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Sewing is the stitching of cloth, leather, furs, bark or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of cloth.
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The Sewing and Stitchery Expo 2008 is coming to Puyallup Washington, February 28th thru March 2nd. This is a very exciting show! There are over 100 seminars daily, over 200 exhibitors, as well as a host of sewing celebrities.
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Sewing is used primarily to produce clothing and household furnishings as curtains, bedclothes, upholstery, and table linens. It is ... used for sails, bellows, skin boats, banners and other items shaped out of flexible materials such as canvas and leather.
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Julie Goldstein explores a variety of mediums including large-scale hand burnished, woodcut printing, found fabrics and traditional sewing techniques. Topics range from gender roles in contemporary society to the artist's own, deeply personal stories. Julie Goldstein's works have been exhibited in museums and galleries in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Japan and Brazil. She lives and works on Long Beach Island N.J., a barrier island outside of NYC.
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While sewing is often seen as a low-skill job, the task of designing good-looking three-dimensional shapes from non-stretching two-dimensional fabric generally requires extensive hands-on knowledge of the design and principles of mathematical manifolds. Flat sheets of fabric with holes and slits cut into the fabric can curve and fold in 3D space in extensively complex ways that require a high level of skill and experience to manipulate into a smooth, ripple-free design. Aligning and orienting patterns printed or woven into the fabric further complicates the design process. But once a clothing designer with these skills has created the initial product, the fabric can then be cut using templates and sewn by manual laborers or machines.
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Aerostar will build the parachutes at its outerwear sewing plant in Huron, South Dakota. Production should start in October and run for approximately one year. Without this contract, the Huron plant was faced with downsizing or possible closing by the end of the year. Aerostar manufactures balloons and inflatable products and absorbed the Raven Sportswear Division 16 months ago in a reorganization.
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