Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
au point cocotte
English translation:
bridging stitch; decorative stitch[ing]
Added to glossary by
Victoria Porter-Burns
Sep 3, 2008 19:01
15 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
au point cocotte
French to English
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Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Lingerie
A description of a new line of lingerie:
"...nœuds de satin, bretelles ourlées au point cocotte..."
I can't see what the usual translations of 'cocotte' would have to do with this and assume that 'point cocotte' here refers to some sort of stitching/adornment on the underwear. I doesn't help that I don't have a picture of what the text is describing.
Can anyone enlighten me please?
Many TIA,
Vicky
"...nœuds de satin, bretelles ourlées au point cocotte..."
I can't see what the usual translations of 'cocotte' would have to do with this and assume that 'point cocotte' here refers to some sort of stitching/adornment on the underwear. I doesn't help that I don't have a picture of what the text is describing.
Can anyone enlighten me please?
Many TIA,
Vicky
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | bridging stitch; decorative stitch[ing] |
Claire Chapman
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| 3 | cocotte stitch |
Elizabeth Slaney
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| 3 | fagoting |
SusanMurray
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References
| Found this for a start. |
Emma Paulay
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Proposed translations
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8 hrs
Claire Chapman
Native in English
Specializes in field
All things textile
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, English
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bridging stitch; decorative stitch[ing]
Pfaff gives bridging stitch as the equivalent of "point cocotte." And while I certainly do believe Pfaff, I don't think that is what we would put in an clothing advertisement. Plus, in some of the French sites that I looked at, it appeared to be a type of double needle top stitching, and not a type of herringbone stitch used to connect two pieces of fabric. Also, I found a site that used a different machine stitch for the bridging stitch.
So, I would simply say that there is decorative stitching wherever dictated by the text.
Body à mancherons volantés.
Un dessous qui se porte sans rien dessus, c'est pratique et c'est fait pour !
Finition point cocotte à l'encolure ronde et à l'entrejambe pressionné. Mancherons volantés et froncés. Broderie contrastante poitrine. Fermeture pressionnée haut du dos.
http://www.okaidi.com/VAD/Soldes-Obaibi/Body-a-mancherons-vo...
Point cocotte Pour assembler, coudre des bordures décoratives et invisibles et le crazy quilt.
http://www.pfaff.com/ch/fr/media/performance_2058/performanc...
Bridging stitch For bridging, decorative hemstitching and crazy quilting.
http://pfaff.com/ca/en/media/Online_broschure/performance_20...
Bridging Stitch – The bridging stitch is used when butting two pieces of fabric together to eliminate bulk, to insert lace, or to sew over elastic.
http://members.tripod.com/~Cat-Sew/pdfs/d1bk41.pdf
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You're welcome, Victoria, and thank you :-)
So, I would simply say that there is decorative stitching wherever dictated by the text.
Body à mancherons volantés.
Un dessous qui se porte sans rien dessus, c'est pratique et c'est fait pour !
Finition point cocotte à l'encolure ronde et à l'entrejambe pressionné. Mancherons volantés et froncés. Broderie contrastante poitrine. Fermeture pressionnée haut du dos.
http://www.okaidi.com/VAD/Soldes-Obaibi/Body-a-mancherons-vo...
Point cocotte Pour assembler, coudre des bordures décoratives et invisibles et le crazy quilt.
http://www.pfaff.com/ch/fr/media/performance_2058/performanc...
Bridging stitch For bridging, decorative hemstitching and crazy quilting.
http://pfaff.com/ca/en/media/Online_broschure/performance_20...
Bridging Stitch – The bridging stitch is used when butting two pieces of fabric together to eliminate bulk, to insert lace, or to sew over elastic.
http://members.tripod.com/~Cat-Sew/pdfs/d1bk41.pdf
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You're welcome, Victoria, and thank you :-)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I completely agree - this sort of text is not the place for getting technical. Many thanks to you all."
48 mins
Elizabeth Slaney
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in English
Netherlands
Love a challenge, cope with pressure!
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
cocotte stitch
Found this on various websites, including Aubade lingerie.
11 hrs
fagoting
In the list of stitches available for Singer sewing machines they give point cocotte as fagoting (pages 42-43, item 17)
http://www.surjeteuse.com/manuel-instructions/PDF/sewingmach...
HTH
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Found a fagoting industrial sewing machine with underwear listed as an application
http://www.b2bchinasources.com/showroom.php?c=8052&f=5&p=000...
and a fagoting zigzag machine
http://www.serasewing.com/zig-zag-sewing-machines.html
which gives the description
"This series of Two needle double chain stitch picot and fagoting zig zag machine is useful for forming decorative zigzag stitching to any number of various clothes and items such as women's under garments, children's wear, scarf, kerchiefs, table clothes and pillow cases. The differential feed mechanism makes this machine ideal for decorative stitching on wide range of fabrics light to medium weight."
and the Encarta definition gives http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861610254/fagoting.html
Fagoting:
1. decorative way of joining fabric: a decorative way of sewing two hemmed pieces of fabric together, filling the gap between them with an insertion stitch
2. embroidery technique: an embroidery technique in which lengthwise threads are pulled out and the cross threads tied into bundles, producing a decorative openwork effect
http://www.surjeteuse.com/manuel-instructions/PDF/sewingmach...
HTH
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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-09-04 07:33:28 GMT)
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Found a fagoting industrial sewing machine with underwear listed as an application
http://www.b2bchinasources.com/showroom.php?c=8052&f=5&p=000...
and a fagoting zigzag machine
http://www.serasewing.com/zig-zag-sewing-machines.html
which gives the description
"This series of Two needle double chain stitch picot and fagoting zig zag machine is useful for forming decorative zigzag stitching to any number of various clothes and items such as women's under garments, children's wear, scarf, kerchiefs, table clothes and pillow cases. The differential feed mechanism makes this machine ideal for decorative stitching on wide range of fabrics light to medium weight."
and the Encarta definition gives http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861610254/fagoting.html
Fagoting:
1. decorative way of joining fabric: a decorative way of sewing two hemmed pieces of fabric together, filling the gap between them with an insertion stitch
2. embroidery technique: an embroidery technique in which lengthwise threads are pulled out and the cross threads tied into bundles, producing a decorative openwork effect
Reference comments
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Found this for a start.
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