Editor’s Note: The second in an occasional series focused on Lady Virginia Vintage customers and their projects using our fabrics. See the other profiles here. Earlier this year I was thrilled when one of my Etsy customers, Meg Busacca, left me such a nice review: This fabric is one of my absolute favorites! I am so happy with it, it really is special. I love this shop! Who doesn't love … [Read more...] about Customer Profile: Meg Busacca and Her Amazing Masks
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Book Review: ‘The Golden Thread, How Fabric Changed History’ by Kassia St. Clair
"The industry of fabric is older than pottery or metallurgy and perhaps even than agriculture and stock-breeding. Cloth is the original technology." So writes Kassia St. Clair in the introduction to her 2018 book The Golden Thread, How Fabric Changed History*. It's a pithy statement, yet with it she hints at a thesis that the book amply — and entertainingly — defends throughout: that cloth … [Read more...] about Book Review: ‘The Golden Thread, How Fabric Changed History’ by Kassia St. Clair
Customer Profile: Vintage Fabric Pieces Make Cheery Home Art Gallery for Designer’s Grand Niece
Editor's Note: The first in an occasional series focused on Lady Virginia Vintage customers and their projects using our fabrics. Earlier this year I received a delightfully excited note from one of my fabric customers who had picked up a few vintage Kent-Bragaline pieces in my Etsy shop, Lady Virginia Vintage. "Hello! I just wanted to say thank you. I am the grand niece of Edward Bragaline … [Read more...] about Customer Profile: Vintage Fabric Pieces Make Cheery Home Art Gallery for Designer’s Grand Niece
Introducing my line of high-end fabric masks
At first I didn't think I wanted to produce a line of masks in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Even though I wrote an essay with a full-throated cry for fair pay for all the seamstresses out there (professional and hobbyists) who pivoted on a dime from their usual sewing and alterations work to mask-making, I still didn't think that I wanted to do it, for a couple of reasons: First, I mainly … [Read more...] about Introducing my line of high-end fabric masks
How I Got Addicted to Decorator Fabric Brands
Here it comes, the true confessions of a rabid fabric fan! Now, I’m not a schooled expert on fabrics for home decorators. I don’t work in the industry as a designer, and I'm not a fabric house mogul nor an academic textiles historian. I’m simply an antique and vintage fabric and textile seller who loves home decorator (and other) fabrics big time. Luxurious, intricate, richly colored, and … [Read more...] about How I Got Addicted to Decorator Fabric Brands
