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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. Alias Grace - Wikipedia

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   Names of quilt patterns are used as titles of the 15 book sections in Alias Grace, making parallels between Grace's interest in quilts and the meanings of their patterns [14] and Grace's storytelling, her creation of a domestic history, in which Dr. Jordan hopes to discern patterns. Grace tells her life story to the doctor as a chronology, but ...

4. 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.

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   Get lifestyle news, with the latest style articles, fashion news, recipes, home features, videos and much more for your daily life from AOL.

6. List of sewing occupations - Wikipedia

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7. Quilt - Wikipedia

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   Foundation piecing is a sewing technique that allows maximum stability of the work as the piecing is created, minimizing the distorting effect of working with slender pieces or bias-cut pieces. In the most basic form of foundation piecing, a piece of paper is cut to the size of the desired block. For utility quilts, a sheet of newspaper was used.

8. 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.

9. Gather (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Gathering seams once involved tedious hand sewing of basting, which was time-consuming, especially with heavy fabric. However, finer gathers could be achieved. Now, a quick and easy way to make a gather is to use a wide zigzag stitch with a sewing machine. Both the upper and lower thread are pulled long and placed in front of the sewing machine.