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Hobbies

Regularly undertaken activities for pastime and leisure such as collection of themed items and objects, engaging in creative and artistic pursuits, playing sports, etc.

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straight grain
Hobbies; Sewing

The grain that runs the length of the fabric, parallel to the selvages.

stumpwork
Hobbies; Sewing

Stumpwork is an embroidery technique originating in the 17th century. Individual elements of each design are raised up from the background by using padding or by applying the ...

tack
Hobbies; Sewing

To secure with a few small hand stitches.

tacking
Hobbies; Sewing

Very large stitches used to hold two pieces of cloth together to make sewing easier. The tacking stitches are removed once the permanent seam has been sown.

tacking thread
Hobbies; Sewing

A very easy to break thread, designed for tacking and transferring markings from pattern to fabric. It is great for temporarily marking or stitching fabric as it can be easily ...

tailor
Hobbies; Sewing

A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on ...

tailored
Hobbies; Sewing

Tailor-made (from the second half of the twentieth century usually simplified to tailored) refers to clothing made by or in the style of clothes made by a tailor, characterized by ...

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