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2. Hemline - Wikipedia

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   Prom dresses, with hemlines varying from above-the-ankle (tea length) to floor length. The hemline is the line formed by the lower edge of a garment, such as a skirt, dress or coat, measured from the floor. [1] The hemline is perhaps the most variable style line in fashion, changing shape and ranging in height from hip-high to floor-length ...

3. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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   Full-size pattern sheets suitable for tracing were sometimes included in women's periodicals from around 1770 on. In 1808, The Lady's Economical Assistant was published in England, providing full-sized sewing patterns that could be traced. Other early publications included scaled drafts for dresses and headgear.

4. Dress - Wikipedia

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   Paper sewing patterns for women to sew their own dresses started to be readily available in the 1860s, when the Butterick Publishing Company began to promote them. [51] These patterns were graded by size, which was a new innovation. [52] The Victorian era's dresses were tight-fitting and decorated with pleats, rouching and frills. [41]

5. 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.

6. Dart (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   The pattern is then rotated around the pinned dart point until the other dart leg lines up with the traced dart leg. Tracing can then continue from the same spot on the original pattern. The pattern is then removed and the new dart legs drawn between the dart point (marked by the pin hole) and the gap in the pattern created during rotation.

7. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   1. A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Also called a mantua-maker (historically) or a modiste. 2. Dressmaker as an adjective denotes clothing made in the style of a dressmaker, frequently in the term dressmaker details which includes ruffles, frills, ribbon or braid trim.