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  2. 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.

  3. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other. Non-woven fabrics such as felt or interfacing do not have a bias. bias tape Bias tape or bias binding is a narrow strip of fabric, cut on the bias. The strip's fibers, being at 45 degrees to the length of the strip, makes it stretchier as well as more fluid and more ...

  4. Kuba textiles - Wikipedia

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    Kuba cloth can be found in private collections as well as museums all over the world. Women, typically pregnant women, are responsible for the embroidery. Using a variety of stitches on a raffia base creates the intricate geometric patterns that are characteristic of Kuba cloth. The Kuba are inspired by imagination and the environment.

  5. 50 Printable Pumpkin Carving Stencils To Use as Templates - AOL

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    These 50 printable pumpkin carving templates are ready to inspire you. On each image, click "save image as" and save the JPEGs to your computer desktop. From there, you can print them!

  6. The fabric of our nation: A brief history of women and ... - AOL

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    For over 70 years, members of the women's suffrage movement in the U.S. also relied on their sewing skills when advocating for the right to vote, creating the banners carried and sashes worn at ...

  7. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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    A sewing pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled. Patterns are usually made of paper, and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard if they need to be more robust to withstand repeated use. Before the mid-19th century, many ...

  8. Textile design - Wikipedia

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    Twentieth-Century Pattern Design, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2002. ISBN 1-56898-333-6; Jackson, Lesley. Shirley Craven and Hull Traders: Revolutionary Fabrics and Furniture 1957-1980, ACC Editions, 2009, ISBN 1-85149-608-4; Jenkins, David, ed. The Cambridge History of Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-521-34107-8

  9. Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods - Wikipedia

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    A lace fabric is lightweight openwork fabric, patterned, with open holes in the work. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often lace is built up from a single thread and the open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric. Lace may be crocheted tatted,or knitted.