Sewing

Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic Era. Before the discovery of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and skin clothing using bone, antler or ivory needles and "thread" made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins.

Although usually associated with clothing and household linens, sewing is used in a variety of crafts and industries, including shoemaking, upholstery, sailmaking, bookbinding, and the manufacturing of some kinds of sporting goods. Sewing is the fundamental process underlying a variety of textile arts and crafts, including embroidery, tapestry, quilting, appliqué and patchwork.

For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand. The invention of the sewing machine in the 19th century and the rise of computerization in the later 20th century led to the mass production of sewn objects, but hand sewing is still practiced around the world. Fine hand sewing is characteristic of high-quality tailoring, haute couture fashion, and custom dressmaking, and is pursued by both textile artists and hobbyists as a means of creative expression

See also

• Embroidery stitch
• Glossary of sewing terminology
• Glossary of textile manufacturing
• List of sewing stitches
• Notions

Articles related to Sewing
Techniques	Basting ● Cut ● Darning ● Ease ● Embellishment ● Fabric tube turning ● Floating canvas ● Gather ● Godet ● Gusset ● Heirloom sewing ● Shirring
Stitches	List of sewing stitches ● Backstitch ● Bar tack ● Blanket stitch ● Blind stitch ● Buttonhole stitch ● Catch stitch ● Chain stitch ● Cross-stitch ● Embroidery stitch ● Hemstitch ● Lockstitch ● Overlock ● Pad stitch ● Pick stitch ● Rantering ● Running ● Sashiko ● Stoating ● Tack ● Topstitch ● Zigzag
Seams	Neckline ● Felled seam ● Seam allowance ● Style line
Notions & Trim	Bias tape ● Collar stay ● Elastic ● Galloon ● Grommet / Eyelet ● Interfacing ● Passementerie ● Piping ● Ruffle ● Rickrack ● Self-fabric ● Soutache ● Twill tape ● Wrights
Closures	Buckle ● Button ● Buttonhole ● Frog ● Hook-and-eye ● Hook-and-eye ● Hook-and-loop fastener ● Shank ● Snap ●
Materials	Grain / Bias ● Selvage ● Textile / Fabric ● Thread ● Yarn
Tools	Bobbin ● Dress form ● Needlecase ● Needle threader ● Pattern notcher ● Pin ● Pincushion ● Pinking shears ● Scissors ● Seam ripper ● Sewing gauge ● Sewing needle ● Stitching awl ● Tailor's ham ● Tape measure ● Thimble ● Tracing paper ● Tracing wheel
Trades & Suppliers	Cloth merchant ● Draper ● Dressmaker ● Haberdasher ● Mercer ● Sewing occupations ● Tailor
Sewing machine manufacturers	List of brands and companies ● Barthélemy Thimonnier ● Bernina International ● Brother Industries ● Elias Howe ● Elna ● Feiyue ● Frister & Rossmann ● Janome ● Jones Sewing Machine Company ● Juki ● Merrow ● New Home ● Pfaff ● Sewmor ● Singer ● Tape edge machine ● Viking / Husqvarna ● White
Pattern manufacturers	Butterick ● Burda ● Clothkits ● McCall's ● Simplicity

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