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of handkerchiefs

By: Kate Davies Designs February 18, 2014February 18, 2014

textile history, textiles, the life of thingsdrawn-thread work, embroidery, fichu, furoshiki, handkerchief, history of costume, history of dress, kerchief, neckerchief, textile history, textiles, white work111 Comments

I have a terrible cold. When one is sniffling and snuffling and generally feeling lousy, there’s nothing more comforting than a nice handkerchief, of which, it occurred to me this morning, I possess quite a few. So I took some photographs of the ones that aren’t in use or in the wash. Some of them…

a winner

By: Kate Davies Designs March 20, 2008

sewing, textilesfuroshiki, pincushion, sashiko2 Comments

The Mechanical Randomising Competition Winner Selector — in other words, Mr B’s hand, and some names in a hat — has chosen a pincushion winner. Roobeedoo, it is you! I have sent you an email, so you can send me your address, so I can send you a wee pincushion. For those of you who…

win a pincushion!

By: Kate Davies Designs March 12, 2008March 12, 2008

sewingcompetition, furoshiki, pincushion, sashiko, sewing48 Comments

I was recently very impressed with my sister’s sashiko stitching. I had to try it. A few weeks ago I bought sashiko materials for a wee pincushion, and tried stitching a simple design with the intention of impressing her back: Now, I enjoyed the stitching, but the thing I found most pleasing was the resulting…