14. Herringbone stitch: This is used as a decorative stitch as well as for finishing hems and raw edges of seams. Stitches are worked from left to right along two parallel lines. Bring out the thread at the bottom left hand corner of the work. Insert the needle on the top line at a point farther to the right and take a short stitch through fabric from right to left so as to get a slanting stitch. Now take a short stitch through fabric from right to left on lower line to get another slanting stitch crossing the first one at point little Fishbone Stitch Herringbone Stitch below the top line. Take care to make stitches of even length at regular distances apart.

A centered application is the method generally used. c. Invisible zipper: These zippers are the newest type of zipper. As the name implies, they are structured differently from other zippers and are in a special way so that they disappear into a seam. When properly applied, neither the stitching nor the zipper teeth or coil is visible on the outside of the garment. Invisible zippers are used principally in skirts and dresses but they can go, in general, wherever a conventional zipper might be used, except in a trousers.