Glossary B
Backing: Material used underneath the item to be embroidered to provide stability and support for the needle penetration. Best performance given when hooped with the item, but also can be placed between the item to be embroidered and the needle plate on flat bed machines. Available in many styles and weights most commonly referred to as cutaway or tearaway.
Bean Stitch: Three stitches placed back and forth between two needle penetrations. Often used for outline and detail stitching in an embroidery design.
Birdnest (Birds Nest): Accumulation of thread caught between the embroidered item and the needle plate, often caught in the needle plate hole and hook assembly. The birdnest starts out by the thread being caught underneath the needle plate in the hook assembly or related parts.
Blatt Stitch: A wide column stitch. See Column Stitch.
Bobbin: 1. Spool or reel that holds the thread used to form the underside stitching. Used in lockstitch sewing machines. 2. On taping, cording and coiling machines the spool that holds the cord is also called a bobbin. See picture.
Bobbins
Bobbincase: Small round metal device for holding the bobbin and tensioning the bobbin thread. Inserted in the hook for sewing. See picture.
Bobbincase (one style)
Bonding: The joining of two fabrics with a bonding agent such as glue. See fusible backings.
Bonnaz: Machine invented by Emile Bonnaz in 1866 and first manufactured by Cornely. Most commonly known machine does chainstitch and chenille embroidery, being guided by a handle under the machine to make the designs. Other variations of the Bonnaz machine include cording, taping, braid, sequins and other decorative stitches. See picture.
Bonnaz machine
Boring: Embroidered goods that have been punctured with a sharp pointed tool known as a bore, the edges of the hole produced by the bore are embroidered, the hole is enlarged by the embroidery. See Eyelet. See picture.
Boring
Bridge Machine: Embroidery machine with two shafts, one for the hook assembly and one for the needle assembly. Sewing heads are suspended from a beam allowing for larger sewing fields than an Arm Machine. Bridge machines are accessible from both the back and the front of the machine through the "bridge. See picture.
Bridge
Buckram: Coarse woven, heavily sized fabric used for stiffening. Commonly used in caps.