Sewing is a craft that involves stitching fabrics together either with a needle and thread by hand or with a machine. Although it's a needle craft it differs from knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, cross stitch, embroiderySewing can also be done without a pattern or to create temporary stitches or to repair previously sewn items. and the like as it's not decorative, but rather constructive. After paper patterns are pinned into place on fabric and cut out, they are sewn together to create a finished garment or other item.
If a thread becomes loose in a sewn item, the stitches may unravel and require restitching to repair them. In repair sewing, pulling the threaded needle in and out of the fabric at the same lengths and places as the other remaining stitches can make a repair nearly invisible. Replacing a missing button on a garment follows the same procedure although there are different possible ways to place the thread to sew on a button. While repairs are usually sewn by hand, most garments are created using a sewing machine; these machines range from simple to complex.