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  2. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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    Cut-out tissue paper patterns were included around 1881. [2] In the United States, Report of Fashion and Mirror of Fashions was founded in 1827, and by 1840 included patterns for men's clothing. [2] From the 1830s on, shops in England advertised paper sewing patterns for sale, initially for professional dressmakers but also available for home ...

  3. LaRose Industries - Wikipedia

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    The modern company was founded in 2008 by Lawrence Rosen, whose grandfather Isidor had founded the original RoseArt company in 1923. After the sale of the company by Rosen, his father, and his brother Jeffrey Rosen to Mega Brands in 2005, Lawrence Rosen began a new company, primarily using the Cra-Z-Art branding for its products.

  4. List of pen types, brands and companies - Wikipedia

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    A pen is a handheld device used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Additional types of specialized pens are used in specific types of applications and environments such as in artwork, electronics, digital scanning and spaceflight, and computing.

  5. Pentel - Wikipedia

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    Demand for a Sign Pen was so extraordinary that the Tokyo factories could not supply all requests. [8] The Sign Pen was one of Pentel's most successful products with more than two billion units sold. [2] In 1971 the company changed its name to "Pentel Co. Ltd." and one year later, the green rollerball pen with water-based ink, was launched. [2]

  6. 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.

  7. Pounce (powder) - Wikipedia

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    Pounce is gently sprinkled all over the writing on the paper. When using a quill or a steel nib, and with inks that are made up to match those typically in use during the 18th and 19th centuries, and provided the pen has been used with the fine strokes typical of handwriting of that period, the handwriting will be sufficiently dry within 10 seconds to allow the paper to be folded without blotting.

  8. Sewing - Wikipedia

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    American tailor and manufacturer Ebenezer Butterick met the demand with paper patterns that could be traced and used by home sewers. The patterns, sold in small packets, became wildly popular. Several pattern companies soon established themselves. Women's magazines also carried sewing patterns, and continued to do so for much of the 20th century.

  9. Permanent marker - Wikipedia

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    It is capable of writing on a variety of surfaces from paper to metal to stone. They come in a variety of tip sizes (ultra fine to wide), shapes (chisel point, bullet tip, and wide bristle), and colors (metallic, or ultraviolet reactive). Most markers have alcohol-based solvents.