Dress in 18thC Stockholm

Some fabric dealers say their linen will shrink up to 10-15 % over the first few washes. Now, most extant linen garments have probably been ...

In the Western world today, we think in centimeters or inches. For sewing projects that don't involve fitting, it's easy to think in...

My 'silver' lace, 2 cm (3/4") wide Traditional metal bobbin lace is made from metal thread, which consists of a thin meta...

Close-up of today's find Whenever I pass by my local thrift shop, I check out their fabric section. It's by no means a steady su...

Quite some time ago, I mentioned a new book of mid-18th century fabric samples, intending to write a review of it. And now I've finally...

1770s(?) stomacher at the Nordic Museum This stomacher, dated to the 1770s (though it may be earlier—see discussion below), is in ...

Maid plucking a bird (Pehr Hilleström, circa 1776) A while back, I found a piece of vintage linen with nice selvages at the local thrif...