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How to pronounce whipstitch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms whipping, whipstitching
Type of embroidery stitch, sewing stitch
Has types overcast, overcasting

Examples of whipstitch

whipstitch
Starting at the point of one heart, use a whipstitch to sew a strip to it.
From the buffalonews.com
He uses triangular shapes to whipstitch together jackets and long vests.
From the washingtonpost.com
Bring the needle back down through the cookie felt, and continue on with this whipstitch.
From the news-journalonline.com
You can use the same whipstitch to sew up the cookie.
From the news-journalonline.com
It's a pearlized nude snake-print case with gold-tone chain edging and tonal faux suede whipstitch trim.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Simply use a stencil to trace a pattern onto a sheet of felt, cut out the shape, and whipstitch it to the front of the pillow or use iron-on tape to adhere it to a sham.
From the boston.com
More examples
  • A sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
  • (WHIPSTITCHING) To sew a book's leaves by passing the thread over and over the spine; often seen in early pamphlets.
  • Stitching through holes usually punched along the binding edge of a text block. Sewing thread passes into the top and out of the bottom of each hole in succession to attach the leaves. Library binders whipstitch new endpapers to oversewn and side-sewn text blocks in preparation for re-casing.