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Many people there have their clothing made-to-order by local tailors, so sewing skills are in high demand. — Shay Maunz, Glamour, "This Young Woman Is Fighting Poverty in Tanzania by Teaching Women to Make Clothes," 8 Mar. 2019 Over the past decades, a U.S. manufacturing operation with 15 sewing factories, two plants making down for parkas and more than 3,500 workers whittled down to a skeleton crew of about 45 employees at the Pennsylvania mill. — Ruth Simon, WSJ, "Weaving Magic Unravels in Woolrich, Pa.," 21 Dec. 2018 Greywind was killed after going to the couple's apartment to help with a sewing project. — Fox News, "Latest: Woman: Police missed body, baby in searches," 25 Sep. 2018 The second floor is where most of your living happens thanks to a dining room and spacious front porch, living room with an original wood-burning fireplace, and a sewing or office room with a closet. — Megan Barber, Curbed, "Cozy historic cottage with beamed ceilings asks $344K," 20 Sep. 2018 There's one tailored specifically to sewing, for example, and the MiniBox, which is basically a short, compact version of the DreamBox, among others. — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, "Makers, This Storage Unit Is The Hidden Craft Room You Absolutely Need," 14 Jan. 2019 Experience in garment production, millinery or patternmaking will be among the qualifications needed for a sewing specialist job at Disney, where positions for garment cutters and costume-cam specialists also are posted. — Bill Zimmerman, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orlando jobs at theme parks can be fun, strange or both," 18 June 2018 By 1936 nearly 100,000 women worked as seamstresses for local factories or led their own home delivery sewing businesses. — Frances Solá-santiago, Glamour, "This Female-Founded Start-up Wants to Rebuild Puerto Rico's Fashion Industry," 16 Aug. 2018 Claire taught sewing at the Singer Sewing Machine Store in Levittown, wrote for the Lynbrook Leader, assisted in the publication of the Hofstra review, was active in the Temple Beth El sisterhood and played golf at the Mill River Country Club. — Sun-Sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 7/9," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sewing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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