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  2. Tack (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    A special loose loop stitch used for this purpose is called a 'tack' or 'tailor's tack'. This is often done through two opposing layers of the same fabric so that when the threads are snipped between the layers the stitches will be in exactly the same places for both layers thus saving time having to chalk and tack the other layer.

  3. Notions (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    Some sewing notions: a pin cushion, pins, buttons, hooks and eyes, seam ripper, and sewing chalk. 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.

  4. Patchwork - Wikipedia

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    Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeating patterns built up with different fabric shapes (which can be different colors). These shapes are carefully measured and cut, basic geometric shapes making them easy to piece ...

  5. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    tailor A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats , trousers , and similar garments, usually of wool ...

  6. Seminole patchwork - Wikipedia

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    Seminole patchwork, referred to by Seminole and Miccosukee women as Taweekaache (design in the Mikasuki language), [1] is a patchwork style made from piecing colorful strips of fabric in horizontal bands. [2] Seminole patchwork garments are often trimmed with a rickrack border.

  7. Sewing - Wikipedia

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    American tailor and manufacturer Ebenezer Butterick met the demand with paper patterns that could be traced and used by home sewers. The patterns, sold in small packets, became wildly popular. Several pattern companies soon established themselves. Women's magazines also carried sewing patterns, and continued to do so for much of the 20th century.

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