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  2. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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    Cut-out tissue paper patterns were included around 1881. [2] In the United States, Report of Fashion and Mirror of Fashions was founded in 1827, and by 1840 included patterns for men's clothing. [2] From the 1830s on, shops in England advertised paper sewing patterns for sale, initially for professional dressmakers but also available for home ...

  3. Parable of the Sower (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Parable of the Sower has influenced music and essays on social justice as well as climate change. In 2021, it was picked by readers of the New York Times as the top science fiction nomination for the best book of the last 125 years. [3] Parable of the Sower is the first in an unfinished series of novels, followed by Parable of the Talents in ...

  4. Jean-François Millet - Wikipedia

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    At that year's Salon, he exhibited Haymakers and The Sower, his first major masterpiece and the earliest of the iconic trio of paintings that included The Gleaners and The Angelus. [12] From 1850 to 1853, Millet worked on Harvesters Resting (Ruth and Boaz), [13] a painting he considered his most important, and on which he worked the longest.

  5. Parable of the Sower - Wikipedia

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    The Parable of the Sower (sometimes called the Parable of the Soils) is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 13:1–23, Mark 4:1–20, Luke 8:4–15 and the extra-canonical Gospel of Thomas. [ 1 ] Jesus tells of a farmer who sows seed indiscriminately.

  6. Parable of the Growing Seed - Wikipedia

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    The Parable of the Growing Seed (also called the Seed Growing Secretly) is a parable of Jesus which appears only in Mark 4:26–29. It is a parable about growth in the Kingdom of God. It follows the Parable of the Sower and the Lamp under a bushel, and precedes the Parable of the Mustard Seed.

  7. Sewing - Wikipedia

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    American tailor and manufacturer Ebenezer Butterick met the demand with paper patterns that could be traced and used by home sewers. The patterns, sold in small packets, became wildly popular. Several pattern companies soon established themselves. Women's magazines also carried sewing patterns, and continued to do so for much of the 20th century.

  8. The Sower (Millet) - Wikipedia

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    Millet first painted the motif of the sower in 1847–48, in a version now in the National Museum of Wales. [6] [7] In the Wales version the horizon is higher, the sower is less monumental, and more space is given to the landscape than in later versions. [7] After painting the Boston and Kofu versions, he returned to the same motif at least ...

  9. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    A figurine, from the site of Mohenjo-daro, and labeled the "Priest King," depicts the wearing of a shawl with floral patterns. So far, this is the only sculpture from the Indus Valley to show clothing in such explicit detail. Other sculptures of Dancing Girls, excavated from Mohenjo-daro, only show the wearing of bangles and other jewelry. [35]