mem_somerville, to Lace
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My supervisor monitors my progress as I try to rescue this piece of antique lace from the nasty sticky backing paper someone put it on decades ago.

It is an impossibly delicate piece with super-fine thread.

Similar to this museum version, it is Brussels bobbin lace appliqué on a netting.

https://www.si.edu/object/brussels-bobbin-lace-applique-droschel-ground%3Anmah_639512

A close up of the now-unstuck lace on a blue felt backing for contrast. It shows the floral edge of the lace and includes two American coins for scale. The flowers are about the size of a 10 cent silver piece. The threads are incredibly thin, and the flower is worked with a heavier outline edge. There are also tiny picot decorations on the outside edge. There are coin-sized flowers on the edge and smaller ones as you go up, as well as some leaves and vine details. Some of this seems to be embroidered on the netting and some additional needle lace details.
Another close up of the flowers to see the details. I cannot express how thin this thread is, but was woven with bobbins by some woman in the past in poor lighting, for probably pennies.

jtheseamstress, to photography German
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Save the date! The next 19th Century Dress and Textiles Reframed "At Home" online talks will be on Sunday, June 30, "focused on photography and its connections to 19th century fashion".

Programme:
📸 Robyne Calvert: Artists & Photographic Fantasies
📸 Erika Lederman: 'Counterfeit Specimens'. Isabel Agnes Cowper's Needlework Photographs for the South Kensington Museum
📸 Beatrice Behlen: Mrs Broom's photographs of suffragettes

Follow the link for abstracts and registration (free): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/at-home-with-c19th-dress-and-textiles-reframed-30-june-2024-200pm-bst-tickets-715162429077

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mem_somerville, to history
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ICYMI: if you are a textile artist, you might appreciate this piece by Elena Kanagy-Loux.

"My Grandma’s Doilies Are Not a Joke

When will art institutions finally pay respect to our foremothers’ artistry?"

https://hyperallergic.com/906788/my-grandmas-doilies-are-not-a-joke/

mem_somerville, to Lace
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My this week is tracking down this historic lace pricking [the paper or parchment with the pin holes for our pattern].

Found in Gertrude Whiting's "Tools and toys of stitchery" from 1928.

I found the ship--it is an Edward Savage rare print from 1799. I couldn't believe it. Anyone with insights--please share.

FanCityKnits, to knitting German
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Might be that I already shared it here since time ago. But I love this video so, so much. Those ladies are just delightful. And let's celebrate it - this is now 60 years old. How things have changed. And haven't changed.

And I'm in total awe about their skill as both spinner and knitter.

https://youtu.be/0JX-Le5WDhs?si=rLR_Trucet73jX4n

@knitting @fiberarts @spinning

mem_somerville, to FiberArts
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Hey historians: do you have any links on embroidery? This remarkable piece just showed up on reddit and I've never seen anything like it.

And I trawl a lot of museum archives.

https://redd.it/1act656

mem_somerville, to history
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So for folks who do and historical crafts: if you were asked by a small museum for your "daily rate", what would be a good number?

I don't want to undercut craftspeople who do this for income. And I don't want to make it out of reach for a small museum.

This is in New England, US--near Boston.

Any ideas? Pointers?

mem_somerville, to FiberArts
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Girls and Their in Early America
November 02, 2023 7:00 PM — 8:00 PM

https://concordmuseum.org/events/black-girls-and-their-needlework/

jtheseamstress, to histodons German
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The 19th Century Dress and Textiles Reframed Network's next "At Home" event has been announced! Taking place online on September 24th, it's all about exploring the "connections between smell, scene, fragrance and the social and cultural history of Dress and Textiles".

Programme:
🧴 Caroline Vaughan-Kett: Scents and Sensibility; an Insider's View into Modern Perfumery
🧴 Kimberly Wahl: Perfume and Visual Culture 1880 to 1915
🧴 Hilary Davidson: The Fragrance of Fabric. Some Directions in Research

Read more and register for free: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/at-home-with-c19th-dress-and-textiles-reframed-24th-sept-2023-200pm-bst-tickets-711979920107?aff=oddtdtcreator

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mem_somerville, to Wikipedia
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Someone challenged me to make the page better in , so I started to work on it today.

Still needs work, but it's no longer in the mid anymore. Now with color! Current projects! Modern art!

@wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchon_lace

NSCT, to random

Exciting news! We've just opened ticket sales for our medieval textiles day - 30th September 2023 at the Quaker Meeting House in York.

Join us for talks by the UK's first nalbinding Master Craftsman Emma 'Bruni' Boast, and tablet weaving specialist Heidi Shaw of Gragas Textiles.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite or directly from us (email nsct.social.media@gmail.com for a booking form).

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medieval-textiles-day-tickets-678845764957?aff=oddtdtcreator

A selection of colourful and beautiful tablet woven braids made by Heidi Shaw of Gragas Textiles. The braids are made of wool, and laid on a wooden stump. They show various repeating patterns, including a woven pattern of a multi-stranded plait, like celtic knotwork, and repeating swirling and interlocking patterns. The colours are red, blue, yellow and two shades of grey, and look to be achieved by natural dyes. Image copyright Heidi Shaw.

mem_somerville, to random
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For those interested in , I have wrested control of the previously cancelled r/Lace subreddit and it's going to get better.

Open to adding some co-mods so it doesn't get lost again, too. If you are on reddit, come on by.

https://www.reddit.com/r/lace/


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