Outfitting the re-enactors (The Argus Leader)
Making 1800-era boots and shoes keeps a Tea boot maker busy producing footwear for re-enactors and history buffs across the country. And a Baltic saddle maker takes time from her regular saddle- and tack-making business to reproduce equipment used a century ago....more...Photos from old sewing and knitting patterns (Addict 3D)
Mark Frauenfelder : Threadbared is exactly the kind of blog I love -- tightly focused on a single subject, with obsessive annotation....more... Just call her a material girl (Boston Globe)
Djerba Goldfinger is living out a fabric fanatic's dream. Whether the petite pattern maven is visiting manufacturers, choosing swatches to sell in her online boutique, reprodepot.com , or cutting yards from bolts of loudly colored, vintage-style fabrics in her office, she's constantly inspired....more... All dolled up: Redding woman creates nostalgic toy clothes (The Record Searchlight)
Sewing has been like the Pied Piper to Joy Macielle: A lure she can't resist....more... Old cashmere? Bring it to life with roses (Los Angeles Times)
Designer Koi Suwannagate shares a few tricks. IF there's an emblem for this season's distinctive romanticism, it's the hand-sewn petals designers have tucked into necklines and scattered across bodices and skirts like errant bouquets. ...more... |