About a week ago, I was roaming around the internet viewing blogs and allowing myself simple entertainment. I came across the blog of Ann Wood. It is worth a visit when you have time. In November, Ann visited the Fortuny Showroom in NYC, and she may collaborate with this company and use their incredible fabrics [...]
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Ann Wood and Fortuny
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Decorative, Fabric, fabric/collage/applique, Inspiration, Interior Design, Memories, Nature, Places, Vintage Clothing on February 3, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Skirt embellishment
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Decorative, Dyeing, Fabric, Seasons, Uncategorized, Vintage Clothing on November 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
(The days have vanished. I have been so absorbed in this missing cat mystery that I have spent my spare time thinking and working this over. I finally went to an elementary school in the neighborhood where many of the cats have been missing and gave a talk to the middle school students on Wednesday. [...]
Vintage Finds
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Decorative, fabric/collage/applique, Quilts, Vintage Clothing on August 15, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Last Thursday, I took a small road trip from Mendocino through the Anderson wine country and ended on Hwy 101 driving south just a few miles. I stopped and washed my car in one of those quarter-consuming, do-it-yourself washes, hand-dried it with old towels and then headed into the town of Healdsburg. This is one [...]
Alameda Antiques Show
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Inspiration, Places, Uncategorized, Vintage Clothing on May 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Mendocino as seen from a distance…. In less than an hour I will be driving to San Francisco in order to get up early for the outdoor market in Alameda tomorrow. I will be home late afternoon the same day. I have read your comments on my last post, and I have to say they [...]
Returning
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Fabric, Vintage Clothing on February 23, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Sometimes I wonder where my energy went. Am I just getting old and thinking I have the energy of a twenty year old? Possibly. After my sale on Saturday, we went snow shoeing with our neighbors the next day. Yesterday, I simply collapsed in a heap of exhaustion. After New York, then staying up late [...]
Sorting and Integrating
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Vintage Clothing, Vintage Hats on February 2, 2010 | 22 Comments »
On my early morning walks, I have become accustom to listening to audio books. I was finding that I was not working through and reading the list of books I perpetually use as a guide, so I decided to borrow some audio books from the library. This morning, I finished listening to Azar Nafisi’s book [...]
Tea and Textiles
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Memories, Seasons, Vintage Clothing on January 31, 2010 | 23 Comments »
The last week I have spent refining my space, myself, and my goals. In the process, I decided I wanted to keep only the most cherished textiles, trims, buttons, books and magazines in my workspace. It fits with my new model, a transformation that is slowly growing within and without and is promising to be [...]
Integrity and Focus
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Seasons, Vintage Clothing on January 28, 2010 | 26 Comments »
Symphony in White No. 2: The Little White Girl 1864 Whistler It has been nearly a year ago that I began this blog under this name. Jude at Spiritcloth noted me in a post, and then it seemed to be a process of growth, the blog and my own. Previously I had a blog for [...]
Old to new or up-cycling
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Vintage Clothing on January 27, 2010 | 12 Comments »
I must credit Sue from England for the term “up-cycling”. I like it because it is updated from recycling that covers so many different items in our culture. I want this term to be exclusive to clothing in this blog. This is a used sweater that I want to update. I like the fit and [...]
Musing about clothes
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Vintage Clothing on January 24, 2010 | 28 Comments »
Having spent more time than usual in shops looking for something to wear to my daughter’s wedding, I had a chance to do some serious thinking about the way I dress, what is important to me, and how much that is being marketed and sold is uninspiring and uniform and dreadfully constructed. I guess what [...]
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