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2. Needlecase - Wikipedia

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   A needlecase or needle case is a small, often decorative, holder for sewing needles. Early needlecases were usually small tubular containers of bone, wood, or bronze with tight-fitting stoppers, often designed to hang from a belt. Needlecases are sometimes called by the French name étui and are typically one of the tools attached to a chatelaine.

3. Snap fastener - Wikipedia

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   The two halves of a riveted leather snap fastener. The top half has a groove which "snaps" in place when "pressed" into the bottom half. A snap fastener, also called snap button, press button, [1] press stud, [1] press fastener, dome fastener, popper, snap and tich (or tich button), is a pair of interlocking discs, made out of a metal or plastic, commonly used in place of traditional buttons ...

4. Hook-and-eye closure - Wikipedia

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   Hooks and eyes were made by hand from wire, until the town of Redditch, England, already famous for sewing needle manufacture, was the first to machine-manufacture them. In 1643 a woman in the American colony of Maryland is recorded as having paid £10 worth of tobacco for hooks and eyes.

5. Needlework - Wikipedia

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   Needlework is decorative sewing and textile arts handicrafts. Anything that uses a needle for construction can be called needlework. [1] Needlework may include related textile crafts such as crochet, worked with a hook, or tatting, worked with a shuttle.

6. Notions (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   In sewing and haberdashery, notions are small objects or accessories, including items that are sewn or otherwise attached to a finished article, such as buttons, snaps, and collar stays. Notions also include the small tools used in sewing, such as needles, thread, pins, marking pens, elastic, and seam rippers.

7. Placket - Wikipedia

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   A decorative front-panel used to fill in the opening of a doublet or gown (later called a stomacher). Also spelled placard. [6] A decorative panel or "forepart" (see 1500–1550 in Fashion) attached to a woman's petticoat. [7] An opening or slit in a skirt or petticoat to access a separate, hanging pocket. [8] A petticoat or skirt pocket. [3]