Taking Care of One’s Clothes

Mending
The sewing and repairing of clothes
that have holes.
Thing being repaired by sewing,
darning, patching, etc. (Collins)
 Darning
 Sewing technique
for repairing holes
or worn areas in
fabric or knitting
using needle and
thread alone .
(Wikipedia)
 Weave
 To enterlace ( threads,
yarns, fibrous material,
etc.) so as to form a
fabric or metal.
 To compose a connected
hole by combining
various elements or
details.(
Collins W. & Collins H.)
 Yarn

• Long continuous length of enterlaced fibers,

suitable for use in the production of textiles,
sewing,crocheting, knitting. Embroidery or
ropemaking.(Wikipedia,2019)
 Tear
Pull or rip apart with force.
Large odd-shaped holes tend to look better
when patched but if the tear is thin or small
you can fix it with only a needle and a thread.
(King M. 2018)
 Overlap
To extend over or past
and cover a part of
something (Meriam
Webster).
 Patching
A piece of material to
mend or cover a hole
or a weak spot .
(Meriam Webster)
 Trim

To make trim and neat especially by cutting or

clipping.
To free of excess or extraneous matter by or as
if by cutting. (Meriam Webster)
 Edge
• Or edge stitch
• A straight line or stitch
made along the edge of a
fabric (usually a folded
edge or stitch of a seam)
at a distance of about 1/8
inch from the seamline.
• Basically, topstitching and
is done as a reinforcing
stitch as well as decorative
stitch.(SewGuide)
 Baste
• Or basting stitch
• Is simply a straight stitch ( centre needle or
left needle position) set at the longest
possible length.
• Temporarily holds layers together. ( Johnson
L. , 2017)
 Hemming

• Or hemstitch or
hem-stitch
• A decorative drawn
stitch work or
openwork hand
sewing technique
for embellishing the
hem of clothing or
household lines.
( Wikipedia)
 Ironing
• The activity to use
iron to smooth
our clothes or
fabric ( Meriam
Webster)
 Laundering

• Refers to washing clothes and other textiles.

(Wikipedia)
 Stain
• A mark ( something) with colored patches or
dirty marks are not easily removed .( Oxford)
 Soaking
• Act of wetting
something
thoroughly.
(Oxford)
• To lie immersed in
liquid (such as
water).