Washing handkerchiefs, mending socks, and sewing on buttons - these were the little chores a wife perform for her husband.

洗手帕，补袜子，缝纽扣，都是太太对丈夫尽的义务。

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This model can be made very simply with no arms or with arms if you fancy making a couple of button holes and sewing on some buttons.

我们这次做的模型可以简化成无手臂的，但如果你有兴趣剪出几个纽扣孔，然后缝上些纽扣的话，也能成为有手臂的版本。

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Natalie Lawrence, 44, ordered the doll's silicone body from Germany before she spent more than two months painstakingly painting on George's face and sewing on his golden locks with Angora goat hair.

现年44岁的娜塔莉·劳伦斯从德国订购了洋娃娃的身体部分，材质为硅胶。 之后，她花了两个月的时间，十分仔细地画出了乔治小王子的面部，还用安哥拉山羊毛给洋娃娃缝了一头金发。

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Phyu Phyu Aye,a Burmese refugee who's lived in the United States for a decade,teaches sewing, but also advises her students on many cultural issues.

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Led by Jennifer Rothwell and Eoin McDonnell, the collective makes the most of its space at 51 South William Street, where work is created at jeweller's benches and sewing machines on-site.

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