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Definition of Running stitch
1. Noun. Small, even, hand stitches run in and out.
Definition of Running stitch
1. Noun. (sewing) A simple embroidery stitch in which the needle is passed in and out of the fabric in a series of even stitches in a straight row. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Running Stitch
Literary usage of Running stitch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"... STITCHES running stitch.—Form: A line made by a portion of sewing thread passed
over and under an equal or unequal number of threads in the cloth. ..."
2. Public School Methods (1921)
"Always call stitches by their names as: running stitch. Regular running stitch.
Space and stitch equal. Irregular running stitch. Space and stitch unequal ..."
3. Handicraft for Girls: A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing by Idabelle McGlauflin (1910)
"The Combination stitch consists of three little running stitches and a backstitch
over the last running stitch. Take three running stitches on the needle ..."
4. Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson, American School of Home Economics (1911)
"(3) The running and back stitch is made by taking a few running stitches, drawing
out the needle and making a back stitch over the last running stitch to ..."
5. A Handbook of Elementary Sewing by Etta Proctor Flagg (1915)
"running stitch. Fasten the thread with two small stitches. ... In gathering, use
the running stitch but tie a small, firm knot in the thread before ..."
6. Public School Methods (1916)
"Place the two ends together, and make a seam in a running stitch along one long
side, ... (2) About a quarter of an inch inside the running stitch seam, ..."
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