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Ladder stitch. A ladder stitch, or mattress stitch, is a stitch which can be used to invisibly close seams from the outside of the garment or item. It is primarily used to close seams on stuffed items, such as pillows, mattresses, down coats or stuffed toys, where, after the stuffing is added, there is no access to the back of the fabric.
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
A close-up view of knitted grafting stitches. In knitting, grafting is the joining of two knitted fabrics using yarn and a needle in one of three types of seams: selvage-to-selvage seam, selvage-to-end ("wales") seam, or; end-to-end ("wale-to-wale") seam. The Kitchener stitch is a common method for the third type of seam. The yarn follows the ...
A Hong Kong seam or Hong Kong finish is a home sewing term [8] for a type of bound seam in which each raw edge of the seam allowance is separately encased in a fabric binding. [9] In couture sewing or tailoring , the binding is usually a bias -cut strip of lightweight lining fabric; in home sewing, commercial bias tape is often used.
Plain seam A seam or seamline in sewing is the line where two pieces of fabric are held together by thread. seam allowance A seam allowance is the area between the edge of fabric and the stitching line on two (or more) pieces of material being stitched together. Seam allowances can range from 1/4 inch wide (6.35 mm) to as much as several inches.
This technique allows the sewer to invisibly attach pockets, facings and trimmings to a garment. [ 1 ] A slip stitch or catch stitch can be used to create the blind stitch, except that they are worked inside the hem, 1 ⁄ 8 to 1 ⁄ 4 inch (3.2 to 6.4 mm) away from the edge of the hem fabric.
Diagonal bastings. In sewing, to tack or baste is to sew quick, temporary stitches that will later be removed. Tacking is used for a variety of reasons, such as holding a seam in place until it is sewn properly, or transferring pattern markings onto the garment.
Examples include: Backstitch; Overcast stitch; Cross stitch; Buttonhole or blanket stitch; Chain stitch; Knot stitch; These stitches and their variations are named according to the position of the needle and direction of sewing (running stitch, backstitch), the form or shape of the stitch (chain stitch, feather stitch) or the purpose of the stitch (tailor's tack, hem stitch).