sew, stitch, embroider
縫 centers on joining fabric with thread: sewing, stitching, and embroidering. All three meanings are direct applications of using a needle and thread to create or decorate fabric.
縫 combines 糸 (thread) with 逢, which likely contributes the sound ホウ and may also suggest joining or meeting, as in bringing fabric together with thread.
The left side 糸 is thread, and the right side 逢 looks like a path meeting. Picture thread following a path to meet fabric edges, sewing them together.
For ホウ, imagine sewing a long seam and saying 'hoe' (ホウ) as you pull the thread through, like a rhythmic sound of stitching.
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
to sew; to stitch
sewing; needlework
embroidery; sewing
sewing together; stitching up (a wound); suture
seam; stitch; suture
sewing (by machine)
hand-sewn; sewn by hand
sewing; needlework; embroidery
perfect beauty with no trace of artifice; flawless
to sew together; to stitch together; to sew up; to switch up
temporary sewing; basting
running stitch
slip stitch; blind stitch
machine sewing; sewing by machine
basting; temporary sewing
hemming
to stitch up a wound
to suture a wound; to sew up a wound
quilting