Battenberg Lace Battenberg lace, also called tape lace, is familiar to most of us.  Tape laces are made on a foundation of fabric tape.  Originally, the tape was handmade needle-lace or bobbin lace, but since the industrial revolution commercially made tape has been available for purchase in varying widths. The tape is basted onto a…

Join a Guild Do you have a few hours a month?  Do you want to improve your proficiency in your favorite pastime?  Do you wish to make new acquaintances who share your interests? Then join a guild.  There are guilds in every endeavor, from art to weaving located right in your community.  Large or small,…

Join a Guild Do you have a few hours a month?  Do you want to improve your proficiency in your favorite pastime?  Do you wish to make new acquaintances who share your interests? Then join a guild.  There are guilds in every endeavor, from art to weaving located right in your community.  Large or small,…

Such a Simple Tool- The Safety Pin Have you ever faced a missing button, a drooping hemline or gaping closure? Textiles often need additional “hardware” for them to function as articles of clothing: buttons, zippers and pins.   Far back into history, as early as the Bronze Age, metal skewer-like objects served as clasps to hold…

Such a Simple Tool- The Safety Pin Have you ever faced a missing button, a drooping hemline or gaping closure? Textiles often need additional “hardware” for them to function as articles of clothing: buttons, zippers and pins.   Far back into history, as early as the Bronze Age, metal skewer-like objects served as clasps to hold…

Candace Wheeler – American Artist and Textile Designer Add caption The Art and Enterprise on American Design, 1875-1900 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001 Candace Wheeler nee Thurber was born in NY State in 1827. At the age of 49, having raised 4 children, she began a textile career as a designer In 1877 Wheeler and…