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traced and used by home sewers. The patterns, sold in small packets, became wildly popular. Several pattern companies soon established themselves. Women's magazines also carried sewing patterns, and continued to do so for much of the 20th century. Women began to sew less in the home when they started using sewing as a way to make money, such as by selling their products and patterns to others and teaching sewing in schools to young girls. During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, scholars have noted that motivations for home sewing shifted

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