Cord (sewing)

In sewing, cord is a trimming made by twisting or plying two or more strands of yarn together. Cord is used in a number of textile arts including dressmaking, upholstery, macramé, and couching.

Soft cotton cord forms the filling for piping.

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References

Gates, Dorothy, The Essential Guide to Upholstery, Toronto and Vancouver, Whitecap Books, 2000.

Kadolph, Sara J., ed.: Textiles, 10th edition, Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2007, ISBN 0-13-118769-4, p. 63

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CRNHA to host Volunteer Sewing Day

Natchitoches Times 07 Aug 2018

(CRNHA) will host a volunteer sewing day at Los Adaes State Historic Site Friday, Aug ... CRNHA is looking for volunteers who know how to sew by hand or have a sewing machine ... sew the cloth blanks together ... For those bringing their sewing machines, extension cords will be provided....

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Pleasant Grove community comes together to repair, rehang Big Betsy U.S. flag

Provo Daily Herald 06 Jul 2018

Colby Sweat ran home and picked up his wife’s industrial sewing machine, hauling it back to the field in a trailer. More people came to help and offer extension cords, shades, heavy thread, water and food ... Gaylyn Dalley, Pleasant Grove resident and another professional seamstress joined in the repairs, sewing strips to patch the flag on her son’s 1932 Pfaff industrial sewing machine....

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Letter: Thanking God for still being here

Fort Smith Times Record 25 Apr 2018

During the Depression, you saved everything from a single shoestring to the cord string that was used to sew up 50 pound sacks of flour. That string would come loose easily because it was sewed with a running stitch. My mother saved it and one time had a cord string ball about the size of a tennis ball. People knew she had it and she shared her cord string with anyone who wanted some ... "Nothing went to [...] ... ....

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Algonac Care Bag Movement Sew-A-Thon 'fosters love'

The Voice 10 Apr 2018

The project is currently in the hands of President Shelby Kapanowski, an Algonac High School senior who learned to sew with the Piece to Peace Quilters group as a Brownie Girl Scout and has been involved in the Care Bag Movement for five years ... At the heart of their mission is the annual sew-a-thon, an event that brings together donations collected throughout the year in one day of community crafting for a good cause....

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All-ASA Tri-color Graduation Cord Sales to Benefit School in Armenia

Asbarez 06 Apr 2018

LOS ANGELES—Last year, after selling more than 250 tri-colored graduation cords to students across the country, the All-ASA raised nearly $4,000 for its very own initiative, the Medovka Project focused on building infrastructure for the small village outside of Stepanavan ... They will be hand-made by locals at a small sewing center in Dilijan ... The cord is also a wonderful gift for any graduating student....

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Want clothes to be technically sound: Rimzim Dadu

DNA India 09 Feb 2018

Designer Rimzim Dadu has been silently creating magic collection after collection for the last 10 years ... Over to her... The first time we developed our shredded cord saris were with chiffon ... We took chiffon, tore it into strips, made them into cords and sew the cords together to create the pallu of the sari ... We have just launched our first bridal/festive line that plays on our signature 3D appliqué and cord techniques....

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Seedling Design Your Own Phone Case Kit for $4 + free shipping

CNET 21 Jan 2018

Barneys Warehouse offers the Seedling Design Your Own Phone Case Kit for $14. In-cart the price drops to $4.20. With free shipping, that's $16 off and the lowest price we could find. It includes acrylic felt, washi tape, elastic cord, paint, paintbrush, sewing needles, thread, buttons, and kraft paper. It measures approximately 6.50" x 9.25" ... ....

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Thankful for 2017 blessings

Rocky Mount Telegram 26 Nov 2017

Thanksgiving sneaked up on me this year, with the fourth Thursday of November being an early Nov. 23 ... ■ My young grandchildren ... I can deal with minor stuff like flat tires and an accidentally severed sewing machine cord. Severed sewing machine cord? Let’s just say sparks flew and there was a distinct sizzling sound, but the 10-year-old boy who was wielding the scissors wasn’t electrocuted, thank you Lord ... I guess ... ....

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Mending a birth defect while in the womb

Deccan Herald 24 Oct 2017

Smooth skin gave way to an opening that should not have been there, a bare oval exposing a white rim of bone and the nerves of the spinal cord ... They gave the foetus an anaesthetic injection and then, guided by images on the video screens, began to operate on him, tugging skin and membranes over the naked spinal cord and sewing them tightly shut with five stitches to seal out amniotic fluid....

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A small, firm stool is preferable when you are wielding a pooper scooper

The Irish Times 13 Oct 2017

George Korin is one of only a handful of vets who make house calls in New York City ... Seymour, Leo and Mojo ... .) ... Korin cups two fingers under it lifting it up, exposing a long cord (which I guess is the vas deferens – Leaving Cert biology there), he clamps the cord and then cuts with a scissors ... He sews up his handiwork, stuffs it back inside and then repeats the process, soon both inert testicles lie on the blue sterile sheeting ...  ....

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Yoko Ono's cat and a delicate doggie procedure: the life of a New York vet

The Irish Times 13 Oct 2017

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Yoko Ono's cat and a delicate doggie procedure : a day in the life of a New York vet

The Irish Times 13 Oct 2017

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“I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me”

Human Rights 25 Jul 2017

Summary Reader Advisory. This report contains graphic descriptions of traumatic experiences, often affecting children ... The results are often catastrophic, the supposed benefits are largely unproven, and there are generally no urgent health considerations at stake ... Dr ... Dr ... I ... “Took all the skin off of one cheek of my behind, wrapped it around a cord, shoved it inside of me, and sewed it closed--and then I laid there for 17 days.” She said....

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