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Calico is a printed fabric, which contains small printed flowers – it is used in a variety of projects including appliqué, quilting, home decorating or garments.

Raveling is a method, which allows the edges of the fabric to become and get a fringed appearance. The two main methods of Raveling are wearing and washing and stitching a seam a distance away from raw edge and then pulling the threads.

A buttonhole cutter is a device, which is similar to an awl, but differs due to the flat, sharp end which is used to cut the fabric between the buttonhole itself. Often people use a seam ripper and not a buttonhole cutter to complete this task.

Bearding is a quilting term is used to describe the effect created by the occasional popping of batting through the holes created by needles used to do the quilting. The effect of this is an appearance, which resembles a beard on the fabric. Bearing becomes more of a problem is neutral or white batting is used with dark colored fabrics.

A peter pan collar is a flat collar, which is rounded, and lies flat against the neckline. Peter pan collar are usually associated with children’s clothing because the garments they are found on include doll and kid’s outfits.