This is the old form of stitching clothes. Previously sewing was carried on directly by hand but as it was laborious and time consuming and later sewing machine was introduced which reduced lots of work and help get the better results and reduce the errors.

Sewing machines can make an excellent variety of plain or patterned stitches. They include means for gripping, supporting, and conveying the fabric past the sewing needle to form the stitch pattern. Most home sewing machines use a two thread stitch called the lockstitch. While in Industrial machines, they use an over lock stitch produced by a machine sometimes referred to as a serger.

Besides the basic motion of needles, loopers and bobbins, all but the most trivial of stitches also requires the material being sewn to move so that each cycle of needle motion involves a different part of the material.