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Don’t mispronounce your sewing terms! Watch these videos to see how to say them correctly

January 22, 2015 by Anne Weaver

Don't mispronounce your sewing terms! Watch these videos to see how to say them correctly

Don’t mispronounce your sewing terms! Watch these videos to see how to say them correctly

There is no dorkier feeling than realizing that you don’t know how to pronounce a word, particularly a word related to a subject that you know and love.  With so many of us learning sewing through tutorials and books, it’s entirely possible to understand what a sewing term is or be entirely competent with a sewing technique, but still not pronounce it correctly.  Sound familiar?  Well, then check out this mini-video series by The Daily Seam.  In it, some very talented blogging ladies telling how to pronounce some of the trickier sewing terms.

Psst… Look for me in the videos.  I’m the awkward person pronouncing the word crepe de Chine.

Click the link below to go to the post:

Tricky Sewing Words, by The Daily Seam

[photo from The Daily Seam]

 

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Comments

  1. Denise Penn says

    January 23, 2015 at 9:30 am

    OK, so how do you say moire?

    • Anne Weaver says

      January 23, 2015 at 12:57 pm

      I say it like “mwah-ray”. I hope that’s right! –Anne

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