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Keeping your textile collection safe starts with storing items away from light, potential water damage, and pests. However, this isn’t enough when it comes to delicate, antique, or heirloom cloth. Here are two of the most important things to know.
How did ticking go from utilitarian fabric to desirable design element? Christina has the scoop.
On August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment became law, and American women received universal suffrage. British women would not receive universal suffrage until July 2, 1928, when the Equal Franchise Act became law.
Learn tips and techniques to help you properly store extra-special textiles.
Take at trip back in time as we look at ancient fashion for the feet.
In light of current events, I’ve found my mind turning to “Little House in the Big Woods” by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In the book, Laura and her family sewed and embroidered, alone in their home, carefully mending clothes and creating small items of beauty.
During the Spanish flu pandemic, countless women (and presumably some men) worked together to sew tens of thousands of masks.
Once upon a time, people had no concept of the color blue.
To many people, togas are synonymous with ancient Greece. The only problem? Togas aren’t Greek.
While lice aren't normally thought of as helpful, scientists have used lice to learn more about human history and, more specifically, the invention of clothing.
Because fabric deteriorates so easily, it doesn’t stand the test of time the way metal or stone artifacts might, so when archaeologists find even small bits of ancient fabric, it’s a big deal.
For centuries the Iban people of Malaysia have literally woven their dreams into beautiful cloth.
