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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Stitch a Sinking Ship? Sounds like a good idea!

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The Sea Venture - The Offending Spot was in the vine crosshatching If you watched the video on the design of the jacket, you may have ca...
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Saturday, May 24, 2014

A Jamestown Jacket Story

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Many of you are aware of the beautiful blackwork jacket that has been made for the staged Wedding of  Pocahontas at Jamestown in April. ...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Wow - what a month!

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Well, it was more like six weeks!  I wasn't on vacation from blogging, I was fighting fires with an eyedropper! Sorry for the long hia...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

A Kickstarter for Historic Threads

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Kickstarter is a hot topic today in investment circles.  The old model was if someone wanted to make a new widget or company and they didn...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The Time is Now! How our Textile Knowledge is Fading Away - Fast

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Our vision of how our threads are made - 66 heads spinning under computer control with no humans in sight When businesses are niche, th...
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Monday, March 31, 2014

The Dreaded Backorder -- How Threads/Fabrics are Made Today

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If you have tried to decorate a house or go buy fabric or find a color of thread in the last few years, you might have noticed that it seems...
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Quilts in Color Exhibit at MFA Boston

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While visiting stumpwork over the last year, I have been watching a nice exhibit shape up in the textile department at the MFA Boston.  Bas...