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  2. Binding (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    In sewing, binding is used as both a noun and a verb to refer to finishing a seam or hem of a garment, usually by rolling or pressing then stitching on an edging or ...

  3. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    Serging is the binding-off of an edge of cloth. sewing Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, leather, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of cloth. sewing circle

  4. 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.

  5. Bias tape - Wikipedia

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    Bias tape or bias binding is a narrow strip of fabric, typically plain weave, cut on the bias. As the weave of fabric is at a 45-degree angle, the resulting fabric strip is stretchier than a strip cut on the grain .

  6. Quilting - Wikipedia

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    Bias binding or bias tape can be made from strips of quilt fabric or purchased as quilt binding. It is used in the last stage of making a quilt, and is a method of covering the edges of the quilt. It is used in the last stage of making a quilt, and is a method of covering the edges of the quilt.

  7. Long-stitch bookbinding - Wikipedia

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    In Non-adhesive Binding: Books without Paste of Glue (1999) Keith A. Smith describes that binding a book with a "longstitch through a slotted cover" involves directly sewing each section through the cover, which has slots for attaching each section, and creates a pattern of staggered lines that is visible on the spine of the book. [1]

  8. Oversewn binding - Wikipedia

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    Oversewn bindings are a type of bookbinding produced by sewing together loose leaves of paper to form a text block. Threads pass through small holes that have been punched in the signature's gutter margin (nearest the spine), forming overlock stitches that attach it to previously attached sections. [1]

  9. Limp binding - Wikipedia

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    Limp binding of an incunable, made of vellum with broken book clasp of the 15th century. Limp binding is a bookbinding method in which the book has flexible cloth, leather, vellum, or (rarely) paper sides. [1] When the sides of the book are made of vellum, the bookbinding method is also known as limp vellum. [2]