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A Vintage Blouse Embellished with Soutache Braid
26 commentsLooking at vintage garments can inspire your sewing and can be a great teaching tool.
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Magazine Giveaway: "Threads" Issue #165 (February/March 2013)
98 commentsWe asked our editors which hand-stitched detail they liked to use most. How would you answer the question?
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Using Buttons as Embellishment
49 commentsFind out what Kenneth D. King created when he inherited 75 pounds of antique uniform buttons.
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A Beautiful Embroidered Beaded Bodice
12 commentsCheck out the complex combination of embroidery found on this beaded bodice.
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An Exquisite Beaded Embroidery Sleeve
28 commentsThis is an eye-candy post, where you get to see some stellar embroidery examples.
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BOOK GIVEAWAY: "Sweet Stitches from the Heart"
36 commentsMore than 70 project ideas and 900 stitch motifs are included in this book and will provide you with an embroidery bonanza!
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Silk-Ribbon Embroidery by Machine
A fast new approach to traditional embroidery with results that look hand sewn.
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Makers of All Stripes Come Together
2 commentsBilled as “part playground, part science fair, part welding shop, and part county fair,” Maker Faire brings together DIY crafters and “makers” of every kind as exhibitors showing their innovative work.
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MAGAZINE GIVEAWAY: "Designer Techniques"
231 commentsOur readers asked for a special issue about designer techniques. Now you can win this issue!
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Threads seamstress contributed to jacket on display at Winterthur Museum
15 commentsThe gorgeous jacket is on loan from Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts to the Textiles Gallery in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Museum Exhibit: Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail
4 commentsThis extensive collection of European garments from the period 1700-1915 will amaze you.
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More Vintage Inspiration
10 commentsTake a look at this sampling of exquisite vintage garments; This time from the collection of a murder-mystery writer, who uses them for inspiration.
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Book Giveaway: Bags in Bloom
115 commentsEnter to win a copy of Susan Cariello's exciting new book, Bags in Bloom
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Book Giveaway: Stitch-Opedia
31 commentsFind out how to win one of two copies of Stitch-Opedia!
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A Stitched Autobiography
22 commentsMany authors write their autobiographies. See how Salley Mavor painstakingly stitched hers.
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The Trousseau of the May Queen
11 commentsAn exhibit currently showing in Paris displays the stunning royal trousseau of Marie-Jose of Savoy and its fabulous array of 1930's haute couture.
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Mary McFadden Exhibit in D.C.
7 commentsVisit the Mary McFadden exhibit at the National Museum of Women in Washington, D.C. to see this designers amazing garments and her inspiration.
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Simplicity Veil with Lace Detailing
2 commentsThis bride's gown came with a matching shawl that she did not want to wear. She preferred, instead, to utilize the lace shawl to embellish her wedding veil. She selected the Simplicity...
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HEATHER ROSE'S WEDDING VEIL
15 commentsBeing a seamtress for many years and making costumes for community theater for years, it was only fitting that I make something for my only daughters wedding. Since they decided to get married...
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