cut-and-sew

American  

adjective

1. relating to a process of garment-making in which a length of fabric is cut into shaped pieces which are then sewn together, especially as opposed to a process in which garments are knit as one piece.

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Example Sentences

In cotton fields, ginneries, yarn mills, dye facilities and cut-and-sew shops in the Carolinas, conversations get animated when they turn to trade law, which hangs over the work being done.

From New York Times

Los Angeles’ garment industry is about 40,000 workers strong and accounts for about 83% of the nation’s cut-and-sew manufacturing, according to a city staff report.

From Los Angeles Times

We do cut-and-sew reconstruction of clothes.

From Los Angeles Times

This included a major tobacco company and eyeglass, luggage, cut-and-sew apparel, and container companies.

From Washington Post

The other three pieces in the collection — two cotton cut-and-sew T-shirts and a hat — blend the Amor Prohibido and Género Neutral universes together by marrying aesthetics and logos.

From Los Angeles Times