How to Use sewing in a Sentence

sewing

noun
  • She left her sewing in the living room.
  • The soap, the washing machine, the sewing basket, the tools.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Back to the sewing table to get her game-day wardrobe ready.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The white paint on the sewing needle plates chips away with all the pounding.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2021
  • For instance, the sewing kit could be used to make a sling or patch a tent hole.
    Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Slip the open end of the case around your sewing machine's work surface.
    Sonja Carmon, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2021
  • If your giftee is a crafter, that’s all the better: The set is shaped like a sewing kit.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
  • This style of ruler is a must for sewing kits, and for drafting and drawing projects.
    Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The shelves are filled mostly with books on sewing and knitting.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022
  • This easy sewing project makes a great gift or stocking stuffer.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Iranian state news said the fire broke out in the prison's sewing workshop.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The foundations of House of RemiRose aren’t just about sewing or design.
    AZCentral.com, 22 May 2022
  • This chapter is very much in homage to the movie, even with the opening — with the sewing and then watching the daytime TV and the break in.
    Caroline Brew, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Rowan filled the room with props such as mannequins, sewing machines and a robe that guests can put on.
    Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Before anyone speaks, a folk song is sung and a maid sleeps at her sewing.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • When her job opened back up, Ms. Htwe was the first to return to the sewing room, eager to make money.
    New York Times, 21 Sep. 2021
  • And, of course, a crafty guy like Santa must have a sewing table in this office.
    Terri Robertson, Country Living, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Press with an iron and stitch seam using a sewing machine.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The two spend three to five nights a week sewing until midnight or later.
    Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Yen’s mother cleaned houses and took in sewing, and then found a job in a bakery.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Her trade trick is a queen-size coverlet cut in two with help from a sewing pro.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 July 2024
  • His mother-in-law made a Masku-sized mask on her sewing machine.
    Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The fact that researching and sewing can take weeks, if not months, is a feature rather than a bug.
    Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Make sewing easy with this sewing and quilting machine.
    Kirsten Chanel Webber, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Check out our free tote bag sewing pattern and get started now!
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Thread orange waxed twine between the points with a large-eye sewing needle.
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
  • The company has a sewing shop and design team in the New York City area to build some products in-house.
    Washington Post, 3 May 2021
  • With his newfound free time, Jones picked up a new hobby: sewing.
    Hannah Underwood, Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2021
  • From sewing kits to toilet paper to good customer service, some things just went out the window.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The sewing corner where Esperance holds court is festooned with pattern after pattern, an array of colors for the eyes to feast upon.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024

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