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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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Mitered bindings
Hobbies; Sewing
When bindings meet at a 90 degree angle and a 45 degree seam divides them causing a diagonal seam.
Milliner's needle
Hobbies; Sewing
originally used by hat makers, this is a long, thin needle that does not get wider toward the eye.
Double needle
Hobbies; Sewing
Two machine needles attached to a single shaft. that sews two parallel rows of stitches at once with two spools of thread and one bobbin. Sometimes called a twin needle.
Darning foot
Hobbies; Sewing
A presser foot with a circular opening that doesn't clamp down over the fabric and is used with dropped feed dogs for free-motion stitching or mending
Compass rule
Hobbies; Sewing
Any means of making a radius to form a circle such as a pin on one end of a string and a marking device on the other.
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