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2. The Great British Sewing Bee series 3 - Wikipedia

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   Pattern Challenge (The Walk-away Dress) Alteration Challenge (Vintage Curtains) Made-to-measure (Sheer Blouse) Amanda: 8: Prom Skirt: 3: Pussy Bow Blouse Deborah: 7: Panelled Wrap Skirt: 6: Semi-Fitted Bow Blouse Lorna: 5: Skirt with Big Bow: 1: Sweetheart Blouse Matt: 2: Girl's Dress: 5: Sleeveless Fitted Blouse Neela: 6: Top: 8: Collared ...

3. Dart (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Two kinds of darts are common in blouses for women: Vertical darts—These are sewn from the bottom of the blouse to a point generally around the bustline. This type of dart may be found in the front, rarely in the back of a garment and are used by the garment maker to pull in the bottom of the blouse towards the wearer's waist. Fisheye darts [2]

4. Quilting - Wikipedia

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   With the home sewing machine, the layers are tacked together before quilting. This involves laying the top, batting, and backing out on a flat surface and either pinning (using large safety pins) or tacking the layers together. [40] Longarm quilting involves placing the layers to be quilted on a special frame. The frame has bars on which the ...

5. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   A sewing circle is a group of people, usually women, who meet and work on sewing projects together. sloper A sloper is a base pattern used to develop other patterns. Often called a Block or Master Pattern. This pattern is highly developed and very accurate pattern that is designed to fit a specific set of measurements.

6. Sewing - Wikipedia

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   Women's magazines also carried sewing patterns, and continued to do so for much of the 20th century. This practice declined during the later decades of the 20th century, when ready-made clothing became a necessity as women joined the paid workforce in larger numbers, leaving them with less time to sew, if indeed they had an interest.

7. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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   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. Before the mid-19th century, many ...