Sewing is understood to be that activity or process by which fabrics and fabrics are joined through threads. Sewing is undoubtedly one of the main inventions of man when it comes to adding comfort to his lifestyle since it has allowed him to develop garments and clothing that cover his body in a safer and more durable way, that is, sewing allows one fabric not to come off another.
Sewing can be traced back to prehistoric times when man sewed pieces of animal hides in a very primitive way to be able to wear them on his body and thus shelter and take care of inclement weather. But of course, with the passing of time and man's own evolution, sewing would begin to have a mission associated with beautification and fashion, that is, man begins to use sewing no longer to satisfy a primary and basic need such as it was to keep warm not to die but to look beautiful, elegant, among other things.
Main characteristics and types
Sewing is based on the union of two or more pieces of fabric or textile from the use of threads and other materials. Sewing always involves a greater complexity of the garments since to carry out this process it is necessary to take into account the dimensions of the body, the shape, the type of material that will be used and the way in which the garment is intended to fall on the body . In addition, sewing can also involve the use of different materials that are used to wear the garment, such as buttons, hooks, elastics and others. The seam presents different types of points, details, joints and links that will depend on the type of garment that you are looking to make (it is not the same to sew a dress than a pants or a tuxedo).
The Industrial Revolution induces the massive production of textiles
It is clear that with the development of the Industrial Revolution, advances in the textile industry were very important not only when producing textiles but also when making garments, now on a massive scale. For this activity, the presence of sewing machines (which evolved over time) made it possible to replace manual sewing work that took much longer and, therefore, made the product more expensive.
Nowadays, sewing shows great technical advances and in terms of tools. However, the highly massive production of clothing has made professions such as tailors or repairmen of different types of garments disappear due to the ease of getting new and cheap garments each time one is damaged.
Haute Couture, luxury garments tailored to the customers who consume it
Just as we just said that mass production currently commands, we cannot ignore the existence of a niche within the world of fashion and sewing that is very relevant, arouses a lot of interest from the public and moves millions for the quality of the garments: The couture.
Haute couture consists of the manufacture of luxury garments, that is to say, these are pieces that show a superlative value for the fabrics and materials involved, for their unique design and completely handmade production, without the intervention of any sewing machines. sewing, only the precise hand of the designer.
This type of garment is created in a very exclusive way, being unique and original, that is, several models of the same dress are not manufactured, and mostly tailored to the customer who requests them.
It is also common that garments of this type are only made to be exhibited in a parade, that is, they do not have a particular recipient but are the result of the designer's ingenuity, and then, it may happen that a client appreciates them in the parade and buy them.
Medicine: procedure to close wounds
On the other hand, the concept is used at the behest of medicine to refer to the action carried out by surgeons when they must restore a wound in a patient. The open wound on the body resulting from an accident or an operation is fired with a special thread to seal it and wait for it to heal. Normally, and after a reasonable period of time, the doctor removes these points from the patient.