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  2. Sewing machine - Wikipedia

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    A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the invention of the first sewing machine, generally considered to have been the work of Englishman Thomas ...

  3. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    Serging is the binding-off of an edge of cloth. sewing. Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, leather, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC).

  4. Lockstitch - Wikipedia

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    The lockstitch uses two threads, an upper and a lower. Lockstitch is named because the two threads, upper and lower, "lock" (entwine) together in the hole in the fabric which they pass through. The upper thread runs from a spool kept on a spindle on top of or next to the machine, through a tension mechanism, through the take-up arm, and finally ...

  5. Gimp (thread) - Wikipedia

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    Gimp (thread) Gimp is a narrow ornamental trim used in sewing or embroidery. It is made of silk, wool, polyester, or cotton and is often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it. Gimp is used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Originally the term referred to a thread with a cord or wire in the center, but ...

  6. List of sewing machine brands - Wikipedia

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    A rare Gem-brand sewing machine produced by the White Sewing Machine Company, circa 1887. A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread. [1] Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. [2]

  7. Thread (yarn) - Wikipedia

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    A thread is a long strand of material, often composed of several filaments or fibres, used for joining, creating or decorating textiles. Ancient Egyptians were known for creating thread using plant fibers, wool and hair. [ 1 ] Today, thread can also be made of many different materials including but not limited to cotton, wool, flax, nylon, silk ...

  8. Sewing - Wikipedia

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    Sewing. 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.

  9. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    Clothing and textiles reflect the materials and technologies available in different civilizations at different times. The variety and distribution of clothing and textiles within a society reveal socialcustoms and culture. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of most human societies.

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