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A Christmas Cheater Cloth
A Christmas Cheater Cloth Last night we had a snowfall in Santa Fe. Not a lot, just enough to cover the ground. Everyone was quite excited, firstly because we have had no moisture at all for months and secondly our weather has been unusually warm for this time of year, not very holiday-like to shop…
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Tenerrife Lace
One class of textiles which exemplifies beauty and skill is lace. Lace has a long history from the earliest forms of netting to the modern machine techniques which produce gossamer webs of threads. Experts classify lace as either needle lace or bobbin lace but there are other textiles we consider as lace: knitted lace, Irish…
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Tenerrife Lace
One class of textiles which exemplifies beauty and skill is lace. Lace has a long history from the earliest forms of netting to the modern machine techniques which produce gossamer webs of threads. Experts classify lace as either needle lace or bobbin lace but there are other textiles we consider as lace: knitted lace, Irish…
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Holiday Shopping
OK, don’t hate me but I am finished with my holiday shopping!!! Of course I still have decorating and baking to do, cards to address, and a Post-Christmas Open House to plan but I enjoy all that. I enjoy shopping too. No, I love shopping but I hate rushing around and then there is always…
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Holiday Shopping
OK, don’t hate me but I am finished with my holiday shopping!!! Of course I still have decorating and baking to do, cards to address, and a Post-Christmas Open House to plan but I enjoy all that. I enjoy shopping too. No, I love shopping but I hate rushing around and then there is always…
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Velvet – A Fabulous Look
With the holiday season fast approaching some thought goes to what to wear for those dressy events. One of the most popular fashion statements continues to be velvet, which has been popular for well over 800 years. The exact history of the manufacture of velvet is sketchy, but the prevailing evidence indicates that it originated…
My thoughts on Textile History by Margy Norrish