I don't know if this helps with the definition you're looking for or not, but
here are two samples of "fine drawing" from Woolman's "Sewing Course," c1900,
where it's used to patch damask. It was also used on heavy cloth as the
stitches could be hidden in the material. It's different from seaming, but it
does join two pieces butted together without overlap the way seaming does.
http://www.hollisandbell.com/Cat7706/finedrawing01.jpg
http://www.hollisandbell.com/Cat7706/finedrawing03.jpg
The dotted piece is about 2.5 cm and the fringed one just over 3 cm.
I have a brief description and illustration of it in my book, "Plain
Needlework - A Guide to Nineteenth Century Hand Sewing."
http://hollisandbell.com/
Melissa Roberts
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