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Several prominent researchers have explored or are exploring the use of e-textiles and sewable circuits in the classroom to understand gendering of components and gendered access in crafting and electronics practices, among other issues.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2015

I’m not just talking about sewing machines; new supplies like conductive thread, sewable circuits, and programmable LEDs have become easily accessible through websites like Adafruit and Sparkfun.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2015

It is almost superfluous to say that she patched and mended the household garments, washed the most of things washable, sewed the sewable, darned the sock, and, generally, did-up the whole McKay family.

From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

I made the drugget and matting floor-coverings, the chintz curtains, the dimity bed-furniture—made everything, in fact, that was sewable, for, fortunately, I come of a long line of good needle-women.

From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada