Over the last decade or so, I’ve taught in the fashion department at several different colleges. Usually, I’m teaching things more on the textiles side, but I’ve been known to take on a sewing class or two when the need arises. No matter what I’m teaching, I still find myself answering a lot of questions…
I’m not going to lie, hand quilting my hand-pieced quilt took longer than I thought it would. I mean, I knew it was going to be a significant project but I defiantly thought I’d be able to crank it out faster than I did. But, as always, I learned a lot along the way! I…
One of the first things that happens what people find out that I sew is that they ask “do you make your own clothes? Did you make what you’re wearing now?” I know people mean well, but I really hate that question. The thing is, most of the sewing I’ve done hasn’t been for myself….
It’s no secret that I’m on a bit of an anti-consumption kick after reading Fashionopolis last month. And I don’t think I’m the only one. The recent episode of the Patriot Act on the horrors of fast fashion was all over my twitter feed last week. It’s hard to watch something like that without wanting to…
There are a few books that come up over and over again when I talk to people about historic costuming. Nora Waugh’s Corsets and Crinolines, originally published in 1954, is one of them. While it had been republished periodically over the decades, when I last tried to get my hands on a copy it was…
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