piecing
Fitting parts together
Piecing is joining separate parts into a whole.
In quilting, piecing is the fundamental technique of sewing fabric patches together to form a design: She spent the afternoon piecing a quilt top.
More broadly, piecing describes any gradual assembly: piecing together evidence, piecing together what happened.
The word suggests patient reconstruction from fragments.
Joining with needle, thread
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- threadFiber for stitching
- fabricWoven or knit material
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
mending · darning · patching · hemming · tailoring · alterations · basting · tacking
Fabric scraps sewn together
- blocksObstructs or sections
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
- seamsJoined fabric edges
- battingSwinging at pitches
binding · backing · applique · border · templates · rotary cutter · thimble · topstitching
Linking into one
- connectingEstablishing a link
- constructingActively assembling or building
- assemblingFitting parts together
- buildingEnclosed roofed structure
putting together · interlocking · aligning · matching · arranging · combining · uniting · configuring
Puzzle or curve-cutting tool
- solvingFinding the answer
- fittingSuitable or proper
- interlockingEngaging by overlap
- completingReaching the end of
assembling · matching · fragments · sections · clues · deduction · reconstruction · figuring out
Mosaic's constituent pieces
- tilesFlat covering pieces
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- shardsBroken fragments of brittle material
arrangement · pattern · design · tessellation · montage · collage · composition · byzantine
stitching
Joining with needle, thread
textile · mending · darning · patching · hemming · tailoring · alterations · basting · tacking · cloth
patchwork
Fabric scraps sewn together
batting · binding · backing · applique · border · templates · rotary cutter · thimble · topstitching · basting
joining
Linking into one
- connectingEstablishing a link
- constructingActively assembling or building
- assemblingFitting parts together
building · putting together · interlocking · aligning · matching · arranging · combining · uniting · configuring
jigsaw
Puzzle or curve-cutting tool
- solvingFinding the answer
- fittingSuitable or proper
- interlockingEngaging by overlap
completing · assembling · matching · fragments · sections · clues · deduction · reconstruction · figuring out · working out
tesserae
Mosaic's constituent pieces
shards · arrangement · pattern · design · tessellation · montage · collage · composition · byzantine · venetian
fragments
Incomplete broken pieces
investigation · narrative · timeline · memory · story · account · details · information · forensic · detective
- hair stylingblow dryer, blow drying, curling iron, blow-dry, curling wand
- makingcrafting, making, building, creating, DIY projects
- quiltingquilt, quilting, patchwork, quilts, quilt top
- fur tradebeaver pelts, pelts, furs, mink, sable
- repairsrepair, fixing, mending, patching, repairing
- setupsetting up, installation, assembling, installing, initialization
piecingdisassembling
Taking something apart
dismantling · taking apart · deconstructing · separating · pulling apart
piecingshattering
Breaking violently apart
breaking · smashing · fracturing · splintering · crumbling
piecingdemolishing
Destroying a structure completely
destroying · wrecking · tearing down · smashing · breaking
- piecing togetherAssembling from fragments
piece, pieces, masterpiece, mouthpiece, centerpiece, apiece, pieced, piecemeal, timepiece