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2. Leewards Creative Crafts - Wikipedia

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   Leewards Creative Crafts, or Leewards, was an American crafts and fabrics retailer. It was founded in Elgin, Illinois, in 1947. The chain had approximately 87 stores at its peak. [2] In 1994, it was purchased by Michaels. [3] [4]

3. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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   Fabrics in this list include fabrics that are woven, braided or knitted from textile fibres. A. Aertex; Alençon lace; Antique satin; Argentan lace ...

4. Oilcloth - Wikipedia

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   The fabric was first stretched on a tenter frame and sized with animal gelatine. The oil was then applied and allowed to cure between coats. As the cure relies on oxidation by the air, thin coats and long cure times between are required. [1] [2] Overlaps between sheets of fresh oilcloth would amalgamate naturally when pressed together.

5. Frostline Kits - Wikipedia

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   Frostline Kits was a Colorado-based company that produced sew-it-yourself kits for outdoor gear including clothing and tents. While it operated, it provided a cost-effective alternative to manufactured gear.

6. Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods - Wikipedia

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   Indeed, if the fabric is to be water repellent, lanolin is not removed at any stage. Washing the wool at this stage can be a tedious process. Some people wash it a small handful at a time very carefully, and then set it out to dry on a table in the sun. Others will wash the whole fleece. Lanolin is removed by soaking the fleece in very hot water.

7. Elna (Swiss company) - Wikipedia

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   A free arm greatly simplifies sewing tasks like darning and hemming on delicate fabrics and difficult-to-reach seams—uses for which Elna was heavily advertised. Elna's drop-in rotary hook runs with little movement or noise, unlike oscillating shuttle machines popular at the time, which require a bobbin case and vibrate at high speeds due to ...