I laughed when I came across this list of 50 Fiber Words to Play in Wordle by Kerry Bogert for Interweave, then immediately wondered how many 5-letter quilt-related words I could come up with. The answer? Quite a few!
Do you have any to add?
(And p.s. if you haven’t given Wordle a try yet, you can find it here.)
- ANGLE
- BASTE
- BATIK
- BLADE – for your rotary cutter of course
- BLOCK
- CABIN – as in Log Cabin block
- CHARM – as in Charm Pack
- CLASS
- CLOTH
- COLOR
- CRAFT
- CURVE
- DITCH
- DRAPE
- EDGES – raw or finished
- FIBER
- FRAME – longarm or hand quilting
- GRAIN
- GUILD
- HOOPS
- INSET – ah, those pesky inset seams
- JELLY – as in Jelly Roll
- KNOTS
- LABEL
- MITER
- PAPER – paper patterns, paper piecing, and more!
- PATCH
- PIECE
- POINT – blocks on point, matching points, etc
- PRESS
- QUILT
- RIGHT – right sides together!
- RULER
- SCALE – big prints, small prints, big blocks, small blocks
- SCRAP
- SCRIM
- SEAMS
- SERGE
- SHADE – how much black is in a color
- SHARP
- SNIPS
- SOLID
- SPACE – as in negative space or sewing space
- SPOOL
- STASH
- STRIP
- TINTS – how much white is in a color
- TYING
- VALUE – the lightness or darkness of a color
- WEAVE
- WRONG – mark on the wrong side of the fabric
- YARDS
- YOYOS
Update: The Instagram quilting community has added quite a few more to the list!
- ALIGN
- BOLTS
- BREAK – thread, needles, etc (yikes)
- CHURN – like the classic churn dash block
- CLIPS
- CRUMB – tiny bits of scraps
- CURSE – hahaha!
- DRINK – stay hydrated while sewing!
- FUSSY
- FUZZY
- GAUZE
- GEESE – as in flying geese blocks
- HEXIE
- HOARD
- LAYER
- LOOSE – weave
- LINTY
- MAKER
- MINKY
- NOTCH
- PEDAL
- PLEAT
- SCANT
- SHARE
- SLASH – as in when piecing improvisationally
- SNACK – yummy
- SPEED – how fast the machine can go
- STEAM
- TIGHT – weave
- TRACE
- TRIMS
- UNITS
- WONKY
Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl says
Okay, I spent a bit of time thinking, and these are some additions I came up with in non alphabetical order:
scant, speed (of machine, etc.), break (as in break thread), align, share
craftytokyomama says
Fabric!!