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Binding is what is done to encase the raw edges of a quilt or a blanket with another piece of fabric. Another aspect binding refers to fabric, which is folded and used to encase edges which are raw.

Buckram is a heavy strong woven fabric used for creating things such as baseball cap brims, bookbinding, and some drapery application. Although Buckram can be useful, many of the previous usages of Buckram have been currently replaced with using heavy interfacing.

Couture is high fashion sewing with high considerations in the areas of fit, finish, detail and quality. Often couture pieces are created to custom fit the client it is being made for, created of expensive high quality fabric and using sewing techniques with extreme attention to detail, which are both time consuming and difficult hand executed techniques, the result of this intensive labor process is an original one of a kind garment. …

A walking foot is a special foot attachment for a sewing machine, which allows for the ability to sew through multiple layers of fabric, and example being when quilting, without moving the upper and lower fabric pieces. This particular foot attachment is perfect for sewing on slippery (For Example: rayon, silk) fabrics. This foot is also known a dual feed dog foot because it serves as a set of two feed dogs as the foot works as if is an upper level of feed dog which works in conjunction with t …

A whipstitch is a simplistic running stitch, which is used to hold together two pieces of material together. This particular stitch is used most commonly with projects such as crochet items, closing leather seams, or closing stuffed pillow openings.