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2. Simplicity Pattern - Wikipedia

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   Simplicity Pattern. The Simplicity Pattern Company is a manufacturer of sewing pattern guides, under the "Simplicity Pattern", "It's So Easy" and "New Look" brands. The company was founded in 1927 in New York City. During the Great Depression, Simplicity allowed home seamstresses to create fashionable clothing in a reliable manner.

3. Wrights (textile manufacturers) - Wikipedia

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   Wrights is a brand of trim and other textiles for home sewing. It, and its subsidiary Lending Textile, operates using Wright, EZ Quilting, Boye and Bondex as brands. Since November 2017, it has been part of CSS Industries . Wrights was founded in Massachusetts in 1897 as William E. Wright & Sons. [1] Wright & Sons remained independent until ...

4. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   Serging is the binding-off of an edge of cloth. sewing. Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, leather, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC).

5. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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   History of sewing patterns. A sewing pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled. Patterns are usually made of paper, and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard if they need to be more robust to withstand repeated use.

6. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

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   Blind stitch (or hemstitch) – type of slip stitch used for inconspicuous hem. Buttonhole stitch – for reinforcing buttonholes and preventing cut fabric from raveling. Chain stitch – hand or machine stitch for seams or decoration. Cross-stitch – usually used for decoration, but may also be used for seams. Catch stitch (also 'flat' and ...

7. Sewing - Wikipedia

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   Sewing. Sewing Fisherman's Wife by Anna Ancher, 1890. Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era.