Across
- 2. Strips of fabric sewn in between individual quilt blocks to frame and separate them
- 3. Plain sides of fabric facing each other
- 4. Using temporary safety pins to hold the three layers of the quilt sandwich together before quilting
- 6. The bottom fabric layer of the quilt that hides the back of your stitches
- 10. The standard distance between the raw edge of the fabric and the stitching line
- 12. A popular precut piece of fabric measuring roughly 18 x 22 inches
- 13. Printed sides of fabric facing each other
- 15. A long strip of fabric wrapped around the raw outer edges of the quilt to seal and finish them
Down
- 1. The total distance across the fabric from one selvage edge to the other
- 5. The tightly woven finished edge that runs lengthwise along both sides of a bolt of fabric
- 6. A single design unit made of pieced or appliqué fabric
- 7. A time saving technique where you feed multiple pairs of fabric pieces through the sewing machine back-to-back without cutting the thread between them
- 8. The middle insulation layer placed between the top and backing
- 9. The technique of sewing smaller fabric shapes onto a larger background fabric to create pictures or patterns
- 11. The three core layers of a quilt stacked together before final stitching
- 14. The 45-degree angle across the grain of the woven fabric
