Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversewing
Literary usage of Oversewing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Progressive Lessons in the Art and Practice of Needlework for Use in Schools by Catherine F. Johnson (1895)
"Oversewing. 33. How should the work be held for oversewing? ... How should the
needle be pointed in oversewing ? Ans. In oversewing the needle should be ..."
2. Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper: Containing Five Hundred Recipes by Catharine Esther Beecher (1874)
"Then, these strips are to be cut into pieces, five or «ix inches long, turned
down and pinched to prepare for oversewing, and then put together and basted ..."
3. The Education of the Ne'er-do-well by William Henry Dooley (1916)
"Elements of sewing — running, hemming, back- stitching, overcasting, seam, hem,
French double seam, oversewing, selvedge, oversewing folded edge. 4. ..."
4. Theme-book in English Composition by Alfred Marshall Hitchcock (1910)
"How to join two pieces of cloth by oversewing, how to stitch and overcast a seam,
... How to patch by hemming on, stitching in, and oversewing. ..."
5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1908)
"... elements of sewing; running; backstitching; overcasting; seam; hem; French
double seam; oversewing; selvedge; oversewing folded edge. ..."
6. Special Reports on Educational Subjects by Great Britain Board of Education (1901)
"(a) Running and felling, one-half class ; (b) oversewing and felling, ... Darns to
be crossed), (c) Running and felling; (d) Oversewing and felling. ..."
7. The Bookman (1911)
"I have also visions of her toiling at patchwork and oversewing sheets like a nice
old-fashioned little girl in a story-book. Further to illustrate her ..."
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