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Sewing or stitching is the fastening of cloth, leather, furs,
bark, or other flexible 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 is used primarily to produce clothing and household
furnishings such as curtains, bedclothes, upholstery, and table
linens. It is also used for sails, bellows, skin boats, banners,
and other items shaped out of flexible materials such as canvas
and leather.
Most sewing in the industrial world is done by machines. Pieces
of a garment are often first tacked together. The machine has a
complex set of gears and arms that pierces thread through the
layers of the cloth and semi-securely interlocks the thread.
Some people sew clothes for themselves and their families. More
often home sewers sew to repair clothes, such as mending a torn
seam or replacing a loose button. A person who sews for a living
is known as a seamstress (from seams-mistress) or seamster (from
seams-master), dressmaker, tailor, or garment worker.
"Plain" sewing is done for functional reasons: making or mending
clothing or household linens. "Fancy" sewing is primarily
decorative, including techniques such as shirring, smocking,
embroidery, or quilting.
Sewing is the foundation for many needle arts and crafts, such
as applique, canvas work, and patchwork.
While sewing is often seen as a low-skill job, the task of
designing good-looking three-dimensional shapes from
non-stretching two-dimensional fabric generally requires
extensive hands-on knowledge of the design and principles of
mathematical manifolds. Flat sheets of fabric with holes and
slits cut into the fabric can curve and fold in 3D space in
extensively complex ways that require a high level of skill and
experience to manipulate into a smooth, ripple-free design.
Aligning and orienting patterns printed or woven into the fabric
further complicates the design process. Once a clothing designer
with these skills has created the initial product, the fabric
can then be cut using templates and sewn by manual laborers or
machines.
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