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Pfaff was founded in Kaiserslautern Germany in 1862 by guitar player Matthew Pfaff^[2] (1823 – 1893). Pfaff's first machine was hand-made, and designed to sew leather in the manufacture of shoes.

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v t e Sewing

Techniques	Basting Cut Darning Embellishment Fabric tube turning Facing Floating canvas Gather Godet Gore Gusset Hem Heirloom sewing Lining Pleat Ruffle Shirring Style line

Stitches	Backstitch Bar tack Blanket Buttonhole Chain stitch Cross-stitch Embroidery stitch Hemstitch List of sewing stitches Lockstitch Overlock Pad stitch Running Sashiko Tack Topstitch Zigzag

Seams	Armscye Seam allowance

Notions and trims	Bias tape Elastomer (Elastic) Eyelet Grommet Interfacing Notions Passementerie Piping Rickrack Self-fabric Soutache Trim Twill tape Wrights

Closures	Buckle Button Buttonhole Fly Frog Hook-and-eye Placket Shank Snap Velcro Zipper

Materials	Bias Yarn / Thread Selvage Textiles / Fabrics

Tools	Bobbin Dress form Needle threader Pin Pincushion Pinking shears Scissors Seam ripper Sewing needle Stitching awl Tailor's ham Tape measure Thimble Tracing paper Tracing wheel

Trades and suppliers	Cloth merchant Draper Dressmaker Haberdasher Mercer / Mercery Sewing occupations Tailor

Sewing machine manufacturers	Barthélemy Thimonnier Bernina Brother Industries Elias Howe Janome Jones Sewing Machine Company Merrow New Home Pfaff Sewmor Singer Tapemaster Viking / Husqvarna White

Patterns	Butterick Clothkits McCall's Simplicity

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