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  2. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

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    Hemstitch (Hemming stitch) – decorative technique for embellishing the hem of clothing or household linens; Ladder stitch or mattress stitch – for invisibly closing seams from the outside, i.e. to close a pillow after being stuffed; Overcast stitch – used to enclose a raw, or unfinished, seam or edge; Pad stitch – secures two or more ...

  3. Vertical mattress stitch - Wikipedia

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    The middle stitch is a vertical mattress the others simple interrupted stitches. The vertical mattress stitch, often called vertical Donati stitch (named after the Italian surgeon Mario Donati), [1] is a suture type used to close skin wounds. The advantages of the vertical mattress suture are that it provides closure for both deep and ...

  4. Ladder stitch - Wikipedia

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    Ladder stitch. A ladder stitch, or mattress stitch, is a stitch which can be used to invisibly close seams from the outside of the garment or item. It is primarily used to close seams on stuffed items, such as pillows, mattresses, down coats or stuffed toys, where, after the stuffing is added, there is no access to the back of the fabric.

  5. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    The chest drain stitch and corner stitch are variations of the horizontal mattress. [citation needed] Other stitches or suturing techniques include: Purse-string suture, a continuous, circular inverting suture which is made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. [13] [14] Figure-of-eight stitch; Subcuticular stitch ...

  6. Horizontal mattress stitch - Wikipedia

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    The horizontal mattress stitch is a suture technique used to close wounds.It everts skin well and spreads tension along the wound edge. [1] [2] [3] This makes it ideal for holding together fragile skin [4] as well as skin under high tension such as the distant edges of a large laceration or as the initial holding suture in complicated repairs.

  7. Seam (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    A Hong Kong seam or Hong Kong finish is a home sewing term [8] for a type of bound seam in which each raw edge of the seam allowance is separately encased in a fabric binding. [9] In couture sewing or tailoring , the binding is usually a bias -cut strip of lightweight lining fabric; in home sewing, commercial bias tape is often used.

  8. Category:Surgical stitches - Wikipedia

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    Vertical mattress stitch This page was last edited on 25 March 2017, at 23:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  9. Tape edge machine - Wikipedia

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    A tape edge machine is a type of sewing machine used in the bedding industry to finish the top and bottom edges of a mattress.The machine is used to stitch the top and bottom panels of a mattress to the mattress edge, and to cover that raw edge with a protective tape or ribbon. [1]