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2. Ebenezer Butterick - Wikipedia

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   Unless the intended wearer happened to match the size of the pattern, this necessitated manual resizing of the pieces (using paper, or directly on the fabric with wax chalk) before sewing could commence - a laborious and frustrating process. Offering each design in a graded series of standard-sized patterns would eliminate the need for such ...

3. Butterick Publishing Company - Wikipedia

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   In 2001, The McCall Pattern Company acquired Butterick and Vogue Patterns, [10] and it still continued printing and marketing sewing patterns in and under all three lines as of the middle of February 2016. These continued to be sold from fabric and sewing-supplies stores like Jo-Ann Fabrics and Hancock Fabrics; Walmart commenced to offer them ...

4. 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.

5. 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 ...

6. Pattern grading - Wikipedia

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   American women could obtain a paper pattern custom made by a dressmaker or could purchase a pattern through a women's journal. [citation needed] The advent of large-scale production of graded, practical and easier to use sewing patterns came in 1863. Ebenezer Butterick mass-produced patterns printed on tissue paper. [7]

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.