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  2. Cut and sew - Wikipedia

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    The term cut and sew is a manufacturing process used in the making of custom garments within the fashion industry. [1] A whole piece of any type of fabric is first placed on a cutting table or run through a cutting machine. A garment piece or shape is then cut out, which is next sent for sewing through the garment assembly.

  3. Sewing - Wikipedia

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    Sewing. Sewing Fisherman's Wife by Anna Ancher, 1890. Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era.

  4. The Textile Industry Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Textile Industry Museum has a large collection of machines for various processes in the production of knitted textiles, washing, dyeing, carding, spinning, winding, and knitting, to cutting, sewing, quality control, and packing.

  5. Sewing machine - Wikipedia

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    An industrial sewing machine can handle heavy-duty sewing jobs. Industrial machines, unlike domestic machines, perform a single dedicated task and are capable of continuous use for long periods; they have larger moving parts and larger motors rated for continuous operation.

  6. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    This glossary contains terms used in sewing, tailoring and related crafts. For terms used in the creation or manufacturing of textiles, including spinning, knitting, weaving, and individual fabrics and finishing processes, see Glossary of textile manufacturing. For terms used in dyeing, see Glossary of dyeing terms.

  7. Acme Mills - Wikipedia

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    Acme Mills was founded in 1917 as a mill to manufacture cotton batting for use in the automotive industry for seat cushions. It is one of the member companies of the Acme Group. [4] The company is now a supplier of industrial fabrics to automotive, furniture, and aviation seating companies.

  8. Sewing table - Wikipedia

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    A sewing table or work table is a table or desk used for sewing. Generally it has large amounts of space and a full set of sewing tools. Nearby there will be a chair and a waste bin. A common attachment is a dropleaf to give expanded space.

  9. Cutting tool (machining) - Wikipedia

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    In the context of machining, a cutting tool or cutter is typically a hardened metal tool that is used to cut, shape, and remove material from a workpiece by means of machining tools as well as abrasive tools by way of shear deformation. The majority of these tools are designed exclusively for metals.

  10. Merrow Sewing Machine Company - Wikipedia

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    The Merrow Sewing Machine Company, best known for inventing the overlock sewing machine, is a manufacturer of sewing machines. After the explosion of his gunpowder mill in 1837, in 1838 J.M. Merrow built a knitting mill on the same site. The company developed crocheting machines for its own use and by 1887 evolved to design, build and market ...

  11. Quilting - Wikipedia

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    Quilting is the 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 or specialised longarm quilting system. An array of stitches is passed through all layers of the fabric to create a three-dimensional padded surface. The three layers are typically referred to as the top fabric or ...