Month: March 2006

A new book in the Library


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Art and Design / Books1 comment

Well yesterday we ended up going out to lunch. Since it is Jerry’s birthday on Monday I wanted to buy him a really nice fountain pen and since things like pens are so personal I wanted him to choose it. We made an afternoon of it and took in a …

In need of an answer


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Fiber and Textile Arts4 Comments

Firstly this one has me stumped – does anyone know what Tu-Tu stitch is? I had a query via email from Jeff who is trying to repair some wigs. He said he was told to “tu-tu stitch the hair strands together” So does anyone know what this term means? Is …

The cultural value of textiles


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Fiber and Textile Arts / Samplers5 Comments

I have had a bit of an ongoing conversation with Tao who left a comment on on this post . I thought I would highlight it and come to the defence of valuing, studying and collecting needlework samplers. People find the destruction of these cultural objects offensive because they are …