The bias of a piece of fabric is any diagonal across the fabric. The true bias is the diagonal that is at a 45 degree angle to the selvage.
Bias applique is usually used when making leaf stems or vines. Any long thin curved appliqueed line can be made from bias strips.
The vines in the 
Bias bars are used to make bias applique. These bars are often made from metal or a heat tolerant plastic. These are plastic bias bars. A metal bias 
Quilt Binding goes around the outer edge of the quilt. It is a long strip of fabric that is sometimes cut on the bias. Binding can match 
A blanket stitch is often used as a decorative edging around applique. The stitch can be done by hand or by machine. In the photo, the leaves 
"Blocks" refer to the squares (or other shapes) in a quilt that make up the overall pattern. There are thousands of blocks that quilters 
A bobbin is a reel-like shape that holds the bottom thread for machine stitching. Bobbins can be made of metal or plastic. The 
A border print refers to a type of fabric that is designed for use in borders. Instead of an all-over print, this fabric has rows that can be cut apart 
There's no set rule about adding borders to quilts. Borders vary in shape and size. Some quilts have borders on all four sides. 
A calico fabric is made from cotton and has a tiny print on it. In the 60’s and 70’s this was quite popular. Often it was the only printed cotton 
You can save time by ‘stringing together’ a number of quilting pieces on your sewing machine. Place the first set to be sewn in your machine and 
Quilters sometimes use chalk to mark their quilting designs especially if the background is a dark fabric. There are many different types 
A challenge refers to making sense of this definition – ha, ha! A challenge quilt refers to a ‘contest’ that quilters enter. Sometimes there Charm quilts are made up of many pieces of fabric. No one fabric is repeated. Often charm quilts are also classified as one patch quilts.
Charm squares are 100% cotton fabric squares that are usually about 5”. A charm pack is made up of all different fabrics; no 2 are alike. Quilters like Chintz refers to a type of cotton fabric that is patterned and glazed.
The clamshell pattern is a traditional pattern used for quilting.
The color wheel is used in many fields other than quilting. It shows the primary colors, the secondary colors and often different shades and hues. Some 
A colorway refers to the color of the pattern in fabrics.
Below you will find 3 fabrics in different colorways. The print design 
