"Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread."
Covers the different techniques used in sewing, including hand sewing, machine sewing, and finishing seams.
Sewing Machine Basics: This includes understanding how to use a sewing machine, its parts, threading the needle, winding bobbins, adjusting the tension, and troubleshooting common problems.
Fabrics: Understanding different types of fabrics, their properties, and how to properly prep, cut, and sew them.
Patterns: Learning to read and interpret sewing patterns, selecting the right size, and adapting patterns to fit properly.
Hand Sewing Techniques: Basic hand sewing techniques like hemming, basting, and finishing edges.
Cutting Techniques: Learning to cut fabric, create templates, and marking fabric for accuracy.
Seams and Finishes: Learning different types of seams and finishes, like french seams, flat felled seams, and bias binding.
Zippers and Closures: Understanding how to install zippers, buttons, and other types of closures.
Fitting and Alterations: Learning to make adjustments to patterns or garments to ensure proper fit.
Embellishments and Trim: Adding decorative elements like lace, ribbon, and appliques to garments.
Garment Construction: Putting all of the techniques together in constructing an entire garment.
Costume Design: Understanding design elements like color, texture, and silhouette, and how to translate those into costume design.
Fashion Design: Similar to costume design, but with a focus on modern fashion trends and creating original designs.
Draping and Manipulating Fabric: Learning to drape fabric onto a dress form to create designs, as well as manipulating fabric for unique effects.
Accessories: Creating complementary accessories like hats, scarves, and bags to go with garments.
Industrial Sewing Techniques: Learning about the techniques used in large-scale industrial sewing, like serging, and how to adapt those techniques for home sewing.
Troubleshooting: Learning to identify and fix common sewing problems like fabric puckering, skipped stitches, and tangled threads.
Sustainable Sewing: Learning techniques to reduce waste and promote sustainability in sewing, like upcycling and using eco-friendly materials.
Applique: A technique where a piece of fabric is cut out and sewn on top of another piece of fabric.
Backstitch: A basic stitch used to join two pieces of fabric together.
Bias binding: A strip of fabric cut on the bias that is used to bind the raw edge of a garment.
Blind Hem: A stitch that is nearly invisible on the outside of the garment.
Basting stitch: A temporary stitch used to hold pieces of fabric together.
Buttonhole: A hole in a garment created by sewing around it and then cutting a small slit in the center.
Flat-felled seam: A method for sewing seams in which the edges of two pieces of fabric are folded over and stitched together.
French seam: A method of sewing seams where the raw edges are enclosed inside the seam.
Gathering: A technique used to create ruffles or pleats in a garment.
Hemming: A technique used to finish the raw edge of fabric with a folded seam.
Invisible zipper: A zipper that is hidden from view when the garment is complete.
Lining: A layer of fabric that is sewn to the inside of a garment.
Overlock: A stitch that finishes the raw edge of a garment.
Piping: A cord that is inserted into a fabric tube and then sewn onto a garment.
Quilting: A technique where layers of fabric and batting are sewn together to create a padded effect.
Ruching: A technique used to create gathers in a garment.
Shirring: A technique used to create gathers by sewing rows of elastic thread onto the fabric.
Topstitching: A stitch that is sewn on the outside of the fabric to create a decorative effect.
Understitching: A stitch used to sew the lining into a garment.
Zigzag stitch: A stitch that is used to finish the raw edge of fabric or to create a decorative effect.
"Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era."
"Archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and leather clothing using bone, antler or ivory sewing-needles and 'thread' made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins."
"For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand."
"The invention of the sewing machine in the 19th century..."
"The invention of the sewing machine in the 19th century and the rise of computerization in the 20th century led to mass production and export of sewn objects."
"Hand sewing is still practiced around the world."
"Fine hand sewing is a characteristic of high-quality tailoring, haute couture fashion, and custom dressmaking."
"Fine hand sewing is pursued by both textile artists and hobbyists as a means of creative expression."
"The first known use of the word 'sewing' was in the 14th century."
"Archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and leather clothing using bone, antler or ivory sewing-needles and 'thread' made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins."
"The invention of the sewing machine in the 19th century and the rise of computerization in the 20th century led to mass production and export of sewn objects."
"Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts..."
"Fine hand sewing is a characteristic of high-quality tailoring, haute couture fashion, and custom dressmaking..."
"Hand sewing is still practiced around the world."
"Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people... sewed fur and leather clothing..."
"Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle..."
"...the rise of computerization in the 20th century led to mass production and export of sewn objects..."
"For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand."
"Fine hand sewing is pursued by both textile artists and hobbyists as a means of creative expression."