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Meanings of sewing in English

Russian
шитьё
Portuguese
cerzir
Catalan
costura
Spanish
costura
Wikidata

Craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread.

Related terms
шитьё
Catalan
cosit

Joining or attaching by stitches.

cosit
Portuguese
costura
Catalan
cosit

Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread.

costura
Synonyms
Examples for "stitchery"
Examples for "stitchery"
1
She looked away at the stitchery on the tent wall beside her.
The darkness before the dawn
2
What wilt thou say to me for such a piece of stitchery?
The Armourer's Prentices
3
The black silk outline stitchery on linen lasted well through the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them
4
Her ladies and the nuns also, she encouraged in all elegant handicrafts-silk-embroidery ,lace-making ,andother stitchery.
The Tragedies of the Medici
5
Not Constance's specially provided napkins could hide that wealth and profusion of white lace and stitchery.
The Old Wives' Tale
Usage of sewing in English
1
I remember one day in particular; we were sewing in my room.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
2
Prudence and Fairy were sewing in the bay window of the sitting-room.
Prudence of the Parsonage
3
She put down her sewing and said: he done finally done it.
Wench: a novel
4
No wonder my dresses were unwearable; sewing over an armhole didn't help.
The Guardian
5
Two women were spending the morning under the trees; they were sewing.
The Untilled Field
6
She tripped away to the sewing-room in search of the little seamstress.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel
7
Mrs. Sutcliffe would be shut up in the dining-room with the sewing-party.
Mary Olivier: a Life
8
After the sewing is completed cut the strings, allowing about 2 in.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
9
You could also produce the colors by sewing beads over the design.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
10
The Cartier-Bresson logo used to be found in every French sewing basket.
The Guardian
11
The members manufactured sewing machines and sold them in America and Europe.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
12
The mothers were knitting and sewing and chattering in their queer language.
A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
13
He was making a motion with his right hand that resembled sewing.
The Water Witch
14
The sewing of the book is not really in evidence, except indirectly.
The Booklover and His Books
15
Like Odion, she paid no mind to the important work of sewing.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
16
The three dropped their sewing and fell upon her in a body.
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
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Translations for sewing
Russian
шитьё
Portuguese
cerzircostura
Spanish
costura
Sewing through the time
Sewing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
New Zealand
Common
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