Originally Posted by Carol Wilson
Originally Posted by Kitsapquilter
Wow!! Those are the most beautiful pillows I have seen! I can only imagine sewing with that silk. Did you use the serger? Excellent work.
How come you call them "pillows" when down under we call them "cushions", pillows are what you put your head on when you go to bed, what do you call the "cushions/pillows" on a couch or a chair or do you call them the same?
Here in the states, a cushion is the thing you sit on or lean against whether loose or built into a couch or chair. So I guess a 'pillow' is what is what is put on top of something, such as decorative pillows on the couch or bed pillows on your bed.
I think your 'overlocker' definition is a better one than 'serger' because that's what a serger does = it makes overlock stitches. Don't know where 'serger' came from.
And, even within the United States, we have regional definitions for things. What most other people call 'straight pins' are called 'common pins' in New England . We know 'rubber bands' as 'elastics'. I'm feeling my age though, as much of this is changing with people moving and intermingling and national merchandisers using the most common terms so local venacular is changing too.
Isn't language interesting? :-D