hemstitching
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- noun
- Specialized
- Antique handkerchiefs often feature beautifully detailed hemstitching as a sign of skilled craftsmanship.
Examples
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She loves hemstitching on weekends.
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She spent hours mastering different techniques, including hemstitching, to decorate her linens.
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The fine hemstitching along the edge of the napkins gave them an elegant finish.
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The hemstitching on this tablecloth is beautiful.
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The artisan created beautiful table linens adorned with hemstitching around the edges.
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She learned hemstitching to add a personal touch to her handmade quilts.
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The antique handkerchief featured intricate hemstitching that showcased the craftsmanship of its maker.
Synonyms
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The action of joining cloth pieces with a needle and thread
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Decoration on cloth made by sewing thread into raised patterns
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A single pass of thread through cloth to hold pieces of cloth together
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Decorative sewing done with a needle and thread
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A decorative stitch that makes a small open border on fabric
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Work made by sewing or knitting to make patterns on cloth like a quilt
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A single stitch made with a needle and thread to decorate cloth
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A decorative stitch that ties groups of threads to make an open pattern
Decorative sewing where threads are pulled out of the cloth to make lace patterns
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hemstitching comes from two simple words: hem ('edge of cloth') and stitch ('to sew a small line'). So hemstitching is a decorative way of sewing along the hem that pulls threads together to make a neat, often open, edge.