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Across
  1. 2. a shaped pattern piece which forms part of a garment, usually fitting around the neck and shoulders, or around the hips to provide support for looser parts of the garment, such as a gathered skirt or the body of a shirt.
  2. 6. a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound.
  3. 8. a sewing technique for shortening the length of a strip of fabric so that the longer piece can be attached to a shorter piece.
  4. 10. the art or pastime of embroidered cloth.
  5. 13. a small piece of fabric, separate or a part of the fabric itself, used to finish the fabric edges.
  6. 14. Ripper a small tool used for ripping stitches.
  7. 15. Dog the critical component of a "drop feed" sewing machine.
  8. 17. a variant geometry of the lockstitch.
  9. 18. gathering the fabric, usually along a seam, to provide decoration (many times people use ruching to make flowers), accent, or fullness (as in the side seams of a maternity top), or to provide 'camouflage' for a bathing suit.
Down
  1. 1. Notion small objects or accessories, including items that are sewn or otherwise attached to a finished article, such as buttons, snaps, and collar stays.
  2. 3. to press and stitch down double folds in a piece of fabric.
  3. 4. Pedal Anything you push with your feet to control a machine, vehicle, or instrument.
  4. 5. Foot an attachment used with sewing machines to hold fabric flat as it is fed through the machine and stitched.
  5. 7. Stitch a stitch sewn one stitch length backward on the front side and two stitch lengths forward on the reverse side to form a solid line of stitching on both sides.
  6. 9. an ornamental needlework in which pieces of fabric in different shapes and patterns are sewn or stuck onto a larger piece to form a picture or pattern.
  7. 11. to make quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed.
  8. 12. Wheel the round wheel located at the upper right of the sewing machine.
  9. 16. to make quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed.
  10. 19. a garment finishing method, where the edge of a piece of cloth is folded narrowly and sewn to prevent unravelling of the fabric.