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A grainline set at forty-five degrees to the weave.
Also known as: Cut on the bias marking, Bias grainline
A bias marking is a grainline drawn at forty-five degrees to the fabric's threads, so the piece is cut on the diagonal and will stretch and drape where a straight-grain piece would not.
Marks a piece to be cut at forty-five degrees to the fabric's threads.
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Gives stretch to a cloth that has none along either thread direction, which is a property of the weave geometry rather than of the fibre.
Contexts: History
Is the deliberate departure from the straight grainline the catalogue already holds, and is chosen for exactly the drape and stretch that a straight-grain cut refuses to give.
Contexts: History
A double-headed arrow drawn diagonally across the pattern piece rather than parallel to its edges.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.