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Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of Cloth , Leather , animal skins, Fur s, 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 is used primarily to produce Clothing and household furnishings as Curtain s, bedclothes, Upholstery , and table linens. It is also used for sails, bellows, skin boats, and other items shaped out of flexible materials such as Canvas and Leather . Most sewing in the Industrial world is done by Machine s. Pieces of a garment are often firstly Tacked together. The machine has a complex set of gears and arms which 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, 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 . General sewing methods Machine sewing is the most popular method. Hand sewing is still done to some extent for finishing and repairing garments. Serger s are becoming more popular for home use, but are not capable of all the functions of a traditional sewing machine. Because of this, people usually purchase a traditional sewing machine first, and purchase a serger at a later date. Serger prices typically start at two to three times the cost of a traditional sewing machine.
General sewing applications Almost all of these methods can be done by either hand, sewing machine, or a serger; however, the specific techniques used can be quite different. Some methods are not appropriate for some applications, even though it may be possible to replicate another method. As an extreme, you could technically duplicate serging with hand sewing, but it would take at least several hundred times as long to do the same work. Furthermore, some techniques are not possible with other methods: making an embroidery stitch called a french knot is easy by hand, but impossible by sewing machine or serger.
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