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Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of cloth.Sewing is used primarily to produce clothing and household furnishings as curtains, bedclothes, upholstery, and table linens. It is also used for sails, bellows, skin boats, and other items shaped out of flexible materials such as canvas and leather.
Most sewing in the industrial world is done by machines. Pieces of a garment or the edge of a cloth are firstly tacked together. Some people sew clothes for themselves and their families. More often home sewers sew to repair clothes, such as mending a torn seam or replacing a loose button. A person who sews for a living is known as a seamstress, dressmaker, tailor, or garment worker.
"Plain" sewing is done for functional reasons: making or mending clothing or household linens. "Fancy" sewing is primarily decorative, including techniques such as shirring, embroidery, or quilting.
Sewing is the foundation for many needle arts and crafts, such as applique, canvas workCanvas work is embroidery on canvas. Several types of canvas is available: single thread, double thread, Aida cloth (evenweave) or Hardanger. Canvas is measured by the number of squares per inch or centimetre. In Canvas work the stitches must completely c, and patchworkPatchwork is a form of needlework or craft that involves using small pieces of fabric and stitching them together into a larger design, which is then usually quilted. Patchwork is traditionally 'pieced' by hand, but modern quiltmakers often use a sewing m.
1 Sewing Tools and Accessories
- BobbinA bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound. Typically found in sewing machines and cameras.
- PinConstruction A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together. Electronics In Electronics a pin is an electric interconnection. For example a metal wire coming out of an Integrated circuit or Transistor. Trade Someone whose trade is makin
- PincushionA pincushion (or less commonly pin cushion is a small cushion, typically 3-5 cm across, which is used in sewing to store pins with their heads protruding so as to take hold of them easily. Pincushions are typically filled tightly, so as hold pins rigidly
- ScissorsScissors are a tool used for cutting thin material which requires little force. They are used for cutting, for example, paper, cardboard, metal foil, thin plastic, food, cloth, rope and wire. They are also used for cutting hair and nails. Unlike a knife,
- Seam ripperA seam ripper is a small tool used for unpicking stitches. The most common form consists of a handle, shaft and head. The head is usually forked with one side of the fork flattening out and becoming a blade and the other side forming a small point. In som
- ThimbleA thimble is a protective shield worn on the finger or thumb. Thimbles are most usually made from metal, leather, rubber, wood, glass or china. Early thimbles were sometimes made from bone, horn or ivory. Originally thimbles were used solely for pushing a
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2 Notions (Objects Sewn Into Garments or Soft Goods)
