hemstitching

IPA: hˈɛmstˈɪtʃɪŋ

stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups

Examples of "hemstitching" in Sentences

A specialty of machine work was their fine hemstitching.
Buttonholes; tucking; two-needle work; hemstitching; Bonnaz
"All but about an inch of hemstitching done on this handkerchief."
I spent a jolly hour unsticking the Alice bandages from my leg and admiring the hemstitching.
Peggy heaved a mighty sigh as she worked her needle in and out of the handkerchief she was hemstitching.
He had been finely striped from nape to knees with something like a coachwhip, the weals crisscrossing neatly like hemstitching.
Special Machines -- (seasonal to year round work, depending on kind and demand, wages good): Lace stitch, hemstitching, buttonhole, embroidery (hand and Bonnaz), and scalloping.
Female academies, devoted to teaching the arts of hemstitching, needlework, and refined manners, were also founded by religious bodies, though attended by all who could find time and tuition.
Trade Work: Ribbon run on webbing for suspenders, infants 'dresses -- eight different styles, children's aprons -- two different styles, hemstitching and embroidery for yokes, ruffling -- hem and hemstitched, faggoting.
No, there were only, as I recall, five or six girls sitting around a table in one room — they were hemstitching — and I was measuring linen. [unknown] And we were not permitted to go into the rest of the place, but I could hear and see a few other girls weaving.