stitching
noun
[ ˈstɪtʃɪŋ ]
• a row of stitches sewn on to cloth.
• "the gloves were white with black stitching"
stitch
verb
• make, mend, or join (something) with stitches.
• "stitch a plain seam with right sides together"
Origin:
Old English stice ‘a puncture, stabbing pain’, of Germanic origin; related to German Stich ‘a sting, prick’, also to stick2. The sense ‘loop’ (in sewing etc.) arose in Middle English.
in stitches
• laughing uncontrollably.
• "his droll self-mockery had us in stitches"
