Learn how scientists are using nature as inspiration for a wide variety of new inventions.

A Clothing & Textiles 101 overview of the elements of fabric, this curriculum-based program introduces students to the basic differences between natural and synthetic fibres, the primary types of fibers, and how their qualities - from shape and origin to size and luster - make them unique, influence clothing appearance and factor into comfort. Learn why fibre properties determine how we use particular fabrics. (Learning Seed, USA)

There are nearly as many ways to darn as there are ways to get holes in clothes. In this class, expert sewist Cal Patch demonstrates her very favorite techniques for mending. She'll show you how to darn knits and woven fabrics using crochet on both flat and curved surfaces. You'll also learn an invisible method of traditional darning on a sweater, then with a contrasting yarn on some socks. Finally, Cal covers several methods of mending with patches....

"Alfred Blakesley, Duke of Lowell, has long been an enigma. No one dares to give a man of his status the cut direct, but there's simply something not quite right about him. What would the society ladies say if they learned the truth--that the Duke of Lowell is a wolf shifter and the leader of a pack facing extinction if he doesn't find his true love? So now he's on the hunt...for a wife. Felicity Templeton has a goal of her own: to remain unwed until...

Pictures of animals wearing clothes show why this would be a ridiculous custom for them to adopt.

As a young girl observes that each of six women in her life wears her hijab and hair in a different way, she considers how to express her own style one day.

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INTRODUCTION
CLOTHING FOLDS TUTORIAL
THE BASIC IDEA OF CLOTHING FOLDS (COMPRESS AND STRETCH)
COMPRESSED
STRETCHED
HOW TO DRAW FOLDS IN SHORTS
DRAWING FOLDS IN THICK FABRIC
HOW TO DRAW SKIRTS
DRAWING FOLDS IN PANTS (JEANS)
HOW TO DRAW FRILLS
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INTRODUCTION

Do you find whenever you draw clothing folds it seems not right and not natural? Are

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A cat, a mouse, and two corpses equal a menagerie of murder for actress turned cat-sitting sleuth Alice Nestleton…
Dubbed “one of Manhattan’s finest little-known actresses,” beautiful cat-sitter turned sleuth Alice Nestleton has been called into action again. This time the New York City cops have put her onto a case that’s right up her alley. It begins when...

Provides facts and information about the cultural, religious, and social implications of human decoration and adornment throughout history, with a particular emphasis on the decades of the 20th century. In 500 entries, detailed information about clothing, hairstyles, tattoos, jewelry, body piercing, feet binding, and other types of fashion or style is examined. Entries explain the fashion or style within the context of the traditions, customs, rituals,...

Exotic pet-sitter Belinda Blake is nervous about her new job at the White Pine Wolf Preserve, but it turns out that the care and feeding of wild carnivores may be the least dangerous part of the gig . . .

Pet-sitter Belinda Blake is no stranger to dealing with wild animals, but she's wary when the owner of the Greenwich, Connecticut, preserve asks her to help out with her "fluffy darlings." Her caution seems justified on...