Sewing

Sewing

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

Contributors in Sewing

Sewing

Boning is stiff metal or plastic strips that are used for support. It is normally used in strapless dresses or corsets, but boning can also be used for such things as stabilizing a square neckline, ...

broderie perse

Hobbies; Sewing

This is a form of appliqué, where designs or motifs (a bird or a flower, for example) are cut from a piece of printed fabric and then sewn onto another piece of fabric. It can be useful for ...

bumblebunching

Hobbies; Sewing

The tangled loops of stitching on the bobbin side of the fabric that result from improper tension when machine sewing.

buttonholes

Hobbies; Sewing

A sewn hole in the fabric made deliberately to allow buttons to pass through to fasten the item securely closed. Can be worked by hand or machine (with or without specialist foot).

casing

Hobbies; Sewing

A casing is a fabric tunnel through which elastic or a drawstring can be threaded to pull in or draw up the fabric.

charm square

Hobbies; Sewing

Ready cut 5" squares pieces of fabric used for patchwork.

clean finish

Hobbies; Sewing

Clean finish is to turn under 1/8" to 1/4" of the raw edge of fabric and then stitch close to the folded edge. A tightly woven fabric that is not prone to a lot of fraying would only need 1/8" turned ...