easy-to-use dress patterns and sewing machines for the home seamstress were not sold in the United States until the 1850s. The earliest sewing patterns for the...

In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out...

Sewing is the craft of fastening pieces of textiles together using a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising...

of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the invention of the first sewing machine, generally considered to have been the work of...

must be taken before outsourcing sewing, because sewists will require sets of specific patterns for cutting and sewing. (These are typically copied on...

glossary contains terms used in sewing, tailoring and related crafts. For terms used in the creation or manufacturing of textiles, including spinning, knitting...

sewing, a seam is the join where two or more layers of fabric, leather, or other materials are held together with stitches. Prior to the invention of...

The Simplicity Pattern Company is a manufacturer of sewing pattern guides, under the "Simplicity Pattern", "It's So Easy" and "New Look" brands. The company...

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Butterick to distribute the first graded sewing patterns. By 1867, it had released its first magazine, Ladies Quarterly of Broadway Fashions, followed by The...

A sewing needle, used for hand-sewing, is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole (or eye) to hold the sewing thread. The earliest...

patterns. The blocks were sewn together and a border may or may not have been added. During this period the invention and availability of the sewing machine...

In sewing and patternmaking, ease is the amount of room a garment allows the wearer beyond the measurements of their body. There are two types of ease...

which pieces or patches of fabric in different shapes and patterns are sewn or stuck onto a larger piece to form a picture or pattern. It is commonly used...

sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone. It is often done by hand, but using a sewing machine...

embroidery is an embroidery process whereby a sewing machine or embroidery machine is used to create patterns on textiles. It is used commercially in product...

and sew manufacturing includes the following steps: pattern making, maker making, cutting, sewing, finishing, and quality control. The term is prevalent...

stitch pattern is controlled by small flat rectangular metal templates, seven of which are included. Two versions were made: The White Sewing Machine...

ISBN 978-0-13-606934-8. Langdon, Nancy. Singer: The Complete Photo Guide to Sewing, 3rd Edition. p. 130. Calderin, Jay (2009). Form, Fit and Fashion. Rockport...

review of The Sound of Music. In 1870, Scottish immigrant James McCall began designing and printing his own line of sewing patterns. As a means of advertising...

is a method of bookbinding that uses a primary and a secondary sewing, resulting in a distinct thread pattern on the cover and spine of the finished...

process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine...

textile fragments from 7000 B.C. have been discovered by archeologists.: 1  Sewing needles have been dated to at least 50,000 years ago (Denisova Cave, Siberia)—and...

patterns for dressmaking. During this period, Ellen Demorest patented several fashion accessories, while her husband patented improvements to sewing machines...

top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back combined using the techniques of quilting. This is the process of sewing on the face of the fabric...

the pattern above the letters "USMC", in both the woodland and desert patterns. The three tested MARPAT patterns: Desert, Urban, and Woodland pattern Two...

form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches (called cross stitches) in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used...

Aran knitting patterns are heavily textured knitting patterns which are named after the Aran Islands, which are located off the west coast of Ireland from...

machining, papercraft, sewing patterns and PCBs. Cults is aimed at all owners of 3D printers, CNC machines, laser cutters, and sewing machines who want access...

the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company...