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handsewn
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The word "handsewn" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an item that has been sewn together by hand instead of machine, for instance "This quilt is completely handsewn".
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handsewn
adjective
Sewn by hand, without the use of a sewing machine.
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She tries to find what the "people who are as rich as air" (Karl Lagerfeld's definition) now dream about: bespoke Patou perfume created from the flowers of Grasse, too costly for the deluxe masses, an Alice Cadolle made-to-measure bra, handsewn couture new and vintage, and still those Hermès bags - Arnault never annexed Hermès.
Should clothes be geometrically designed and factory-manufactured to minimise individuality, or be handsewn to rebuke capitalist sweatshops?
My smaller bedroom has peachy roses outside the window, a double bed piled with handsewn patchwork cushions, little painted tables, a basket of someone's soft-toy owl collection, and tea and instant coffee things (with a bar of Divine Fairtrade chocolate) on a chest of drawers.
And so the '08 CTS ditches the flat surfaces and odd angles and instead offers a handsome center stack, recessed L.E.D. lighting and handsewn covers on the dashboard and door panels.
In Bellport, at the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society on Bellport Lane, "The History of the Amercan Flag" includes items from an American 15-star handsewn flag to a 42-star bunting naval ensign flag.
They include a surrealistic cast iron coffee pot with roots by Ann Messner, big photographic prints of industrial containers by Deborah Oropallo and handsewn red discs clustered like rose petals or blood corpuscles by Nene Humphrey (Johnson).
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I handsew my own shoes using a needle made from the fang of a wolf.
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