raw edge
Fabric's unfinished margin
A raw edge is the cut edge of fabric that hasn't been finished—not hemmed, serged, or otherwise treated to prevent fraying.
In sewing, raw edges are typically hidden inside seams or finished with binding.
Some contemporary fashion deliberately exposes raw edges for a casual or deconstructed look: She left the raw edges showing for texture.
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- frayedUnraveled at edges
- seamJoined fabric edge
- seam allowanceFabric between edge and stitches
- fabricWoven or knit material
pinking shears · tatter · exposed · rough · cutting · stitch · unraveling · textile · scissors · fray · serge · loose · threads · sharp · torn · border · unbound · jagged
- sewing finisheshemming, serging, overlocking, pinking, topstitching
- edgesborder, boundary, brim, brink, perimeter
- sewing termsscissors, pattern, shears, rotary cutter, cutting mat
- rustic finishdistressed wood, whitewash, reclaimed wood, farmhouse style, shabby chic
- applique typesiron-on, fusible
- edge finishinghem, hemline, hemming, selvage, selvedge
edge treatment method
raw edgehem
Folded garment edge
binding · serging · overlocking · zigzag stitch · blanket stitch
raw, edge, rawer, rawest, rawly, rawness, edged, edges, edging