Mini Hill Country Trip and Two Lovely Ladies
I had to run up to the Hill Country this week – the trip is long and the days are short so I couldn’t get too many pictures, but here are a few.… Continue reading
Category Archive: Historic Clothing
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Helen of Troy and the Trojan Cloak
In my last post, I talked about the beautiful Helen of Troy and her incredible weaving skills. Homer may have just intended to show her as a proper woman, industriously weaving, but his… Continue reading
Helen of Troy: World-Renowned Weaver – and, I hear, kinda pretty!
Along with a group of followers of the Dancing Professor, I’m reading the Iliad. (Is there a collective noun for a group of blog followers? A gaggle of followers? A chatter? A press?)… Continue reading
Hoops Humor
I’m going to the International Quilt Festival tomorrow, so I have to rest up! So here is just a quick post for tonight, but I’m pretty sure I’ll have plenty to report from… Continue reading
My 100th Post!
It wasn’t long after I started blogging that I found the wonderful blog, the Dancing Professor, and one of the first posts I read there asked, “Who are you writing for?” I thought… Continue reading
Waltz Across Textiles
Barbers, bartered brides, and bullfighters, – they all get their own operas. Pirates, demons, tsars, student princes – they’re all thrilling characters, but if you ask me, textile artists are seriously underrepresented in… Continue reading
Textile Destination: San Antonio
You may not know this, but Texans have certain assigned duties, including checking on the Alamo regularly, and drinking beer down on the Riverwalk while listening to mariachis play Johnny Cash songs. So… Continue reading
Shawl of Paisley Design
After getting through six months of summer, Texans look forward to the cool weather of fall – even when it’s not really cool enough, I bring out my cozy textiles in the hopes… Continue reading
Frilly Foundations
Well, it’s Labor Day – time to put away those summer whites. Here are four fabulous cotton undergarments that were stored away a century ago and never retrieved for use. These two petticoats… Continue reading
Early 1900s Boy’s Outfit
When you have old-fashioned skills like spinning and weaving, people assume you know about all things historical, and ask you to speak about them, especially to kids. Because I think it’s so important… Continue reading