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Sewing needle — A sewing needle is a long slender tool with a pointed tip. The first needles were made of bone or wood; modern ones are manufactured from high carbon steel wire, nickel or gold plated for corrosion resistance. The highest quality embroidery… … Wikipedia
Sewing machine — Elias Howe s lockstitch machine, invented 1845 A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount … Wikipedia
sewing machine — any of various foot operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.… … Universalium
sewing press — noun or sewing bench or sewing frame : a wooden device for bookbinding having a baseboard and two screw threaded uprights supporting a crossbar from which cords used in hand sewing are stretched to the baseboard … Useful english dictionary
Sewing — or stitching is the fastening of cloth, leather, furs, bark, or other flexible materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of … Wikipedia
hand — [hand] n. [ME < OE, akin to Goth handus < base of hinthan, to seize (hence, basic sense “grasper”) < ? IE base * kent , ? to seize] I 1. the part of the human body attached to the end of the forearm, including the wrist, palm, fingers,… … English World dictionary
Sewing machine — The earliest known sewing machine was created in France by Barthélemy Thimmonier in 1830, however, mounting pressure from tailors guilds at the time thwarted its success. In 1846, American Elias Howe perfected and patented the lockstitch… … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
sewing machine — /ˈsoʊɪŋ məʃin/ (say sohing muhsheen) noun any of various hand operated, foot operated or electric machines used for sewing, embroidery, etc …
sewing bird — noun : a clamp usually fastened to a table edge and having a birdlike beak to hold work to be sewed by hand … Useful english dictionary
hand·i·craft — /ˈhændıˌkræft, Brit ˈhændıˌkrɑːft/ noun, pl crafts [count] 1 : an activity that involves making something in a skillful way by using your hands Her favorite handicraft is sewing. 2 : an object made by skillful use of your hands usually plural The … Useful english dictionary
