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seam allowance

seam allowance

The strip of fabric between a stitching line and the cut edge.

All languages

English
seam allowance
Norwegian
sømmonn
Japanese
縫い代 — ぬいしろ — nuishiro
Korean
시접 — sijeop
Spanish
margen de costura
French
marge de couture
German
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