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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Timeline of clothing and textiles technology - Wikipedia

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    c. 28000 BC – Sewing needles in use at Kostenki in Russia. c. 6500 BC – Approximate date of Naalebinding examples found in Nahal Hemar Cave , Israel . This technique, which uses short separate lengths of thread, predated the invention of knitting (with its continuous lengths of thread) and requires that all of the as-yet unused thread be ...

  5. Sewing with Nancy - Wikipedia

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    Sewing with Nancy is an American television show about sewing, hosted by Nancy Zieman. [1] It made its debut on the now-defunct Satellite Program Network (SPN, later Tempo Television) in September 1982. [2] On September 1, 1982, PBS began airing the series, which was distributed by National Educational Telecommunications Association.

  6. A century ago, Baltimore had a thriving sewing industry. This ...

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    It’s an industrial sound that once reverberated all over this neighborhood when commercial sewing businesses thrived here and in other parts of the city. Jeremiah Jones and his wife, Cecilia ...

  7. James Edward Allen Gibbs - Wikipedia

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    On June 2, 1857, he was awarded a patent for the first twisted chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine using a rotating hook. In partnership with James Willcox, Gibbs became a principal in the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company. [citation needed] Advertisement of Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Letter G, 1869, from LOC

  8. Isaac Singer - Wikipedia

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    Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine [1] and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

  9. Josef Madersperger - Wikipedia

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    Madersperger did not commercialize the 1815 granted privilege which expired after three years. By 1823, he was registered as a "former" middle-class tailor. In 1839, after several unsuccessful attempts to improve the sewing machine, he built a machine that imitated the weaving process using the chain stitch. Madersperger was out of money, so he ...