Dictionary

Satin

Silk material that is shiny and smooth on one side with a minimum weaving of threads both weft and warp. 

Satino

A smooth fabric in cotton or silk obtained from a poor weaving with a ratio of one to five. 

Scottish

A typical fabric of wool with lively squares, originally of Scottish manufacture.

Selvage

Each of the lateral sides of piece-goods. 

Selvage

An edge of material woven so that threads cannot came close. 

Shot Effect

Fabric that changes colour depending on the angle and light you will observe it.

Sicilian hemstitch

An antique embroidery of Sicilian origin, worked on a back called “net”, covered with twist stitch usually embroidered on linen.

Silk

A fine soft fibre produced by silkworms.

Simple stem stitch

It is the simplest stitch of embroidery, it is  worked in closer lines to fill a no wide spaces.

Single hemstitch

All the stitches, worked on a canvas before pulling the threads out, are called single hemstitch, by which combining the threads in different ways is possible to obtain artistic and ornamental garments. Usually worked from left to right. 

Smoking stitch

This stitch through which you can made a decorative curling, it is mostly used to make the baby gowns. The term comes from the curling made on farmers’ working shirts in some English country areas.

Spindle

A round and extended shaped tool made in wool, thinner on the ends, on which thread is twisted or wound during spinning. 

Sponge-cloth

A cloth usually made out of cotton with one or two sides curled that made it spongy. 

Stitching

A sewing by spaced stitches that pierced one or more layers of fabric to make both sides or the stuffing well joined. A series of back stitches with no space between is called stitching.

Stretch

The quantity of thread introduced in the needle to sew

Synthetic fibres

Fabrics obtained by a chemical process.