Matching Crafts Trivia Quiz

Answer: Stained glass

Badgering is a method of blending paint that has been applied to the glass, usually using a brush made of badger hair (hence the term), in order to affect the shading of the colour applied. Copper foil is used to join pieces of glass together. Dutchman is a name of a type of lead (or other metal) used to mend broken pieces of glass.

Answer: Crochet

The chain stitch is a basic crochet stitch, and several of them comprise a chain. The base chain is the first, or foundation, chain of a new project. A double treble is a stitch that involves four turning chains, which seems confusing, but probably isn't once you get the hang of it - and understand that a double crochet involves one turning chain, which is also rather confusing. Popcorn is a type of stitch that stands up from the rest of the fabric for a knobbly effect.

Answer: Origami

Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into recognisable, and pretty, shapes. As might be expected, a base is a starting point for making a model, and can vary depending on what the finished project will be. Frequently used bases include bird base, kite base and frog base, but many others exist. A sink is one of the basic folds used in origami. Flapping bird is an example of a finished piece of origami, being shaped like a bird whose wings can flap.

Answer: Pottery

It would have been rather too easy if I'd said "wheel" and "clay", wouldn't it? Biscuit is a term to describe unglazed pottery, either in an intermediate stage awaiting glazing, or for a finished product like terracotta, which has a rougher finish than pottery that has been glazed. Slip is a sort of liquefied clay with a variety of uses including for decoration of a piece of pottery and for casting in molds to make a finished product. Hollowware is a term to describe jugs, pots, sugar bowls and so on, as opposed to flatware such as plates.

Answer: Scrapbooking

Die cuts can be bought pre-made, or made oneself using various types of machines and/or homemade methods. They can be made from paper, card stock, fabric and so on, and take on many shapes (letters, flowers, abstract designs). Embellishments include the already mentioned die cuts, but also ribbons, brads, eyelets, coloured staples, stamps and more. All of these things can be put together with photographs of a special occasion (or any photos, really), often at a gathering of like-minded people known as a crop, which can be an all day crop or a simple couple of hours in an evening.

Answer: Quilting

A fat quarter is a piece of fabric of a standard size, that can be cut into a standard number of pieces to be used in quilt making. A quilter's stash will include fat quarters in various colour combinations. Log cabin is a traditional quilting pattern, which involves placing strips of fabric around a central square. Once you have made several blocks to this pattern, they can be pieced together to make the quilt. Batting, which can be cotton, wool or even polyester, is the middle part of the quilt, between the patterned top and the backing, which provides thickness and warmth.

Answer: Textile weaving

A heddle is a wire with a hole in it, and there can be many heddles on a loom, to which vertical threads are attached. The mechanism of the loom then passes the horizontal threads through these to form the weave's pattern. The vertical threads are the warp threads, and those passing through them are the weft threads.

Answer: Knitting

Knit one, purl two...I remember that refrain from Home Ec class, and I never got much beyond that with my knitting skills. Purl refers to doing the opposite of what you do when you knit a stitch, by going back through the last stitch and performing magic of sorts.

It's quite basic, really. Cable stitch involves using different needles and results in pretty patterns (cables) on sweaters. To frog a knitting project is to rip it out, for whatever reason, so the wool can be used for another project. One explanation I read for the origin of this term is that "rip it, rip it" sounds like a cartoon frog saying "ribbit ribbit"!

Answer: Basket weaving

Stakes and strands are used in one method of basket making, particularly with willow. Stakes form the upright, fairly rigid, framework and strands are more flexible pieces that are woven in and out of the stakes. Stroke describes the movement of a single strand in the process of building the pattern.

Answer: Rug hooking

I learned the term "worms" recently from my sister, who has taken up rug hooking as a hobby. They are left over ends of wool when a project has been finished. Of course, they can be saved to use in future projects! Burlap is one of the materials used as backing for rug hooking, though linen is also used. Access to a cutter is essential for cutting the wool, or other fabric, to be used into strips of the correct width and length for your project.