Nei Ho I last visited Hong Kong (HK) in 1970, then a magical city of orange-sailed junks crisscrossing the waters between islands, and crowded streets with banner-like laundry hanging off every balcony. It was the Star Ferry, Bruce Lee, and The World of Suzie Wong that we had read about and seen in the movies. […]
A Blushing 1920’s Bride
Written by: Kaitlyn Munro This darling wedding ensemble was worn by Louise Whitney Whitehurst at her wedding to Walter Leon Stafford in Norfolk, Virginia May 30, 1928. With a matching cloche and art deco style purse. Louise must have been quite a charming bride on her special day. A very practical dress like this was […]
Crazy Crazy Quilt
Spring is finally here, and the explosion of blooms outside is mirrored in the studio in a crazy quilt with many of the season’s beauties—lily of the valley, dogwood, scilla, violets, virginia blue bells or maybe forget me nots…. Popular in the late 19th and early 20th century, crazy quilts were an excellent way for […]
Fridays I’m in Love
A quick snippet of Friday textile humor to brighten your day and give you a chuckle…
Wedding Fantasies and Planning
During these cold winter days, (some days as low as 5 F) we dream ahead, of sleeveless or backless dresses, lightweight silks and chiffons, eyelet frocks and lacy veils. As spring fast approaches (we saw a snow drop the other day), wedding season is on the mind of many young ladies. Here at Caring for […]
Hidden Quilt History
The exterior of this quilt may look like any other, but there is something quite special going on under the surface here—it is two quilts in one (one quilt surrounding an even older quilt). We think the outer quilt was made between 1920-1940, when feed and flour sacks were commonly repurposed into dresses, towels, quilt […]
Tuesday Textile Smile
Beautiful Textiles, Beautiful Blog: Friends of OPT
Take a moment to browse through this beautiful blog from one of my stops on recent travels.
Textile Travels, Stop 1: QSMT Symposium
Over 180 people from around the world gathered in Bangkok in November 2013 for the international launch of the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textile’s Symposium on royal textiles – Weaving Royal Traditions Through Time: Textile and Dress at the Thai Court and Beyond. It was truly the ‘who’s who’ of textiles particularly in Asia and […]
Amacetta’s Wedding Dress Tells Us Its Secret!
Throughout the fall season we were able to work on the extraordinary wedding gown of Amacette Laidley Summers. The dress itself, to say the very least, stunning… It is made from a cream colored silk faille and silk sateen with cheesecloth lining. The gown is floor length silk, with long slender sleeves extending from underneath […]
