Dictionary

Padded satin stitch

It is made like the flat stitch, with the difference that it is necessary to prepare a basting that follow the drawing and that will be necessary to give a raised effect to the embroidery.

Peluche

A French term to describe a hairy cloth like a plush or a velour.

Percellina

A cotton cloth thinner that the cotton cambric, usually used for lining.

Piqué

A cloth  of different fibres  with holes on one of its side. The hole is caused by a stretched chain that made the wefts lowered creating a hollow.

Plush

A soft fabric of a nap wool or cotton on one side.

Popelin

A generic term to describe cotton fabrics (but also wool or rayon)  characterised with a typical lining (because the  warp is thicker than the  weft)

Poplin

A fine light fabric with a warp thicker than the weft, usually the warp is in silk and the weft in cotton or wool.

Preshrunk

A cotton cloth with a special treatment to avoid shrinkage.

Printed

A cloth with printed patterns by a printing process and not made during the weaving