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  2. Enid Gilchrist - Wikipedia

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    Enid Beatrice Gilchrist OAM (died 17 October 2007, age 90) [1] was an Australian fashion designer, who became well known for her numerous self-drafting sewing pattern books which were very popular in the 1950s to 1970s.

  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. Her Fashion Dictionary was published by Funk and Wagnalls in 1957.

  4. Sew Fast Sew Easy - Wikipedia

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    Sew Fast Sew Easy was a corporation based in the Garment District in New York City, that is best known for sewing classes, sewing patterns and sewing books.It was founded in 1991 by Elissa K. Meyrich, a designer in New York City's garment district for over 26 years, an instructor at Parsons School of Design, and an author and contributing writer to sewing publications.

  5. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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    Fitzpatterns began offering downloadable sewing patterns in 2004. These consist of full-size patterns to be printed on a large format printer and or in a tiled version that can be printed and taped together. [4] [5] [6] Clothkits devised cut-and-sew clothing kits for home sewing that avoided the need for paper patterns. Clothkits printed ...

  6. Sewing - Wikipedia

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    Seated woman sewing a kimono, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, in the early 19th century. Different cultures have developed diverse sewing techniques, from methods of cutting fabric to types of stitches. Sewing has an ancient history estimated to begin during the Paleolithic Era. [4] Sewing was used to stitch together animal hides for clothing and for shelter.

  7. Simplicity Pattern - Wikipedia

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    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.

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