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Hemstitch

noun

A stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups. Synonym: hemstitching.

Embroidery similar to drawnwork.

verb

(past & past part. hemstitched; pres. part. hemstitching)

Sew with hemstitches.

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"Hemstitch" Quotes from Famous Books

... of rules is given for teaching needlework, and it is doubtless exactly what had been the method for a century. The girls were first shown how to turn a hem on a piece of waste paper; then they proceeded to the various stitches in this order: to hem, to sew and fell a seam, to draw threads and hemstitch, to gather and sew on gathers, to make buttonholes, to sew on buttons, to do herring-bone stitch, to darn, to mark, to tuck, whip, and sew on a frill. There is also a long and tedious set of questions and answers like a ...

— Home Life in Colonial Days • Alice Morse Earle

... Oh, millinery? You don't expect me to hemstitch, do you? What's that you're making, ...

— Marjorie's New Friend • Carolyn Wells

... a beautiful place, so it is likely she will find a purchaser," said Anne, absently, wondering whether she should hemstitch or feather-stitch little Jem's "short" dresses. He was to be shortened the next week, and Anne felt ready to cry at the ...

— Anne's House of Dreams • Lucy Maud Montgomery