Make it Sew
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Sunflower88 asks for resources for learning to sew and make clothes from scratch for a complete novice.
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AskMe Mysteries and Oddments
"I Dream - Ice Cream" [front] by Boston Public Library (cc by)
Who's the model on this sewing pattern?
Do you remember a poster with a towering stack of ice cream scoops from the 1980s?
What were the white long-handled wands used for museum audio tours in the 1980s?
Did you have one of those tape recordings of a barking dog that you could play for home security?
Cut on the bias
Wallpaper Blue Jeans (Closeup / Nahaufnahme) by Thragor 2 (cc by)
Was the Olympic swimming pool crooked? Wade into some musing on the physics of pool design.
Speaking of world-class swimming, mce explains all about those modern ultra-high-tech swimsuits and the new rules they brought in (suits must be made of textile!).
Speaking of textiles, here's politikitty on what happened to Levi's? -- inside blue jeans manufacturing and the tradeoffs involved in making inexpensive stretchy comfy pre-faded jeans.
Speaking of discerning durability, how do I pick good quality fabric for sewing?
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