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The best of sewing machine fun for kids : ready, set, sew - 37 projects & activities
\"This is the book that every family needs! Imagine your children or grandchildren's pleasure and pride when they learn how to sew their own gifts and other projects. The first two titles in the award-winning \"I'll Teach Myself\" Sewing Machine Fun series are available in a new, up-to-date version. \"The Best of Sewing Machine Fun for Kids\" offers a delightful introduction to the world of sewing for children aged 7 and up. Clear, colorful directions help kids have fun as they develop skills that will last a lifetime.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Fabricating consumers
Since its early days of mass production in the 1850s, the sewing machine has been intricately connected with the global development of capitalism. Andrew Gordon traces the machine's remarkable journey into and throughout Japan, where it not only transformed manners of dress, but also helped change patterns of daily life, class structure, and the role of women. As he explores the selling, buying, and use of the sewing machine in the early to mid-twentieth century, Gordon finds that its history is a lens through which we can examine the modern transformation of daily life in Japan. Both as a tool of production and as an object of consumer desire, the sewing machine is entwined with the emergence and ascendance of the middle class, of the female consumer, and of the professional home manager as defining elements of Japanese modernity.
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Sewing knits from fit to finish : proven methods for conventional machine and serger
\"This book teaches everything you need to know about sewing knit fabrics - from choosing patterns to laying out designs, to sewing and adding embellishments and closures\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The use of innovative sewing machines to produce two prototypes of women’s skirts
Two prototypes of a women’s skirt intended for use in the autumn season were designed and manufactured using innovative sewing machines, along with their programming. This article describes the innovative sewing machines used to sew two prototypes of a women’s skirt – specialist machines, semi-automatic, and automatic sewing machines. The main assumption during the sewing process of the designed skirt prototypes was to program the selected sewing machines necessary for their implementation. This article refers to Industry 4.0 through the automation of the production process, which has contributed to increased productivity. In addition, the impact of using modern sewing machines on the lead times of two models of women’s skirts is presented. This article describes the individual stages of programming the innovative machines used, such as an automatic machine for sewing small elements, a two-needle lockstitch with switchable needles, a clothing buttonhole machine, or a button sewing machine.
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Modified sewing machine technique for iridodialysis repair, intraocular lens relocation, iris coloboma repair, Cionni ring fixation, and scleral-fixated intraocular lens
The purpose of this study is to report the modification of sewing machine technique for iris dialysis repair (MSMT) and its usefulness in managing other conditions such as intraocular lens (IOL) subluxation, iris coloboma, Cionni ring for zonular dialysis, and for scleral-fixated IOL. MSMT was based on sewing machine principle using a prethreaded 26G/30G needle with prolene suture for minimally invasive iris dialysis repair in a closed chamber manner. So far, eight patients (trauma - 3, surgical complication - 5) underwent this procedure. This technique is further modified to extend its use for IOL relocation - 2, iris coloboma repair - 3, and Cionni ring fixation for zonular dialysis - 2, SFIOL - 5 patients. All 20 patients had good visual recovery and cosmetic outcome with minimal morbidity. To conclude, MSMT offers cost -effective, minimally invasive, easy to learn procedure with a potential to tackle several problems related with cataract surgery and iris defects, which even an average cataract surgeon can learn to perform when required. Further comparative studies with conventional techniques with large sample size are required to standardize this procedure.
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Happy homemade : sew chic : 20 simple everyday designs
Fashion the way you like it! Patterns for 20 fabulous, easy-to-make dresses, skirts, pants and tops.
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Electromyographic analysis of bilateral upper trapezius muscles at different levels of work-pace among sewing machine operators
Workers are driven to work faster in the industrial work environment to meet high productivity targets. An increased work pace leads to increased muscle activation. However, the effect of work pace on bilateral upper trapezius muscles during sewing machine operation in an industrial work environment has not been thoroughly investigated in experimental studies. Therefore, this research aims to conduct an experimental study to analyze the bilateral upper trapezius muscle activity of industrial sewing machine operators at different levels of work pace. Thirty subjects (15 males, and 15 females) continuously performed the sewing operation for two hours in an industrial work environment. Experiments were conducted for two levels of work pace i.e. low pace (100% of standard cycle time) and high pace (120% of standard cycle time). Electromyographic signals were recorded from the bilateral upper trapezius muscles. The EMG amplitude (RMS) among the muscles was computed. A statistically significant (
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< 0.05) increase in muscle activity was observed with an increased work pace. In this study, right upper trapezius muscle activity increased by 30.4% during high work pace tasks compared to low pace, while the left upper trapezius showed a 24.12% increase. The right upper trapezius showed a mean difference of 0.696 (%MVC), and the left upper trapezius showed 0.399 (%MVC), both indicating greater activity during high-pace tasks. The increase in muscle activity with time indicated the presence of muscle fatigue among sewing machine operators. Furthermore, higher muscular activity was observed among females than males. This research highlights the critical need to balance productivity goals with the health and safety of workers, reducing the risk of muscle fatigue and associated work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
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DIY thrift flip : sewing techniques for transforming old clothes into fun, wearable fashions
\"DIY Thrift Flip teaches how to shop and sew sustainably by providing how-tos for finding, upcycling, and customizing secondhand clothing with basic sewing instructions\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The parameters affecting seam quality: a comprehensive review
[...]a good quality seam must have flexibility and strength with no seaming defects; and the overall appearance of the seam must meet the design requirements of the apparel products (Bharani and Mahendra Gowda, 2012). 2.The parameters affecting seam quality Fabric and sewing thread are the basic raw materials of the apparel industry and the characteristic of the raw material influences the seam quality of the garment. Many previous studies have shown that seam performance of a particular fabric depends on the interrelationship of fabrics, threads, stitch type, seam type, sewing conditions (needle size, needle shape and surface, stitch density, sewing speed, appropriate operation and maintenance of the sewing machines) and others (human factors, environmental factors) (Hunter and Cawood, 1979; Germanova-Krateva and Petrov, 2008; Hui and Ng, 2009; Bharani etal., 2012; Choudhary and Goel, 2013). [...]a higher number of stitches per unit length provides more thread into the seam, leading to higher seam strength. [...]at higher stitch density, fabric feed is reduced, and therefore the fabric is securely held and controlled during stitch insertion (Mukhopadhyay and Midha, 2013).
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