You probably already know that I have a thing for antique thread cabinets. Well, I was hanging out in Aurora yesterday and I found a really beautiful antique thread cabinet in one of the town’s many antique shops. I want to share it with you! Here’s me and the box:
Here’s just the box:
I have never heard of the Richardson Silk Company but my, their box is...
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I finally cut into my Gone With the Wind novelty fabric! After flying out to CO to shoot my Sew it All TV episode, I was in desperate need of some sewing therapy. I wanted to do something fun, silly and just for me.
I spent months agonizing over what to do with this impulse buy fabric. I think I hit the nail on the head with this one. I didn’t...
Elias Howe tried for years to invent a sewing machine but he was perpetually stumped. Instead of “thinking outside the box,” he tried to create a machine to replicate the motions of hand sewing using a hand sewing needle. Elias just couldn’t conceive of sewing without the seamstress…even if she was mechanical.
Looking at sewing machines now, it’s...
I’m so busy working on getting ready for my Sew It All TV episode!! I’m going to be making the Icicle Scarf from my book, Stripped Down Patchwork.
I’ve been studying this episode featuring Ellynanne Geisel to see how it’s done…
I’m so excited/nervous to get a crack at doing this on the boob tube! I’ve never been on TV...
I’m a sewing history dork, so I have always loved antique thread cabinets. These display boxes were a common sight in the 19th century. Thread cabinets stood on the counter at the general store, organizing and displaying colorful spools of thread for a seamstress’ discerning eye.
I love the idea of thread being considered so important that it deserves its own little wooden...
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