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2. Busk (corsetry) - Wikipedia

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   Front Claps for corsets. A busk (also spelled busque) is a rigid element of a corset at the centre front of the garment. [1] Two types exist, one- and two-part busks. [2]Single-piece busks were used in "stays" and bodices from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries and were intended to keep the front of the corset or bodice straight and upright.

3. Mary Brooks Picken - Wikipedia

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   Mary Brooks Picken c. 1918, photo published in her book Secrets of Distinctive Dress. Mary Brooks Picken (August 6, 1886, Arcadia, KS – March 8, 1981, Williamsport, PA) was an American author of 96 books on needlework, sewing, and textile arts.

4. The Great British Sewing Bee series 4 - Wikipedia

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   Pattern Challenge (Lace Bra) Alteration Challenge (Scarves) Made-to-measure (Dressing Robe) Angeline 8 Cami Top 3 Vintage Style Satin Robe Charlotte 2 Babydoll 4 Cotton Lawn Robe Jade 6 Cami Top 5 Piped Silk Robe Jamie 4 Lady Boxers 6 Quilted Silk Housecoat Josh 7 Jumpsuit 8 Satin Housecoat Joyce 1 Babydoll 2 Lined Robe Rumana 5 Camisole 7 Lace ...

5. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Three patterns for pants (2022) Pattern making is taught on a scale of 1:4, to conserve paper. Storage of patterns Fitting a nettle/canvas-fabric on a dress form. In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled.

6. Bone (corsetry) - Wikipedia

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   The earliest corsets had a wooden busk placed down the center fronts of the corsets; these early busks were different from the more modern steel busks which have clasps to facilitate opening and closing the corset from the front. Corsets of the 17th and 18th centuries were most often heavily boned, with little or no space between the bone channels.

7. Grain (textile) - Wikipedia

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   In sewing, a pattern piece can be cut from fabric in any orientation, and the chosen grain or orientation will affect the way the fabric hangs and stretches and thus the fit of a garment. Generally speaking a piece is said to be cut on a particular grain when the longest part of the pattern or the main seams of the finished piece are aligned ...

8. Basque (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   A basque is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, originally referred to types of bodice or jacket with long tails, and in later usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the original French fashion for long women's jackets was adopted from Basque traditional dress. In contemporary ...

9. The Great British Sewing Bee series 3 - Wikipedia

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   The third series of The Great British Sewing Bee began on 5 February 2015 and aired for 6 episodes. Claudia Winkleman returned to present alongside resident judges May Martin and Patrick Grant . The series was filmed at Metropolitan Wharf in London.