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The
Costumer's Manifesto- Costumes galore.
Read about the history of costumes, or look under Ethnic costumes for costumes
from all over the world. Great links. This site comes out of the University
of Alsaka at Fairbanks and was wtitten by by Tara Maginnis, Ph.D
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Michaels
Crafts Online-
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Milieux:
The Costume Site- A great site if you
make vintage clothing or costumes.
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FTC:
Consumer Information- Here you'll
find material on Care Labels and Stain Removal as well as many other consumer
related articles.
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Soap
& Detergent Association- Laundry,
household cleaning, dishwashing and many environmental topics are covered
here.
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JoAnn Fabrics - The web page consists of: Project Center, Share your Ideas,
Fashion & Apparel. Especially for Educators receive a discount card.
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Hancock
Fabrics - is a retail & wholesale merchant of fabrics, crafts & related
home sewing accessories 457 stores in 40 states Founded
in 1957 as a chain sewing home sewing market.Comtains a listing of all
stores, On line shopping, Discussion Groups, Corporate information, Free
projects
- A.C.Moore - Crafts of all kinds on this site
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Butterick
- Featured on this site are shop on line, Butterick Home Catalog, Offers,
Shop the catalog, Magazine, Tech Center History,
Store Listings,and Feedback
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Bernina-
find
information about Bernina Sewing Products, books and information - chat
on line with other people who sew.
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McCalls
- order patterns and catalogs -
browse current fashions for work, school, holidays and creative projects.
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Offray
Ribbon -Offray
is the world's leading manufacturer of beautiful ribbon. Find information
on products, "how to's" for ornaments and decorative accessories, history,
manufacturing products, specialty products and upcoming events calendar.
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Simplicity
- Contains an on-line catalogue to view patterns, a limited number of sewing tips, brochures for fitting patterns can be ordered. Limited use to students.
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Patagonia - For environmentally friendly clothing.
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Margaret
Minsky's Sewing Page - several descriptions of projects she has completed.
Contains links to other sewing sites.
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Fabric
Link - Includes three sections:
1. Consumer Guide to high performance fabrics, tips on dressing for
heat and cold.
2. Fabric University has a course curriculum available about making
informed decisions regarding the care and purchase of textile
fabrics. Also information on fiber history.
3. Retailers Forum offers educational seminars.
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Textile
Affairs - Your guide to the new FTC approved apparel care symbols.
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The
Tide Clothesline - "Everything your mother ever taught you about laundry
and fabric care". This site makes available product information,
50 Years of Tide history, contests, solutions to tough stains, comprehensive
cleaning guide, sharing tips through e-mail and shopping for Tide on-line.
Created & maintained by Peggy Zurn, Advised
by the Model Schools Family & Consumer Science Committee