dressmaking

Example Sentences

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Her family was under the impression she was studying dressmaking and following in the steps of her family.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 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

Watching the team re-create the effect of a water-soaked gown clinging to the body using a combination of fabric and audacious dressmaking technique is to get a real sense of what makes couture special.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2020

Every four years, the Twelve Towns had a magic tournament—the Golden Frog Games, where the towns would compete in everything from toad racing to spell casting to enchanted dressmaking.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega