Tag: sewing

  • Tailoring, Old School

    Squeee!  Can hardly wait to see this… http://menoftheclothfilm.com/ May this art never be lost! By the way, this film has a Facebook page you can like here: https://www.facebook.com/MenOfTheClothFilm And in case you were wondering about the terminology used: http://www.thehogtownrake.com/?p=984  

  • 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…

  • Needles in the Stacks – Draping

    We welcome you back for a holiday version of Needles in the Stacks.  We’ve designed this post to help you decide which of the many draping manuals out there should be on your holiday wish list. Here are the books we looked at this fall: Drape Drape, Drape Drape 2, Drape Drape 3. All three…