dressmaking

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Born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1934, the daughter of a butcher and a homemaker, Boschet learned dressmaking and tailoring at 14.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

As she bought pearl strings for dressmaking to take to her grandmother in their small Wisconsin town, Janessa Moua said she’s been studying Hmong since she enrolled at a Twin Cities university.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2023

The autobiographical show looks at many things including his quest for identity and is billed as "a story about cross dressing, dressmaking, midlife crisis and blackbirds".

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2023

Those dishes are served on tablecloths that combine the vibrant influences of traditional Tehuana dressmaking and Japanese manga art, each fabric made by Darui’s sister, Maria Del Pilar Arias, who lives in Mexico City.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

Flora Baumbach had given up dressmaking when she moved in with Turtle years ago.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin