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Bay (Bayette, Bayeta) was a napped coarse woolen fabric, not technically considered cloth, [1] introduced to England by Flemish immigrants in the 16th century. [2] It was produced in Essex at Colchester and Bocking, and also in various towns in the West of England. [3] [4] [5] Production continued until the 19th century. [6]
By 1311 Bourne Mill belonged to St John's Abbey, and may have been the Abbey's mill from the time of its foundation. [2] Its name is first recorded in c. 1240 and derives from the small stream, or bourne, south of Colchester which drove the mill. [2] It was a corn mill throughout the Middle Ages, and was possibly rebuilt in c. 1326. [2]
In 1850 the mill had some 276 carding machines, and 77,000 mule spindles, [32] 20 drawing frames, fifty slubbing frames and eighty one roving frames. [33] The structure was good and it successfully converted to ring spinning in 1920- and was the first mill to adopt mains electricity as its principal source of power.
Leewards Creative Crafts, or Leewards, was an American crafts and fabrics retailer. It was founded in Elgin, Illinois, in 1947. The chain had approximately 87 stores at its peak. [2] In 1994, it was purchased by Michaels. [3] [4]
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.
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