Category: Textile Arts
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Project Recap: Thoughts on My Upcycled Denim Corset
I last wore ‘hard pants’ (I wear leggings under my skirts like Daenerys Targaryen so I’m not talking about those) sometime in 2019, in the before-fore times. I’ve never been a huge fan of trousers — I’ve always preferred skirts. I even wore skirts when I was marathoning. Imagine my annoyance when I went to…
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Learning About An Antique Singer Sewing Machine
The resources I used to learn about my new-to-me Singer. I love old treadle sewing machines, and I’ve romanticized them since a relatively young age. I’ve been vaguely looking for an antique sewing machine for over a year, and I was picky about it. Once you start looking for them you find them cropping up…
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What I Learned By Sewing and Wearing An 1890’s Working Woman’s Corset
I’m just going to say it, I really like the way I look in a corset. A confluence of things six months ago first lead me to the strange thought that I could sew a corset. The thought that I could sew one lead me straight to the idea that I should. I’m not alone in…