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2. Ribbon work - Wikipedia

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   Ribbon work is applied to both men's and women's clothing and is incorporated into leggings, skirts, blankets, [2] shawls, breechclouts, purses, shirts, vests, pillows, and other cloth items. The Blood Tribe Police Service of Alberta, and the Anishinabek Police Service of Ontario have made a ribbon skirt part of their standard uniform when ...

3. Seminole patchwork - Wikipedia

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   Seminole patchwork, referred to by Seminole and Miccosukee women as Taweekaache (design in the Mikasuki language), [1] is a patchwork style made from piecing colorful strips of fabric in horizontal bands. [2]

4. Crazy quilting - Wikipedia

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   Similar aesthetics began to show up in crazy quilts, including unique patterns, and stitching that resembled spider webs and fans. [ 2 ] Crazy quilting rapidly became a national fashion amongst urban, upper-class women, who used the wide variety of fabrics that the newly industrialized 19th century textile industry offered to piece together ...

5. Patchwork - Wikipedia

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   Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeating patterns built up with different fabric shapes (which can be different colors). These shapes are carefully measured and cut, basic geometric shapes making them easy to piece ...

6. Log Cabin (quilt block) - Wikipedia

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   Names were not standard, but 20th-century quilt pattern books chose names for blocks while acknowledging they could be known by other names. [5] One popular pattern was the Log Cabin. [ 6 ] Log Cabin quilts were mentioned in print as early as 1863, with archival examples dating back to 1874.

7. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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   Strips of silk ribbons are cut and appliquéd in layers, creating designs defined by negative space. The colors and designs might reflect the clan or gender of the wearer. Powwow and other dance regalia from these tribes often feature ribbonwork. These tribes are also known for their fingerwoven sashes.