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2. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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   Cut-out tissue paper patterns were included around 1881. [2] In the United States, Report of Fashion and Mirror of Fashions was founded in 1827, and by 1840 included patterns for men's clothing. [2] From the 1830s on, shops in England advertised paper sewing patterns for sale, initially for professional dressmakers but also available for home ...

3. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is an original garment from which other garments of a similar style are copied, or the paper or cardboard templates from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric before cutting out and assembling (sometimes called paper patterns). Home sewing patterns are generally printed on tissue paper and ...

4. Clothing - Wikipedia

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   An adjustable sewing mannequin or dress form is used to create form-fitting clothing. If the fabric is expensive, the tailor tries to use every bit of the cloth rectangle in constructing the clothing; perhaps cutting triangular pieces from one corner of the cloth, and adding them elsewhere as gussets. Traditional European patterns for shirts ...

5. William Morris textile designs - Wikipedia

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   His first design was jasmine trail or jasmine trellis (1868–70), based on a similar wallpaper design he had made in 1862. [4] In the 1870s, he expanded his activity in woven furnishing textiles. In 1877, he brought a skilled French silk weaver, Jacques Bazin, from Lyon to London, rented a studio at Great Esmond Yard, and established Bazin and ...

6. Blouse - Wikipedia

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   The blouse is worn under the bodice of the dirndl. It is cropped above the midriff. The blouse changes the overall effect of the dirndl especially through the cut of its neckline. A deeply cut blouse combines with a deeply cut bodice to accentuate décolletage, whereas a blouse with a high neckline creates a more modest effect.

7. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   A woman wearing a blouse and skirt set, right. Batik—created with hot wax and dye. Fancy print—created by printing patterns on cloth. Unlike expensive wax prints, the design is printed on one side of the cotton fabric. Fancy prints are made in Europe, India, and West Africa. The most popular fancy print is known as the traditional print.