Sewing

Sewing

The craft of stitching fabrics together to make cloths or other textile objects.

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seam ripper

Hobbies; Sewing

A seam ripper is a small tool used for unpicking stitches.

seamline

Hobbies; Sewing

The line on which you stitch to join two pieces of fabric.

seamstress

Hobbies; Sewing

A Seamstress is a woman who sews and finishes garments, as contrasted with a dressmaker.

selvage

Hobbies; Sewing

The edge of a piece of woven fabric, finished by the manufacturer to prevent unraveling; the selvages are cut off before you begin sewing. Selvages provide information as to the manufacturer, the ...

The selvage (US English) or selvedge (British English) is the term for the self-finished edges of fabric. In woven fabric, selvages are the edges that run parallel to the warp, and are created by the ...

serging

Hobbies; Sewing

Serging is the binding-off of an edge of cloth.

sew together

Hobbies; Sewing

Often used to indicate that the next step will be to sew the fabric right sides or wrong sides together. Can also be used when organising a group of like minded people to meet at a certain time to ...