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  • adjective sewn by hand rather than machine.

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  • adjective Sewn by hand, without the use of a sewing machine.

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  • adjective sewn by hand rather than machine

Etymologies

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hand +‎ sewn

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Examples

  • A detail of the crisscrossing threads of a recently handsewn jacket is shown here.

    Tailor-Made in the U.S.A. 2011

  • The handsewn binding is tight, making the spine rigid.

    Smithsonian undertakes $225,000 effort to restore the Jefferson Bible 2011

  • Absolutely my favourite narrative environment designer, Crystal is someone I've known since she'd crawl under my dining room table in a gorgeous jewel of a dress handsewn by her mum, but barefoot (and to my parents 'everlasting horror, sans knickers).

    Archive 2009-05-01 L. Lee Lowe 2009

  • The handsewn binding is tight, making the spine rigid.

    Jefferson bible gets rehabbed 2011

  • Absolutely my favourite narrative environment designer, Crystal is someone I've known since she'd crawl under my dining room table in a gorgeous jewel of a dress handsewn by her mum, but barefoot (and to my parents 'everlasting horror, sans knickers).

    Rediscovering Crystal L. Lee Lowe 2009

  • The only completely handsewn quilt I've ever made, it's the perfect winter nest for a newborn.

    Healing Sunlight regina doman 2008

  • The only completely handsewn quilt I've ever made, it's the perfect winter nest for a newborn.

    Archive 2008-01-01 regina doman 2008

  • My handsewn leather Zimbabwean boots, soled in tyre rubber, have outlasted any commercial product and still don't let in a drop of moisture.

    After counting every L. Lee Lowe 2008

  • My handsewn leather Zimbabwean boots, soled in tyre rubber, have outlasted any commercial product and still don't let in a drop of moisture.

    Archive 2008-03-01 L. Lee Lowe 2008

  • We have a fez with "visionary" handsewn on the crown we'd like to give him.

    Kevin Smokler: The Shelf Talker: Arugula, Poetry, and New Best Friends 2009

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