Point croisé stitch is a version of a back stitch, in which two parallel lines of stitches are made on the front of the ground material by working an interlacing stitch in the form of a herringbone stitch on the reverse side of the cloth.
Shell powder is finely ground oyster shell powder that is used for painting designs on a ground material. It is used in some forms of Japanese embroidery.
Nigiri-basami is the Japanese term for small, metal shears with very sharp blades used for cutting embroidery threads.
A takaburi needle is a four-sided pointed tool with a slender handle. It is used to align floss silk threads in some forms of Japanese embroidery.
Koma is a Japanese term for a square, wooden spool used to tension metal threads while making various forms of Japanese embroidery. The metal thread is wrapped around the middle of the spool. They are also sometimes used for floss silk threads that are wrapped around the middle of the spool.
A spindle is used for spinning, but is also a hard wood implement used in gold thread embroidery.
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Punchinella is a strip of plastic, often coloured, which is left over after small discs or shapes for cuvettes, paillettes or sequins have been punched out of a larger sheet of material. Punchinella is also called ‘sequin waste', ‘sequin scrim’ and very occasionally, 'stampotique'.
A thimblette is a thimble made of rubber rather than ceramic, metal, wood, etc. Thimblettes are 'officially' made and used by people working with paper, such as documents and banknotes, rather than as a sewing thimble. However, more and more quilters are using thimblettes, so this form of thimble is sometimes sold together with conventional thimbles, especially via the internet.
A tailor's thimble is an early form of thimble, consisting of a broad ring of metal or comparable, hard material, with small, dot-shaped indentations. It does not have a crown or top. They are usually worn in the middle (middle phalange region) of a finger or thumb.
A thimble ring (or ring thimble) is a very early form of thimble, consisting of a broad ring of metal or a comparable, hard material, with small, dot-shaped indentations. It is usually worn in the middle (middle phalange region) of a finger or thumb. Thimble rings are used to push a needle (usually horizontally) while sewing. It does not have a crown or top.