A technique used in appliqué. Cut edges of fabric are turned under using a needle and thread, then hand stitched to a base fabric to neaten raw edges.
Piecing
The process of stitching fabric pieces together to form a patchwork block, using hand or machine stitching.
Gleaning
The gathering of left over straw from fields to produce straw plaits for hat making. Suffolk 19th century.
MENDING
Is the act and art of repairing something (usually textiles-based items) in order for it to be useful again.
bitter end
The “bitter end” is one end of a rope—the final, inboard part that is secured to “bitts” (heavy wooden posts on a ship’s deck). It signifies the last possible inch of rope, implying no more resources or options are left when fully extended.
Jakka ha Jenna
Cornish for ‘Jack and Jenny’, this term describes a herringbone style of Cornish hedging prevalent where slate is the predominant stone.
souderigyon
A Cornish word that translates to ‘little soldiers’ and describes a style of Cornish hedging in which stones are placed so that their faces look like books on a library shelf or ‘little soldiers’ lined up and standing to attention.
grounder
The heavy boulders that are half-buried as the bottom layer of most Cornish hedges.
tubbins
The topsoil which is placed on top of a Cornish hedge.
rab
The sub-sub-soil (decomposed granite), which you find compressed between two stone walls in a Cornish hedge.