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What Color Is the Wind? Beautiful Fabric Created with Blind Inspiration
1 commentAcclaimed blind artist, George Mendoza, has created a new line of beautiful, bold, colorful fabrics
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Fabric woven from spider webs
6 commentsThe American Museum of Natural History unveils fabric woven from golden orb spiders in Madagascar.
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What provides your greatest sewing inspiration?
9 commentsWhat makes you want to sew? Fabulous fabric? An incredible embellishment technique? A too-pricey ready-to-wear garment? An event that requires the perfect garment? Or simply a creative design evolving in your mind?
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And the three winners of the book "Patchwork Folk Art" are...
Find out who the three lucky Threads members are who have each won a copy of "Patchwork Folk Art" by Janet Bolton.
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Silk Lotus Flower
18 commentsThe silk lotus flower is an easy but lush flower, that would be suitable for adding a bit of dash and color to any ensemble. Made up in silk dupione or silk tafetta, it can work for evening or day clothes.
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Support Independent Fabric Dealers
8 commentsDid you know that 95% of fabric shoppers shop at chain stores exclusively? Project 95 is out to change that with an online source of fabric independent retailers.
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Enter the Summer Sewing Challenge Today!
1 commentCheck out some of the amazing entries in our Express Yourself in Linen Challenge. Think you can do better? Go ahead and enter!
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Tips on Sewing with Linen
4 commentsThis article by Susan Khalje will give you an edge on creating a linen garment for our summer sewing challenge: Express Yourself in Linen, and get you that much closer to winning a new serger from Janome.
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French and Colonial Knots for Embroidery
11 commentsWhite embroidery is a cool and elegant summer look. There are a variety of embroidery stitches, but the French knot and Colonial knot provide interesting texture to a design.
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Join the Threads Summer Sewing Challenge and WIN!
3 commentsExpress yourself in linen by August 17th and enter to win the new 1100D serger from Janome.
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Mixing Politics and Fashion
8 commentsDo you wear your political affiliation on your sleeve? Check out the many designers who are using fashion to make a political statement.
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Where Do the Threads Editors Buy Their Fabric?
2 commentsThreads does its fabric shopping in some fabulous shops, where do you shop?
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A Visit to Waechter's Fine Fabrics in Asheville, NC
3 commentsWaechters is not only a great resource for fabrics, buttons, patterns, and more – it’s fabulous eye candy and a wonderful place to go for inspiration and education.
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Exhibit: Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity
The Hood Museum of Art's amazing exhibit provides an historical exploration of ornate tapis as a 19th century measure of cultural prestige and social identity.
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Top Ten Weirdest Dresses
6 commentsFrom electronic, light-up gowns to frocks made from broken dishes, Oddee counts down another top-ten list of the weirdest dresses.
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Got Spots?
7 commentsJust call me the fabric whisperer. I’ve been handling fabric for a few more decades than I like to admit and if yours has spots, let's talk.
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A Special Trip to Mary Jo's Cloth Store
10 commentsGet to know this 58 year old fabric store gem.
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Win With Fabric.com
The online fabric store, Fabric.com, celebrates their 10 year anniversary with their "Sew" Much Fun Sweepstakes.
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Announcing the Winner of the Fluid Fabric Challenge!
6 commentsCheck out the winner and the runners up in the Fluid Fabric contest.
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Last chance to enter the Fluid Fabrics Challenge!
Enter your garments by midnight tomorrow night for a chance at winning a fabric gift card.
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