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  2. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

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    Shweshwe. Shweshwe (/ ˈʃwɛʃwɛ /) [1] is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Southern African clothing. [2][3] Originally dyed indigo, the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns. [4][5][6] Due to its popularity, shweshwe has been described as the ...

  3. Simplicity Pattern - Wikipedia

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    The Simplicity Pattern Company is a manufacturer of sewing pattern guides, under the "Simplicity Pattern", "It's So Easy" and "New Look" brands. The company was founded in 1927 in New York City. During the Great Depression, Simplicity allowed home seamstresses to create fashionable clothing in a reliable manner.

  4. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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    African wax prints, Dutch wax prints[1][2] or Ankara, [3] are a type of common material for clothing in West Africa and Central Africa. They were introduced to West and Central Africans by Dutch merchants during the 19th century, who took inspiration from native Indonesian designs. [4] They began to adapt their designs and colours to suit the ...

  5. Adire (textile art) - Wikipedia

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    Adire (Yoruba) textile is a type of dyed cloth from south west Nigeria traditionally made by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The word 'Adire' originally derives from the Yoruba words 'adi' which means to tie and 're' meaning to dye. [ 3 ] It is a material designed with wax-resist methods that produce ...

  6. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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    Their patterns are sold in over 60 countries. Their unprinted patterns ended in 1946, and were all printed thereafter. DuBarry patterns were manufactured by Simplicity from 1931 to 1946 exclusively for F. W. Woolworth Company. Vogue Pattern Service began in 1899, a spinoff of Vogue Magazine ' s weekly pattern feature. In 1909 Condé Nast bought ...

  7. Kuba textiles - Wikipedia

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    Kuba textiles are a type of raffia cloth unique to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, and noted for their elaboration and complexity of design and surface decoration. Most textiles are a variation on rectangular or square pieces of woven palm leaf fiber enhanced by geometric designs executed in linear embroidery and other ...

  8. Replacements, Ltd. - Wikipedia

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    Replacements, Ltd. Replacements, Ltd., based in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the world's largest retailer of china, crystal and silverware, including both patterns still available from manufactures and discontinued patterns. The company, which began in 1981, had an inventory in 2011 of 14 million items from more than 340,000 patterns, with ...

  9. Sewing - Wikipedia

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    For the song, see Sewn (song). Sewing Fisherman's Wife by Anna Ancher, 1890. Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era.

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