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Free Motion Sewing is machine sewing done with feed dogs in the down position, and moving the fabric in a freehand manner. Free Motion Sewing has a variety of uses including darning a hole, mending, or freehand embroidery.

A cutting line is the outermost dark lines of a pattern which indicates where on the pattern you are suppose to cut out the pattern pieces.

Colorfast is a term used to describe fabric which holds color even when in the wash. If an item is not colorfast it is important to take preliminary caution and wash with similar colors or alone to prevent bleeding and crocking.

A print borer is a fabric with a have a coordinating print border (for example floral or geometric shapes) on the edges of the fabric. Border Print fabric can be found on either one edge or both edges of the fabric depending on the fabric type. Border print is used for a variety of projects including: tops, curtains, tablecloths, skirts, etc.

The term is used to describe a myriad of different sewing embellishments including cording, laces, fringe, ribbon, rickrack, cording, and other decorative objects used to embellish a project or garment.