Sewing

Sewing

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

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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 shape to wire before ...

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 remKorbond Tailors ...

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 its modern sense in ...

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 simplicity of cut ...