a process of piercing holes and running thread through a material, to connect two layers or for decoration
Sewing versus Stitching
Some shoemakers use “sewing” exclusively for inner seams and “stitching” exclusively for outer seams.
Shoemakers call all work sewn that is treated with a round awl; while stitching is only technically applied where the square awl is used.
The technical meaning of sewing is that two or more pieces are held together, and shoemakers call all work sewn that is treated with a round awl; while stitching is only technically applied where the square awl is used.
— Boot Making and Mending, Page 57
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- Aloft
- Binding
- 🪡Box X Stitching
- 📋Closing
- Delamination
- Double Thread Sewing
- Dress Welt
- 🧩Ear
- Fair Stitching
- 🪡Fender Stitching
- Finger Stitching
- 📋Gluing Up
- 📋Hot Stuffing
- 📋Inseaming
- 📋Outseaming
- 📋Shanking
- Single Thread Sewing
- 📏Stitch Length
- 📋Stitch Pricking
- 🛠️Stitching Chisel
- Stitching Vise
- 🪡Toe Bug
- 🧩Toe Cap
- Vamping
- 🛠️Wire Loop
- 🪡Wrinkle