| LC control no. | sh 99003687 |
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| Topical heading | Stitches (Sewing) |
| See also | Sewing |
| Found in | Work cat.: Canadian General Standards Board. Stitches and seams. Part 1, Textiles, stitch types, classification and terminology, 1990: p. 1 ("This International Standard classifies, designates, describes and illustrates the various kinds of stitch types used in hand- and machine-sewn seams.") p. 15 ("This stitch type is used to attach interlinings to the outer materials of collars... in the process of shaping them... It is also used to fasten chest canvas to the interlining") p. 16 ("This stitch is used to finish the cut edges of buttonholes") p. 45 ("This stitch type is formed with nine threads: four needle threads ... four looper threads ... and one cover thread.") Encyclopedia Britannica Online, March 24, 1999, "Clothing and footwear industry" ("The prime characteristic of a sewing machine is the stitch it makes. Until 1926, stitches were classed willy-nilly with trade terms that often varied from one place to another and even from shop to shop. In 1926 the U.S. government became the first government to issue a seam and stitch classification to specify its requirements. During the 1960s other countries began to adopt the latest versions of these specifications for sewing equipment and sewn products, and these specifications are now being adopted throughout the world for industrial sewing.") WWWebster ("stitch: one in-and-out movement of a threaded needle in sewing, embroidering, or suturing; a stitch or series of stitches formed in a particular way <a basting stitch>") |
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