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Blocked buckram cloth drying in the sun. I will make #fascinator bases from these to be used by my students in July, when I teach a #millinery class.
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I'm ironing the #lace I washed over the weekend. Anyone who has done hand work can appreciate how much labor was involved in making something like this. So much cut work and perfect tiny hand stitches. #antiquelace #broderieanglaise
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Washing 100+ year old lace and petticoats in the bathtub.
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Parting with these Victorian buttons from my collection. The birds and pretty patina are what caught my eye when I bought them. Newly listed in shop - link in profile.
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Happy Mother's Day! 🌷🌸💜
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A sneak peek at some of the jewelry I'm making with antique lace and my embroideries.
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I was happy to find more diamond patterned lace today, that I'd forgotten about. Now I can make more pendants with it!
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Baroque style embroidery from Broderies Vermont. With gold thread and colored resin stones, old gold and bronze beads. Photo: Alexis Lecomte
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Dreaming of the night sky. #embroidery #wip #wherewomencreate
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Sequined and embroidered evening blouse by Elsa Schiaparelli, 1938-39. Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Cutting lace circles for necklaces. #wip #wherewomencreate
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A hint of what's to come #embroidery #wherewomencreate #wip
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Stunning beaded and sequined flower from Pailettes et Broderie.
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More gorgeous #Lesage #tambour work by Shirlee Fassell. I could not resist taking lots of pictures during my class!
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Attaching #sequins at my #tambour #embroidery class.
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Another detail of Shirlee Fassell's #tambour work from #Lesage. I enjoyed seeing her work last weekend when I took a tambour class with her.
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My tambour teacher Shirlee Fassell kindly brought her gorgeous work to the class so that I could see it. This is a detail from a piece she incorporated at #Lesage in Paris. It incorporates #chenille #thread and raffia among others. Such unique materials a
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I took a #tambour #embroidery class last weekend! I've wanted to do this for three years since I first discovered tambour. I was excited to find someone in New England teaching it. The only other classes I knew of were in Paris, France or Kentucky, both v
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New silk fabrics from my favorite fabric store ever. It is jam packed with silks and velvets, and some cottons -no synthetics as a rule. Not to mention incredible antique buttons and trims, jewelry too. The owner has been doing this for over 30 years and
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I got some new #fabric today! I've been wanting to do more #embroidering with metallic and color threads mixed together. I think that will work nicely with these fabrics.
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Leftover threads from today's embroidering.
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Jacket bodice and cape with silk belt. Charles Worth, 1890 - 1893. Collection of Victoria and Albert Museum.
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A music themed dress designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. It was embroidered with metallic thread by House of Lesage in 1939. There is a working music box in the buckle, which I love! Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Embroidered grasses and clover detail on silk House of Dior Dress. Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Spring/Summer 1953
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Organizing books in my studio today.
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A nostalgic old box of mending floss.
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Crystal beaded rose clutch, by Judith Leiber.
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Detail of cream satin wedding slipper from the Ryerson Fashion Research Collection. 1889-1890.
