Mrs. Seaton smiled and sighed and went on with her careful stitching.

Clean and well-pressed, but the careful stitching and repairs were evident.

The only treatment is immediate isolation, with a careful stitching of the affected part.

All the effort, all the love, the careful stitching of the days, has added up to nothing.

As I watched her turning light-blue pages, I saw some were torn, others loosed from the notebooks' careful stitching.