Stitches
Many different stitches were used in sewing clothes. For sewing garments that had to be waterproof, the Inuit ensured that the needle did not penetrate completely through both layers of leather. The second layer was only sewn to the surface of the first, the needle in other words not passing all the way through both layers. This ensured that the outermost layer remained intact, without holes and therefore waterproof. This method of sewing was repeated from the other side. The needle was never pushed through both layers at the same time.

Drawing of the stitches for waterproof leather clothing.

Function and aesthetics were often combined, something that can be seen, for example, in the clothing of East Greenland, in which the seams are trimmed with a strip of leather of a different colour. The effect is very decorative, and at the same time the seams are rendered more wind-proof, stronger and more durable. Good seamstresses use small stitches in their sewing, which prevent gaps in the seam, thus making the garment more wind-proof.

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