Sewing

Sewing

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

Contributors in Sewing

Sewing

1. To hem a piece of cloth (in sewing), a garment worker folds up a cut edge, folds it up again, and then sews it down. The process of hemming thus completely encloses the cut edge in cloth, so that ...

hemstitch

Hobbies; Sewing

Worked by hand from the wrong side of the fabric, hemstitching secures a folded edge to the fabric by means of diagonal stitches. Draw the needle through the folded edge from underneath, pick up one ...

high-density upholstery foam

Hobbies; Sewing

Firm polyurethane foam pads for use in cushions, bolsters, or pillows. Foam pads referred to as high density are resilient and resist crushing with heavy or prolonged use.

hooks & eyes

Hobbies; Sewing

Hooks & eyes are small but comparatively strong fasteners though they are most often applied at single points of a garment opening, such as waistband or neckline, they can also be used to fasten an ...

interfacing

Hobbies; Sewing

Interfacing is a common term for a variety of materials used on the unseen or"wrong" side of fabrics in sewing.

interlining

Hobbies; Sewing

A lovely soft, slightly brushed fabric used to add structure, weight and insulation to handmade curtains. It is attached between the top fabric and the curtain lining during making up, and is ...

interlocking stitch

Hobbies; Sewing

Used in soft furnishings to hold all the layers of an interlined curtain together. Interlining is interlocked to the wrong side of the top fabric down the length of the curtain, across every third or ...