Sewing Glossary with Pictures (Gallery)

Please click on the vocabulary term you’d like to learn more about. It will take you to a page that offers even more pictures (sometimes videos), a more thorough definition, and some discussion questions about that sewing term. As of 25 June 2025, this page is under construction, so please keep coming back to see what words I’ve added!

Not what you’re looking for? Please leave a comment. What vocabulary words or sewing terms would you like me to have in this glossary of sewing terms with pictures? Perhaps I’ll cover your suggestion in the coming weeks! Keep checking back!

I’m Chelly Wood, and my website offers free, printable PDF sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and sizes. Learn how to find the patterns you want by going to my website navigation guide page.

I also offer a series of classes in doll clothing design techniques, so you can design your own doll clothes for your dolls, using simple techniques, household tools, and your amazing imagination! Click on this link to learn more about my paid courses on the Creative Spark Online Learning platform.

This informational image shows a woman who is working at a craft table, altering doll clothes pants patterns. The text above her head says, "How to alter doll clothes patterns" followed by the words "online course" and the following bulleted bits of information about the Creative Spark online course the Chelly Wood will be teaching: bullet point 1: 40 plus videos; bullet point 2: work at your own pace; bullet point 3: one fee (no subscription); bullet point 4: learn how to enlarge or reduce your patterns. Next is a textbox encouraging you to "register now" and under this it says, "Go to Creative Spark dot CT pub dot com" and "search for Chelly Wood." — Link to Chelly’s courses: https://creativespark.ctpub.com/pages/chelly-wood-instructor-page

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