Overlock
Videos
An overlock is a kind of stitch that sews over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging, hemming, or seaming. Usually an overlock sewing machine will cut the edges of the cloth as they are fe
The purl stitch.
An overlock machine.
A Zoje 5 cone industrial overlocker
1-thread, 5⁄8 in (16 mm) wide, 12 stitches per inch (2.1 mm stitch pitch)
Seam (sewing)
Videos
In sewing, a seam is the join where two or more layers of fabric, leather, or other materials are held together with stitches. Prior to the invention of the sewing machine, all sewing was done by hand
Overlock
…An overlock is a kind of stitch that sews over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging, hemming, or seaming. Usually an overlock sewing machine will cut the edges of the cloth as they are fed through (such machines being called sergers in North America…
Seams join fabric pieces in this quilt.
A curved seam
A flat fell seam
Seams on a pant leg