--- title: Why Is Textile Work Not Taught To Engineers? | daily.dev description: A talk by Amy Jeskins at the Electromagnetic Field event argues that pattern cutting and textile work are overlooked engineering skills. She covers the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-textile-work-not-taught-to-engineers--k6zbim1ch twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Is Textile Work Not Taught To Engineers? | daily.dev og:description: A talk by Amy Jeskins at the Electromagnetic Field event argues that pattern cutting and textile work are overlooked engineering skills. She covers the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-textile-work-not-taught-to-engineers--k6zbim1ch og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/k6zbiM1CH.png og:image:alt: Why Is Textile Work Not Taught To Engineers? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Is Textile Work Not Taught To Engineers? **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A talk by Amy Jeskins at the Electromagnetic Field event argues that pattern cutting and textile work are overlooked engineering skills. She covers the mechanics of clothing pattern creation, the history of tailoring, flat cutting, draping, and modern CAD tools for clothing design. 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