- present participle of stitch.
stitching
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At various times, the Tapestry’s fabric has been stabilized by stitching it onto linen lining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
He wears a white T-shirt and dark blue jeans that look basic until you’re close enough to see the meticulous stitching, texture and heavy, expensive fabric.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Decisions, including whether an item is potentially counterfeit, are made by trained specialists based on objective criteria and specific brand or product characteristics, such as stitching, logos and materials used in the design.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Morgan analyst Tien-Tsin Huang asked about the deals on the earnings call, saying that the combined effort seemed to come with “above-average risk … because you’re stitching together the three assets.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
It’s like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I’m stitching the scraps back together.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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But that jacket gets mere seconds of airtime before it is on to the next jacket, blue, featuring whimsical stitchings of houses, a garment she describes as reminiscent of something you’d find at Anthropologie.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026
While recuperating from the operation, Morrow began embroidering, producing semiabstract stitchings of body parts and shapes that are grouped together on one wall.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
Another way is to make four stitchings in the goods the length of the button hole.
From Things Mother Used to Make by Lydia Maria Gurney
She tripped ahead in a solid but elegant pair of walking-shoes and was drawing on a tan glove with mannish stitchings over the back.
From Under the Skylights by Henry Blake Fuller
His white gloves had curious stitchings on the back not common in England, and his silk hat, exceedingly glossy, had wider brims than are usually associated with Bond Street.
From Havoc by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim