How To Use Stitching In A Sentence

Press the pleats with the stitching centred over the tapes to form two inverted pleats on the right side of the blind. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
A large number of them are employed in activities such as stitching, packing and embroidery works.
Both Ms. Rahm and Mr. Collins remarked on the high quality of the Target garments 'construction, particularly in the pleated Thakoon cotton dress, with very detailed stitching in its full skirt, and a velveteen Sarafpour skirt that had trapunto stitching along the satin waistband. Do Discount Designer Duds Make The Grade?
For the cordwainer, a family to feed and educate in the domestic realm was as vital a component of the performance of his manly workplace duties as a hammer and a leather apron. 14 There was no perceived separation between his duties stitching leather and his duties feeding and educating his family. Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
Knee-length lederhosen with no stitching cost $500, machine-stitched $785 and hand-stitched $1,320.

Press the seam allowances open and topstitch with a long straight stitch on both sides of the seam, being careful not to stretch the fabric while stitching.
She wore a black low cut tank top black jeans under black chaps with fringe along the edges and black cowboy boots with silver stitching.
Like the pillow the white on white design and three flag insignia is classic, elegant, and free of worry as the pillow features double stitching ensuring a sealed hypoallergenic pillow that no down will escape. A “Spruce Goose” of a Pillow
The interior received black nappa leather seats with contrasting white sides and red stitching.
Papers, basting, needless whipstitching, awkward ways to join units together … I could go on. Moving hands
They have offered a replacement pair or refund if the stitching comes apart. The Sun
Fancier edge stitches could include binding with lycra, blanket stitch, pinking, overcast with the serger, or turning under and stitching.
Use this thread for stitching pure cotton fabric. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
Made of 100% cotton, 5-oz. twill, these button-downs have fine details like double-needle stitching for added durability, patch pockets and button-down collars.
Charity, on the other hand, was far superior at stitching and all manner of sewing.
The man is described as Asian with a small moustache and was wearing a sports jacket while the woman had blond hair and was wearing a black coat with white stitching.
She was taken to a hospital in Carcassonne and she now has a broken collarbone and several deep abrasions that required stitching.
However, I think these numbers belie the relative ease the nominee will have in stitching the core coalition back together. Unconventional Thoughts on the Democratic Primary - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com
Comfortable and durable, these smart sneakers are made from subtle leather and feature fine stitching, with matching rubber toecap and midsole.
He had been finely striped from nape to knees with something like a coachwhip, the weals crisscrossing neatly like hemstitching. Sick Cycle Carousel
Double stitching is present on all the high stress areas like shoulders, arm sleeves and hoodie. Cool Stuff: Marc Ecko’s Star Wars Collection | /Film
These needles are an especially good choice for heirloom sewing and when perfectly straight stitching is desired - such as for topstitching or making pintucks.
The best examples of this was his tea matte alligator bodice top (paired with a green tea double-faced wool skirt suit) and the regally beautiful Coco Mitchell in a lambskin jacket and skirt with contrast stitching detailing.
And colorful embroidery is being replaced by the most discreet monogramming imaginable: white stitching on white fabric. TIP SHEET
It was all very well, these arrogant young men complaining about stitching and the cut of the breeches. Bomber
For the girls, the colours are subtle with rainbow blocks, patchwork, topstitching, embroidery and prints in a variety of style.
For a fine finish on short-haired furs, finish the raw edge with seam binding and secure the hem with double catch-stitching as noted above.
Miss Carpenter, as she separated long strands of raphia and initiated her pupils into the art of twisting and stitching, was almost as merry as Miss Pennington, whose infectious laugh, as she related James Mandeville's latest speeches, kept them all in a gale. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story
You can color-code the clothes by backstitching in the neckline with embroidery thread so you know which clothes go wear. Beginning Clothes Organization...
It's made from soft cotton and features Western style pockets, pearl snap details, and Lurex stitching for a cool vintage look.
Very loosely woven fabrics, fluid fabrics such as rayon challis and some hand-woven fabrics may need more staystitching to control stretching and raveling.
And many people are finding they can launch lucrative businesses stitching gifts from home. The Sun
Hickson held the thumbstall close to his right eye to judge the neatness of his stitching. Sharpe's Tiger
Horatio Bottomley, the paper's wheeler-dealing first chairman, was flung into jail where, in 1922, an acquaintance found him stitching mail bags.
For a moment, Helen stood very still, her expression apprehensive, her hands rubbing the ball, exploring the slickness of the horsehide and the ridges of the stitching. DIAMOND RUBY
Kenton fingers the fine stitching on one of the pieces, a scrap of innocent-looking pink ribbons and lace – with no wires – that would truss only the daintiest of frames. From corsets for comedians to bespoke bras: Rigby & Peller has seen it all
Test-stitch buttonholes before stitching on the garment.
On Friday at New York's St. Regis Hotel, just two hours before showing the first collection he designed since his breakthrough, Mr. Wu worked backstage pinning and stitching a finely draped cocktail dress of black silk tulle with embroidered red hash marks — a modern sort of pointelle — onto a model. Life After the First Lady
Gold stitching and glittering jewels were placed in intricate designs at carefully determined places.
One writer writes about creating a ‘proliferation of new erotogenic zones’ through ‘cutting and stitching’ the flesh.
Glaring, eyes fixed upon the stitching of her blue cotton star quilt, she continued with sit-ups. THE BINGO PALACE
Instead of stitching the bora along the horizontal, he had stitched it along the vertical.
This is enough to make me forgive the front pockets for being fake, a trompe l'oeil of nonoperational stitching. Times, Sunday Times
Diamond stitching gives an argyle look to a quarter-zip mock-neck sweater made of soft, marled wool.
Use this thread for stitching pure cotton fabric. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
Stretch jeans with criss-cross stitching, coupled with a chocolate brown jacket are just some of the items to be found in the store.
Make sure the loop stitching on the underside is covering the hem raw edge.
The families had erected flimsy tents by stitching rags together.
She spent hours unstitching second-hand clothes sent to them by another brother Richard.
There was also some evidence of surgical stitching, which probably gave the impression of splinters. AFTERMATH
It's used to create decorative openwork stitching on tightly woven fabrics such as linen and fine batiste.
Fancier edge stitches could include binding with Lycra, blanket stitch, pinking, overcast with the serger, or turning under and stitching.
Leather mats have already been mentioned, Agera stitching is unique to this car only. Exclusive: Koenigsegg Agera - GTSPIRIT.COM
And many people are finding they can launch lucrative businesses stitching gifts from home. The Sun
It was all very well, these arrogant young men complaining about stitching and the cut of the breeches. Bomber
Each method has its advantages; in the frame it is perhaps easier to get good technique, for difficulties such as puckering the material, irregular stitching, and so on, are more easily avoided, also it is more possible to see the effect of the whole whilst the part progresses. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
Evelyn wiled away her days, performing odd tasks for Mrs. Watts, and practicing her needlepoint with her neighbor, Lindsey, as Lindsey's mother kept a close eye on her clumsy stitching.
Be sure that you're happy with all construction stitching and pressing before you begin topstitching.
This one had the optional extra yellow stitching that made it look snazzy. The Sun
If done in this manner, you can make one ‘side seam’ stitching from the cuff to the waist or to the hem of the garment.
The woman is wearing a white blouse with red stitching. The Times Literary Supplement
Use an awl or pushpin and foam core to punch holes where you want to add stitching.
Application: For stitching shoe border or vamp Refer the right photo.
Blind stitching on the edges by hand or blind hemmer machine would take away from the "stitchy" look of top stitching. Fashion Sewing on A Budget ... and the Walk-Away Dress! - A Dress A Day
Sharp's use of testimony attesting that library science be distinguished from hemstitching helps us understand attitudes about women's work in the nineteenth century.
At about the same time, farm women also worked at binding and stitching shoe uppers.
Kantha, whose roots lie in the tailorbird stitching two leaves together, has been the practice of this land for centuries. The Times of India
Sew your seams the usual way, finish the raw edges with the serger or zigzag, press to one side, switch to top-stitching thread in the needle, and top-stitch the seams on the outside to resemble flat-felled seams.
Use the awl to make holes at the pin marks just above the topstitching.
If the form to be worked necessitates radiation in the stitching, there results a texture something like the feathering of a bird's breast (Illustration 85), whence the name plumage-stitch, another term describing not so much a stitch as the use of a stitch. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery
She shifts on her bed, and starts picking at the loose stitching on her bedspread.
-- Get up, Mr. Saddletree -- ye have set yoursell down on the very brecham that wants stitching -- and here's little The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete
I stand and look down at the needle as I thread it with ease and neatly begin stitching.
When straight stitching both rows, stretch the seam equally both times.
Begin and end each line of stitching with a backstitch.
The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching.
I was cross-stitching in a chair on the lawn when he approached me.
Other ideas for making each coaster different include using the same fabric in different colorways, selecting a variety of coordinating seasonal fabrics or using the same base fabric and varying the stitching or trim colors.
Of course, you need to know beforehand that it fits, because you don't want to have to unpick all this stitching to alter it later.
Make long basting stitches to identify centerlines, pocket or tab placements, hemlines and topstitching guides.
If you're using a multisize pattern, mark accurate stitching lines on the tissue using a seam gauge and fine-point pen.
Father spoke much too casually; Mama's stitching was much too steady and deliberate, almost forced.
Darning with flosses upon both white and black bobbinet, or silk net, was a very common form of the art, and veils of white with seed or all-over designs darned in white silk floss, may be called the "personal needlework" of the period, and some of the shawls were superb stretches of design and stitching. The Development of Embroidery in America
The craft day includes classes in appliqué without stitching; 3D decoupage; parchment paper craft; basketry and painting on slate.
We sat for hours, scowling with concentration, cross-stitching cute little scenes and heartfelt sayings on squares of linen.
By definition, a pleat is a fold in cloth made by doubling the material upon itself and then pressing or stitching it into place.
Offsetting the lace were short jackets and miniskirts in soft chestnut leather, decorated with white top stitching.
Firm, stable fabrics such as melton and gabardine hold the cut edge shape with minimal staystitching.
She had Montaigne read aloud to her as she sat stitching at Knole; she sat absorbed in Chaucer while her husband worked. The Common Reader, Second Series
They have offered a replacement pair or refund if the stitching comes apart. The Sun
The salesgirl wore a flesh-colored top with stitching down the middle that looked like sutures. The Kitchen Daughter
The upper part was sewn with vertical stitching to delineate the bodice.
A fine quality shirt should have solid yet discreet stitching around the seams and buttons.
If in doubt about the design's stability, sandwich a layer of sheer fabric, such as organdy, organza or tulle, with the water-soluble stabilizer prior to stitching.
The chalk is easily rubbed off the fabric after stitching. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
A fine quality shirt should have solid yet discreet stitching around the seams and buttons.
Cross stitching is the artfully deprived persons way of making beautiful pictures.
Don't backstitch to secure staystitching rows.
Using a plastic tapestry needle as a substitute for a bone needle, the sides of the parfleche were stitched with raffia using any number of stitching techniques.
We quilted the covers with parallel lines of stitching, 2 1/2 inches apart; you can omit the quilting if you prefer.
Pls made 3 needle stitching with central needle in contrast color as at hem.
These creases are in turn overlaid by circles and whorls of black thread stitching.
Firm, stable fabrics such as melton and gabardine hold the cut edge shape with minimal staystitching.
This handsome sandal attributes a nubuck, canvas, and mesh upper with contrast stitching, bungee ghillie design ribbons up closure, as well as a round rubber capped toe.
The edge can be cut and left plain or finished with zigzag stitching. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
Padded but austere, square seat and backrest, with chrome legs and elegant stitching, the armless chair — in fact, my entire office: sleek no-nonsense windows; spare masculine furnishings; metal and black leather and dark wood — rendered him out of place and hulkingly redundant. In the hot seat
Wrong sides together, pin all darts, tucks and seams as you did in the tissue, placing pins accurately along the stitching lines.
The nurse cleansed the wound before stitching it.
A large number of them are employed in activities such as stitching, packing and embroidery works.
There are strange Runes embossed into your belt and others on your wrist bands, and your single glove has a curious pattern of black and gold stitching across its back.
Dawn was stitching the last row when Tobit barged in, followed by Will.
If you want an added detail on your shoe, go for a pair with off-white stitching.
This spring, Ms. Taylor likes the look of army-inspired trench coats, which feature details such as a cinched collar and a style of stitching called trapunto. Spring Coats: How to Stay Dry With Style
Most readily available topstitching thread is polyester, so pair it with all-purpose polyester thread in the bobbin.
Stop stitching 3/8'' from the edge at the corner; backstitch.
Although you'll have an anaesthetic when the stitching is done, it can add to the bruising of your vaginal area and perineum.
The young man was dressed in boots, a white dress shirt that had yet to be tucked in, and over that a black vest with colorful stitching on the side.
They admire crazy quilts for their glorious colors and fancy needlework, log cabin quilts for the numerous variations on a familiar theme, and Baltimore album quilts for their fine stitching.
It was said that a benefit of doing this was that the outline of the cut-out appliqué element, and the stitching to be applied along that outline, would coincide in a reliable manner.
The sealant stiffens the fabric and prevents the threads from showing through the stitching.
They will also be taught about diet and nutrition, first-aid, button stitching and the usual fare of painting, craftwork and so on.
As an alternative to backstitching, begin the stitching right at the dots and leave thread tails to tie off; overlap the stitching where it meets at the center back.
The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching.
For the formals as well as informals, Kutir creates the garments right from fabricating, dying, embroidery, stitching and assembling.
In no case is much mixing of methods to be desired; but if appliqué is to be supplemented, it had best be with couching, which is not so much stitching as stitched down, itself another form of applied work. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery
Be sure to sew across the perimeter stitching with each line of stitching, backstitching at the beginning and end.
Choose a simple design with mostly satin stitching - large logos, shapes or symbols are ideal.
And if you have access to small iron rings, you can incorporate them in the eyelets for strength, whipstitching over the lot. A good workwoman praises her tools - A Dress A Day
Push the filler completely down to the bottom of the channel and sew across the channels, approximately 1 1/2'' from the first stitching; backstitch or tie the threads at the stitching line ends.
They take their art to the streets, stitching cosies from everything to bike racks to entire buses.
Let us banish from our minds the New York Times's recent profile of MIA and its author, Lynn Hirschberg, who, depending on your view, is either asmart journalist that gave a gobby, incoherent pop star enough rope, or someone so intent on stitching MIA upshe might as well have rocked up with a sewing machine instead of a Dictaphone and a plate of truffle chips – Arulpragasam's fondness for the latter being apparently symbolic of her inherent hypocrisy. MIA: Maya | CD Review
Eileen spoke about printing onto interesting papers, transferring to materials, enhancing with pens and paint, machine stitching as well as hand stitches.
Sculptural in appearance, with a network of steel masts seemingly held in suspension by a delicate cross stitching of high wire tensioned cables. Tank Street Bridge in Brisbane, Australia
They did a very neat job stitching up your knee - there's hardly a scar there.
It's used to create decorative openwork stitching on tightly woven fabrics such as linen and fine batiste.
She became a professional seamstress with her own alteration store, stitching everything from sun bonnets to wedding gowns to linings for caskets.
The clothes feature contrasting materials, as seems to be prevalent this season: coats with felt stitching over silk crêpe dresses, and artificial leather against devoré silk.
Women often sit on their front porches knitting for their families, or cross-stitching or embroidering the bodices for their traditional dresses.
Mr. Saddletree — ye have set yoursell down on the very brecham that wants stitching — and here’s little Willie, the prentice. — The Heart of Mid-Lothian
The balls were probably made by a souter (a shoemaker or cobbler), whose stitching skills were essential to producing a good ball.
Seam edges should always be finished somehow, with pinking, stitching or serging, or seam binding. HOME COMFORTS
Would he use his stitching skills on his release? Times, Sunday Times
Unpick the errant stitching and reposition the rolled hem under the presser foot.
Using a long stitch, topstitch 1/8 ‘from each side of the side seam, stitching across the seam at the slit upper edge.’
For a fine finish on short-haired furs, finish the raw edge with seam binding and secure the hem with double catch-stitching as noted above.
There was pleating and topstitching of supreme delicacy. Times, Sunday Times
The chalk is easily rubbed off the fabric after stitching. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
Evelyn wiled away her days, performing odd tasks for Mrs. Watts, and practicing her needlepoint with her neighbor, Lindsey, as Lindsey's mother kept a close eye on her clumsy stitching.
They all had stupid buckles, patterns on the leather, some kind of stitching, bevelled edges, or some such goofiness. Waldo Jaquith - My Virginia belt.
The tank top was black with orange stitching around the armholes and neck.
They did a very neat job stitching up your knee - there's hardly a scar there.
In many places in India the traditional Coracle is made by blowing up the skin of a dead buffalo, stitching it together and sitting on it like using a large float.
I stand and look down at the needle as I thread it with ease and neatly begin stitching.
Furthermore, the gadroon is filled up with a welt, and the welt covers the stitching in the gadroon.
Even though fleece doesn't ravel, the rows of stitching lines need to be sewn on the bias to achieve a good bloom.
The knit's stretch and texture eliminate exact garment fitting and stitching techniques.
To allow the heat of the burning charcoal inside to escape, the artist has cleverly used openwork on some of the stitching, flower, and leaf motifs.
The ribs have a tendency to slip, so pin or baste well prior to stitching the seams.
There was also some evidence of surgical stitching, which probably gave the impression of splinters. AFTERMATH
Stitch braid to the outline of the pleats, covering stitching along top edge.
Stitch the seam with a normal stitch length below this mark, backstitching at the mark.
As you place the sheet moss against the wire frame, attach it with thin wire, stitching the moss onto the frame with a traditional basting stitch.
Hip enough for après-ski parties, these boots sport handcrafted stitching, lightly distressed waxed leather for durability, and a steel shank and multidensity footbed for support.
He also has a black hat at his side, with stitching that matches his jacket.
In an angry phone call, he accused me of ‘stitching him up’ and, although things got better over the years, there remained a certain coolness.
The salesgirl wore a flesh-colored top with stitching down the middle that looked like sutures. The Kitchen Daughter
Buttons and buttonholes should sit inside the topstitching, never overlap it.
This one had the optional extra yellow stitching that made it look snazzy. The Sun
Some elements are simple: the arcuate, or V stitching on the pockets; the five pockets themselves; the metal shank buttons; the red tab; and the leather patch with the image of two horses pulling at a pair of jeans.
I look like I've been involved in a drunken fracas with a broken bottle around the nose area with mucho stitching and loads of dried blood smeared around my face.
She uses stitching, wool and gold leaf but in this demonstration used the seeds from a pomegranate with bits of coloured paper.
Old grandmothers sitting in a circle were stitching tiny colourful stitches on a quilt.
Its flat edge was created by topstitching around it.
For the formals as well as informals, Kutir creates the garments right from fabricating, dying, embroidery, stitching and assembling.
However, they need stitching together, like a quilt whose diverse and colorful pieces are scattered -- unseen and uncelebrated -- all over the Oglala Sioux Tribe's homeland in southwestern South Dakota. Stephanie Woodard: Pine Ridge Rising: Community-Based Development Project Gets Underway
The stitching is good, the waistband overlaps with two buttons and the waist loops are securely sewn under the waistband.
Inside, there are now red seat inserts and chrome cabin highlights, white instrument faces and plenty of red stitching: the black and red scheme underlines the car's sporty appearance.
Yet, over our monthlong test, it offered terrific value: The fabric and stitching held up well against the pricier competition.
The front opening of the chemisette also has red decorative stitching.
The fabric is too stretchy, the neck too wide, the stitching and finishing unacceptable.
Trade Work: Ribbon run on webbing for suspenders, infants 'dresses -- eight different styles, children's aprons -- two different styles, hemstitching and embroidery for yokes, ruffling -- hem and hemstitched, faggoting. The Making of a Trade School
(and much copied) rock-chic satchel, with whipstitching, updated hardware and the addition of a shoulder bag style - already on the hit list of fashion-loving It girls of the bold name variety. The Fashion Informer
It was all very well, these arrogant young men complaining about stitching and the cut of the breeches. Bomber
It all began with walking in the door and having a uniform chucked at me, black shirt with white stitching, and tan pants.
the front - i started with ledger paper and stamped with ink using a paper doily as a stencil, then i overstamped with a brighter blue with a stitching pattern stamp. i added a vintage snap card and the embossed scissors, needle and thread and thimble stamps by victorine originals, then glued on some vintage buttons. Archive 2008-11-01
The nurse cleansed the wound before stitching it.
They take their art to the streets, stitching cosies from everything to bike racks to entire buses.
The bosom of the chemise became a chemisette or vestee and was fastened by light stitching to the front or neck of the dress.
Here, at an adjacent workroom, they learn traditional crafts like weaving and stitching cross-stitch patterns of embroidery on traditional clothes and souvenir items from which they earn a few shekels to tide over through these lean months, and for the younger ones, the latest fad in hairdressing. Thursdays with my sisters
In fact the ornamentist, being an ornamentist, naturally takes advantage of the necessity of stitching, to pattern his metallic surfaces with diaper, using often, as in the scroll in Illustration 57, a diversity of patterns, which gives at once varied texture and fanciful interest to the surface. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery
She wore a beautiful crimson kimono with black stitching of cherry tree blossoms in full bloom.
This class also includes units mainly engaged in providing clothing trade services such as hem stitching, basque knitting or buttonholing.
When traditional stitching is eliminated in favor of securing fabrics with fusible adhesive, the result is a quick-to-finish garment.
These fabrics being pre-shrunk and pre-washed, do not require any sort of processing once the patchwork stitching is complete. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1233
I arranged the leaves on the cushions in order, but that jarred with me, so I added a bit of chaotic stitching.
The balls were probably made by a souter (a shoemaker or cobbler), whose stitching skills were essential to producing a good ball.
Authentic Steve Madden 'Love Knots' baguette features sassy stitching details.
Her stylish yet extremely wearable little girl's outfit consisted of white cotton jersey t-shirt worn under a cream cotton pinafore dress with mint green band detail and white flowers with pink stitching.
Wayne gave his usual blockbusting performance, taking the ball up and making metres and stitching up the middle with his tackling.
Firm, stable fabrics such as melton and gabardine hold the cut edge shape with minimal staystitching.

How To Use Stitching In A Sentence

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