Sewing!

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Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era.

Different types of stitches:

• Back tack
  • Backward stitch to anchor tacking or basting
• Backstitch
  • Sturdy hand stitch for seams and decoration
• Basting stitch (US)
  • For reinforcement or for temporarily holding fabric in place (same as tacking stitch)
• Blanket stitch
  • Used to finish an unhemmed blanket
• Blind stitch (or hemstitch)
  • Type of slip stitch used for inconspicuous hem
• Buttonhole stitch
  • For reinforcing buttonholes and preventing cut fabric from raveling
• Chain stitch
  • Hand or machine stitch for seams or decoration
• Cross-stitch
  • Usually used for decoration, but may also be used for seams
• Catch stitch (also 'flat' and 'blind' -catch stitch)
  • Flat looped stitch used in hemming
• Darning stitch
  • For repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting
• Embroidery stitch
  • One or more stitches forming a figure of recognizable appearance
• Hemstitch (Hemming stitch)
  • Decorative technique for embellishing the hem of clothing or household linens
• Overcast stitch
  • Used to enclose a raw, or unfinished, seam or edge
• Pad stitch
  • Secures two or more layers of fabric together and provide firmness
• Pick stitch
  • Hand stitch that catches only a few threads on the wrong side of the fabric, difficult to produce nicely so typically used for hemming high quality garments
• Running stitch
  • Hand stitch for seams and gathering
• Saddle stitch
  • Alternating running stitches
• Sailmaker's stitch
  • May refer to any of the hand stitches used for stitching canvas sails, including the flat stitch, round stitch, baseball stitch, herringbone stitch
• Slip stitch
  • Form of blind stitch for fastening two pieces of fabric together from the right side without the thread showing
• Stoating
  • Used to join two pieces of woven material, such that the resulting stitches are not visible from the right side of the cloth
• Straight stitch
  • The basic stitch in hand-sewing and embroidery
• Tacking stitch (UK, also baste or pin)
  • Quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed
• Tent stitch
  • Diagonal embroidery stitch at a 45-degree angle
• Topstitch
  • Used on garment edges such as necklines and hems, helps facings stay in place and gives a crisp edge
• Whipstitch
  • For protecting edges
• Ladder stitch or mattress stitch
  • For invisibly closing seams from the outside, i.e. to close a pillow after being stuffed

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