Tag: embroidery
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More is More: cover that surface!
I’m off this week to see an exhibition of medieval embroidery at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. So you can come too, I’ve compiled some images of this sort of embroidery and some of the books we have about it. These are some of the famous pieces that the museum has put in…
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Long Winter’s Nap
Hi, all! It’s been pretty busy here at FIT, with students and teachers working on final projects and papers. For that reason, and because FIT is closed from December 23-January 2, this will be a short post. After the holidays we will resume the schedule of having a long post at the beginning of the…
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Cinderella, the Sasenach, and Other Fantasies
Who doesn’t love a ball and a wedding? Especially fantasy ones… http://tinyurl.com/k8cmvkt Cinderella’s ball gown caught my eye on the billboards, and I’m dying to see the movie. I was also dying to see the gown’s construction. It’s interesting that so many of the techniques used to make this very grand gown were pulled from…