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2. Seersucker - Wikipedia

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   Seersucker. Blue and white is a common seersucker color combination. Seersucker, hickory stripe or railroad stripe is a thin, puckered, usually cotton fabric, commonly but not necessarily striped or chequered, used to make clothing for hot weather. The word originates from the Persian words شیر shîr and شکر shakar, literally meaning ...

3. Jo-Ann Stores - Wikipedia

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   US$1.366 billion (2021) [2] Number of employees. 23,000 (2021) Website. www.joann.com. Jo-Ann Stores, LLC, more commonly known as Jo-Ann (stylized as JOANN), is an American fabric and crafts retail company based in Hudson, Ohio. It operates the retail chains JOANN Fabrics and Crafts and Jo-Ann Etc. As of March 2020, Joann has 865 stores in 49 ...

4. Kersey (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Kersey was a warp -backed, twill -weave cloth woven on a four-treadle loom. As a rule, half the relatively small, numerous and closely set warp ends [threads] were struck with a big kersey weft in a two-and-two, unbalanced and highly prominent twill. The rest of the ends were simultaneously struck in a one-and-three twill, so they appeared ...

5. Seersucker Thursday - Wikipedia

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   Seersucker Thursday is an annual tradition in the United States Congress in which senators wear clothing made of seersucker on National Seersucker Day, traditionally observed on a " 'nice and warm day' in the second or third week of June'". [1] This light, cotton-based material is associated with the warm and humid climate of the Southern ...

6. Jo-Ann Fabrics - Wikipedia

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7. Calendering (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Calendering of textiles is a finishing process used to smooth, coat, or thin a material. With textiles, fabric is passed between calender rollers at high temperatures and pressures. Calendering is used on fabrics such as moire to produce its watered effect and also on cambric and some types of sateens. In preparation for calendering, the fabric ...