le coutre
| coudre to sew |
le coutre sewing | la machine à coudre sewing machine |
| l’aiguille needle | la bobine de fil thread reel |
la platine needle plate |
| le guide de fil thread guide |
les ciseaux scissors | le patron pattern |
| la pelote à épingles pincushion | l’épingle pin | le tissu material |
| le centimètre tape measure |
la bobine bobbin | le fil thread |
| le dé à coudre thimble | la craie de tailleur tailor’s chalk |
enfiler to thread |
| coudre to sew |
repriser to darn |
bâtir to tack |
| couper to cut |
la tapisserie needlepoint | la broderie embroidery |
| le crochet crochet | le macramé macramé | le patchwork patchwork |
| le outage quilting | le dentelle lace-making | le tissage weaving |
| le tricot knitting | l’aiguille à tricoter knitting needle |
la laine wool |
| la pelote de laine ball of yarn |
le nylon nylon | la soie silk |
| le polyester polyester | le lin linen | le cotton cotton |
| la fermature éclair zipper | défaire to uptick |
le styliste styliste |
On this page you’ll find a complete list of French sewing vocabulary words. You’ll notice that while most of these words are quite different from English the names of the different kinds of sewing arts are very similar. For example, “la broderie” is embroidery and “le crochet” is crochet. The word for needlepoint is “la tapisserie“, which resembles the English word, “tapestry”.
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