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  • noun Plural form of patternmaker.

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  • Competition from foreign textile manufacturers, who can produce textiles more cheaply and efficiently, has made textile manufacturing one of the fastest declining industries in the U.S. Expect wages to decline by a whopping 48% in this industry and the number of patternmakers dwindling to a mere 6,000 in the next few years.

    InvestingAnswers: 5 Middle Class Jobs That Will Vanish By 2018 InvestingAnswers 2011

  • Many producers of prototypes (including Clinkenbeard) were established as patternmakers, giving an insight into the concepts that still define prototyping.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • (In the past, patternmakers laid out the parts on paper, using pencils and drafting instruments such as rulers.)

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • Fabric and apparel patternmakers convert a clothing designers original model of a garment into a pattern of separate parts that can be laid out on

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • (In the past, patternmakers laid out the parts on paper, using pencils and drafting instruments such as rulers.)

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • Moved out of a small London office, the new studio overlooking the Hudson River is bustling with dozens of seamstresses and patternmakers.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010

  • Moved out of a small London office, the new studio overlooking the Hudson River is bustling with dozens of seamstresses and patternmakers.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010

  • Moved out of a small London office, the new studio overlooking the Hudson River is bustling with dozens of seamstresses and patternmakers.

    daytondailynews.com - News SAMANTHA CRITCHELL 2010

  • Moved out of a small London office, the new studio overlooking the Hudson River is bustling with dozens of seamstresses and patternmakers.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010

  • Moved out of a small London office, the new studio overlooking the Hudson River is bustling with dozens of seamstresses and patternmakers.

    WISTV - Local News RSS 2010

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