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File name: 10_03_002241a
Binder label: Thread
Title: J. & P. Coats' best six cord thread, white, black and colors for hand & machine [front]
Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 8 x 11 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Birds; Thread
Notes: Title from item.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
old thread on wooden spools=beauty.
and then colored coordinated.
be still my crafty heart.
Found 3 boxes for $2 bucks.
can't beat that.
something about this thread made me take many pictures of it. I couldn't even continue weaving for awhile, until I was done admiring its pattern...or something.
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I was thinking of doing a running stitch around either the very top or just underneath the strip of contrast fabric, but I'm thinking it might be too much so I left it off. Also, if I were a better person, I'd rip out that edgestitching at the top and re-do it (see on the right where it went all wobbly?) but I have no big plans to.
My embroidery skills (such as they were to begin with) are rusty, but by the end I was finally getting an even backstitch. Clearly I need to do more embroidery! I also had trouble with the French knots popping through to the back of the fabric -- never had that happen before, so maybe it was something to do with the weave of the fabric?
didn't quite realise what we had gotten ourselves into, when this guy said he had some thread he didn't need anymore...
There is a story behind this. In one of my groups, I made mention of the fact that I walked to Wal-Mart just to purchase some blue thread. When I arrived, I'd forgotten to bring the piece of felt I wanted to make the best match -- so I bought 3 different shades of blue thread.
Later on, I decided to use black anyhow.
This pic is one of the results of today's way-back-in-hills rural country photo excursion with my friend Not Weird Enough, aka Jon Rogers. Oh...yes, he's weird enough. We had a great time getting away from town and into the backwoods!
For Compositionally Challenged "orange" - a mixture of buttons with thread on orange paper. Looking at this after posting, I think it almost qualifies for "something furry" too - I should have checked for cat hair before taking the photo!
I was invited by Mena, of The Sew Weekly to participate in her Common Thread project where she sent 5 yards of lace to a few different seamstresses and challenged them to come up with a project of their own using the lace. This was mine. It's made using the Heidi pattern from Burda Style and was done up in 3 different silks - a floral silk shantung for the body, silk crepe de chine for the lining and silk dupioni for the contrasting trim and the belt. The lace was inserted at the neckline and the pocket line along with the silk dupioni and lace fluff was added to the belt along with a self made fabric flower. Total fluff and fun!
Dress - Self Made
Belt - Self Made
Shoes - Payless
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Over 100 Spools with their matching bobbins on top.
Click on photo for link to PDF files showing how I made it.
www.mediafire.com/file/o15g1qv1xl1ggfr/AtHomeSewing Organizer.pdf
This pair of slippers are a fine examples of traditional embroidered and beaded footwear from Malaysia made in the early 20th century by ethnic Chinese women. These slippers were made by women of the Chinese community living in Malaysia and therefore are a nice complement to shoes for bound feet as worn by Han Chinese women of the same period.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, a distinctive Chinese community evolved in Peninsular Malaya. The group flourished in the former British colonies along the Straits of Malacca, namely, Penang, Malacca and Singapore. The community is referred to as Straits Chinese, also known as Chinese Baba or simply Baba. The women are called Nyonya. From the late 19th century until WWII young Nyonya of marriageable age were taught to sew and embroider articles for their personal use as well as for their wedding ceremony. These included pillow covers, bed hangings and decorative panels used in the bridal chamber. Of special significance was the embroidering and beading of the wedding slippers. The prospective bride prepared a range of slippers to be presented as part of her wedding dowry, to the groom and his family. To show off the bride's work a special showcase of embroidered footwear was displayed in the bridal chamber.
A pair of beaded slippers sewn by the bride herself would be worn for the first time on the third day of the wedding, and thereafter worn on less ceremonial occasions and eventually becoming casual footwear.
In the 1940s interest in traditional Nyonya embroidery waned and influenced by Western fashion many women were married in white wedding gowns and western footwear. With the resurgence in all things Nyonya in the late 1970s traditional methods of beading and embroidery came back into fashion.Slippers (pair), leather/cardboard/cloth/hemp/metal thread/beads, with embroidered uppers, Nyonya women, Malacca, Malaysia, c.1900.
Pair of slippers (kasut kodok or 'frog shoes') with covered toe and open back. The flat leather soles rising at the toes are made with layers of cardboard and edged with silk braid. They are stitched with twine and nailed to the uppers. The inner sole is made of red leather and the uppers lining of red cotton. The uppers have been hand embroidered while being loosely stretched over a wooden frame. Pieces of coloured velvet material have been glued to the silk base to provide a varied and colourful background for the embroidery for which shaped pieces of cardboard act as a form. Silver and gold metallic thread and silk thread embroidery, sequins, and beads are incorporated in the design of 2 seated rabbits on either side of the central quatrefoil motif together with a scrolling foliate design. A semi-circular toe piece provides a distinctive shape for the slippers.
I used this tutorial after being inspired by this photo. The fabric came from my stash and it only took about 45 minutes.
44/52 for the group 2025 Weekly Alphabet Challenge
This week's theme was: R is for Reel
I have a lot of reels of thread. Some I bought for various sewing projects, others were inherited from my mum and my cousin. Some are so old that the thread has deteriorated so I have to test its strength before using it.
Persistent URL: digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,2330
Subject (TGM): Women; Portrait drawings; Thread industry; Sewing equipment & supplies;