When a needle pulls thread through fabric and into a loop, that's a stitch. Every quilt, no matter how elaborate, starts with a single stitch.
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
Noun
sewing consisting of a link or loop or knot made by drawing a threaded needle through a fabric
Noun
a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
Verb
fasten by sewing; do needlework
v. i.
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of
the thread thus made.
v. i.
A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting;
a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take
up a stitch.
v. i.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass
of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
v. i.
A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of
a needle; as, a stitch in the side.
v. i.
A contortion, or twist.
v. i.
Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every
stitch of clothes.
v. i.
A furrow.
v. t.
To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner
as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch
a shirt bosom.
v. t.
To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch
printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
v. t.
To form land into ridges.
v. i.
To practice stitching, or needlework.
Stitch
You have gone a good stitch.
In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows.4.
He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.5.
If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.6.
Stitch
Stitch
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches;
To practice stitching, or needlework.
Usage Examples
I was never an ambitious girl, or even a self-confident one. I never went in for beauty pageants or wore a stitch of make-up until I went to Los Angeles.
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Other Usage ExamplesAll through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.