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Common terms · Showing 12 of 227 terms
Pieces & parts
Front piece
The pattern piece for the front of the garment.
Read the material, size and cut quantity beside the piece name.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
前
Inside a whole front-piece outline, 前 is short for the front piece. Beside a notch or leader, it marks the front-facing position.
Pieces & parts
Back piece
The pattern piece for the back of the garment.
Follow the cutting labels for folds, mirrored pairs and the number of pieces.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
后
Inside a whole back-piece outline, 后 is short for the back piece. Beside an alignment point, read it as a position mark.
Pieces & parts
Sleeve
The main sleeve pattern piece.
Use the specified material and quantity; follow the symmetry or mirror-cutting marks for left and right sleeves.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
袖子
Fabric & supplies
Lining fabric
The lining fabric used inside the garment.
Prepare lining, main fabric, interfacing and fill-casing fabric according to their separate labels and quantities.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
里
In a material field, 里 is short for lining. Within a piece name, inner/inside wording can describe position; check which field it belongs to.
里布
里料
The example uses 里料 as the material heading. 120 is the size code; match each piece name, side and count to it.
Pieces & parts
Back lining
The lining piece for the back of the garment.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
Pieces & parts
Pocket bag
A piece that forms the body of the pocket, in the material marked beside it.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
Direction & alignment
Place marked edge on fold
Place the marked pattern edge on the fabric fold and cut around the other edges, leaving the fold intact.
Find the edge marked for cutting on the fold. 纸样对折 folds the paper; 对折车缝 folds the fabric during sewing.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
面料对折裁剪
Cut quantities & allowances
Piece quantity
The number after a multiplication sign or asterisk gives the quantity of the named object.
Identify the fabric, lining, interfacing or template before reading its count. Follow the separate fold and mirror-cutting marks.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
Here, … stands for a number. Read the value and unit printed on your own pattern.
*1 / *2 / *4 / ×1 / ×2 / ＊1 / ＊2 / ＊4 / piece/material*… / piece/material＊… / piece/material×…
Cut quantities & allowances
Seam allowance included
Seam allowance is already included in the pattern.
When your pattern says 已含缝份, use its existing cutting line and check the allowance labels for the width.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
Cut quantities & allowances
Seam allowance width
The seam-allowance width shown by the gap between the two outlines.
Check this pattern’s line legend, then read the labelled allowance value.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
Fabric & supplies
Interfacing
Interfacing used for support and shaping, listed separately from the main fabric.
Read interfacing and fabric counts separately. Check the supply list to identify an abbreviated 衬 label.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
Direction & alignment
Matching notch
A notch on the piece edge used to match adjoining pieces.
Check the pattern legend or sewing instructions for the notch shape and cutting depth.
Use these examples to recognise labels. Follow your own pattern for sizes, materials and sewing instructions.
刀口 / 对位剪口
