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A close-fitting Chinese dress with a mandarin collar and side slit, evolving in Shanghai during the 1920s from the looser Manchu changpao into a modern, tailored garment.

A presser foot with a guide or foot width measured exactly a quarter inch from the needle, used to achieve accurate patchwork seam allowances.

Costume construction approach using hidden closures such as hook-and-loop tape, snaps, or breakaway seams to allow a performer to change garments rapidly offstage or mid-scene.

Three-layer assembly of a quilt top, batting, and backing fabric, basted or pinned together before quilting stitches pass through all layers to hold them in place.

A pre-made sandwich of face fabric, batting and backing stitched together in a pattern, used ready-made for outerwear without separate quilting.

A sewing machine, often domestic, optimized for quilting with features such as a wide throat space, extension table, and specialized quilting stitches or a walking foot.

A sewing machine needle with a tapered, sharp point designed to stitch through multiple layers of fabric and batting cleanly.

A line of stitching worked through two or more layers with padding or wadding between them, both securing the layers and creating a raised decorative pattern.