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span-stitch sewing
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An unsupported sewing technique in which the thread passes from one gathering to the next without picking up the sewing of the previous gathering. Span-stitch sewing can only be found between two stations, but two or more separate sets of span-stitch sewing may be found in one structure.
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Source
Spitzmueller (1982/83)
Spitzmueller, P., 1982. A Trial Terminology for Describing Sewing Through the Fold. The Paper Conservator, 7, pp.44–46.
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