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Sewing
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 
 This monograph considers how "home sewing is laden with multiple meanings about femininity, labor, family, creativity, sexuality, identity, and economics." The author "uses established as well as more unusual source materials, including dresses, sewing workbooks and paper dolls, to argue that home sewing is a unique vehicle for understanding larger changes in American culture." Includes illustrations, audio clips of interviews, and a slide show of someone sewing a skirt. http://www.gutenberg-e.org/gordon/ Topics: Crafts, Home & Housing Last updated Feb 5, 2008 Sewing Machines: Historical Trade Literature in Smithsonian Collections
"This guide illustrates the range of materials published by and about sewing machine companies in the United States, starting in the 1840s." Includes introductory essays about Smithsonian Institution trade catalogs and textile collections and "a finding aid to these sewing machine literature collections including scanned images of many of the texts." Also includes links to related collections. From the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/trade-literature/sewing-machines Topics: Crafts Last updated Mar 19, 2008 Sewing Resource Guide
This is mainly a directory of lightly annotated links to Web sites and topics that may be of interest to a sewer. A wide variety of topics are covered such as buttons, classes, costumes, fabrics, lace making, pattern software, patterns, quilting, sergers, television shows, vintage clothing, and much more. http://www.lilyabello.com/sewdir.htm Topics: Crafts, History, Holidays & Observances, Performing Arts Last updated Jul 14, 2000 Sewing.org: Home Sewing Association
Information for the sewing enthusiast and educator from the organization representing the home sewing industry. Includes sewing tips and techniques, fashion trends, holiday ideas, home decorating sugestions, free instructions for projects for both adults and children, sewing guidelines, and more. http://www.sewing.org/ Topics: Crafts, Holidays & Observances Last updated Jan 5, 2004 Threads Online
This site is from the popular Threads magazine, with articles on materials, machines, tools, patterns, design, fitting, and working with fabric. Discussion forums allow questions to be posted and answered and there is an annotated list of Web sites for sewers. Most of the information is geared toward garment construction, but there is also information on quilting and a collection of machine-embroidery design downloads. http://www.threadsmagazine.com/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Sep 22, 2009 |
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