Which preposition to use with sewings

in Occurrences 18%

There were reminders of her at every turn,there was the place where she had sat sewing in the evenings; over the fireplace hung a little picture she had painted, rude enough, no doubt, but beautiful to my eyes.

on Occurrences 16%

She had been looking over the travellers' boots and "mitts," and now, without a word or even a look being exchanged upon the subject, she sat there in the corner, by the dim, seal-oil light, sewing on new thongs, patching up holes, and making the strange men tidymen she had never seen before and would never see again.

for Occurrences 15%

Notices like the following often appeared in the daily papers at that time: "Ladies Aid SocietyA meeting of the ladies' aid society for the purpose of sewing for the relief of the wounded soldiers at our forts, and also for the assistance of the destitute refugees now thronging our city, is called to meet this morning at Ingersoll hall.

at Occurrences 13%

Or maybe he seeks a hilltop for a view of the fields that lie below patched in many colors, as though nature had been sewing at her garments and had mended the cloth from her bag of scraps.

with Occurrences 6%

I knew well enough how she would jump and throw down her sewing with a little scream, and run and put her arms about my neck and cry, and couldn't help herself.

by Occurrences 6%

We were very dull at first, but I remember many pleasant evenings, when we played whist; and Mary Hawker, in her widow's weeds, sat sewing by the fireside contentedly enough.

as Occurrences 3%

With homes broken up and the breadwinner gone, these untrained women took up sewing as the only thing they could do, and so overstocked the labor market that a new "Song of the Shirt" rose from attic to basement in the poorer districts of all the larger cities.

of Occurrences 3%

Strength is not desirable in the sewing of a habit skirt.

from Occurrences 2%

Once women taught their daughters housekeeping and sewing from stern principle, and made it neither beautiful nor attractive.

like Occurrences 1%

" I had given a quick, convulsive start as the first tones fell upon my ear, and now sat bending over my sewing like a chidden child, almost afraid to look up.

near Occurrences 1%

A woman sat sewing near my berth in the state-room in which I found myself; a fan, lying on a small table at her side, betokened in what manner she had divided her attentionsbetween her needle and her helpless charge.

beside Occurrences 1%

You do see, don't you?" He was sitting up for the first time that day, his chair was by the window and she was sewing beside him.

over Occurrences 1%

When a visitor entered, she would throw a paper or a piece of sewing over her work, and she modestly refused to be known as the author of novels which we now count among our treasured possessions.

into Occurrences 1%

Later, they brought their sewing into the sitting-room.

Which preposition to use with  sewings