TO THE FABRIC NAME JUST SEE IT LIKE IT BUY IT MAKE IT KIND OF GIRL LOL! BUT I WANT TO LEARN BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL ASK LOL! AND WE WONT EVEN GET INTO QUILTING TERMS, I JUST NOW FIGURED OUT WHAT TNT PATTERNS ARE LOL!

I’VE NOTICED TNT & WADDER POPPING UP A LOT, TNT SOUNDED LIKE A CABLE CHANNEL TO ME LOL! HAD A DUH MOMENT  WHEN I LOOKED IT UP LOL! TNT-TRIED AND TRUE PATTERNS, WADDER-AN ITEM OR PROJECT THAT DOESN’T COME OUT QUITE THE WAY YOU PLANED IT , BOY HAVE I HAD SOME OF THOSE LOL! HOPEFULLY MY NEW TOY FOR THE SEWING ROOM WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE,IT COMES TOMARROW! YIPEE!

DO YOU KNOW ANY INTERESTING SEWING TERMS? THERE ARE SEVERAL ONLINE RESOURES, JUST SEARCH FOR THINGS LIKE SEWING TERMS, SEWING DICTIONARY  & SO ON, HERE IS ONE YOU MAY LIKE   http://www.thesewingdictionary.com/#g

HOW DID I FIGURE OUT SIMPLE LITTLE OLE TNT?  I TYPED IN WHAT DOES A TNT DRESS MEAN ? WHAT CAN I SAY, WHEN IT COMES TO SEWING SOMETIMES MY LIGHTBULB (BRAIN) IS A 40 WATT & SOMETIMES IT’S A 75 LOL!

THE MAIN THING IS TO HAVE FUN LEARNING! AND HAVE FUN SEWING!

1 comment:

Sew Blessed Maw [Judy] said...

SO funny!!! I am with you girl.. I did the same thing,.. looked up tnt.. I didn't have an idea what the blog people were talking about..hahaha
I also, just buy fabric that feels good, and I think is pretty.. NOw.. I am discovering, I need to know what kind of fabric. Oh well. one day I might learn.