hemstitching
- noun
- Specialized
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puntada de ojal
- 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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2.3
The action of joining cloth pieces with a needle and thread
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4.7
Decoration on cloth made by sewing thread into raised patterns
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9.8
A decorative stitch that makes a small open border on fabric
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Decorative sewing done with a needle and thread
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3.6
Work made by sewing or knitting to make patterns on cloth like a quilt
Decorative sewing where threads are pulled out of the cloth to make lace patterns
A decorative stitch that ties groups of threads to make an open pattern
A single stitch made with a needle and thread to decorate cloth
A single pass of thread through cloth to hold pieces of cloth together
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.