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NicDaisy @nicdaisy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Lyon, France. Sample, 1780-1810. Silk, plain weave w/supp. patterning warps & wefts & pile warps form cut solid velvet; appliquéd w/linen; netting; embroidered w/silk floss; satin, padded satin, single satin,stem stitches; couching &French knots. © Chicage Art Institute #FAshionHistory🪡 🗃️

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A Printer's Sample Book, 1880-1881. The entire book has been digitized and is available to download, and includes 149 fabric samples, notes on dyes for printed #textiles. Thank you, #CooperHewitt collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/1857...

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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

"Glove with slits for fingernails" US Patent 12089671

Patent drawing of a glove with slits at the fingertips, with dashed lines illustrating very pointy nails extending out of the fingertips.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Took advantage of the email drop off to finally add the most recent batch of #C18th patterns onto my website. There are now 269 originally needlework designs freely available on the Lady's Magazine website: ladysmagazine.omeka.net Rather fond of this gentleman's neck handkerchief...

A scalloped edged, triangular design for a gentleman's neck handkerchief featuring stylised leaves.

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 27/03/2024

How to filter out AI Images in Google Image Search. Sharing this with my students so I figured I'd also share it with everyone here. Hopefully this image is still relevant given Google's changes. Save this on your computer or phone and refer to it as needed.

HOW TO FILTER OUT AI IMAGES IN GOOGLE IMAGES

When you type something add the following minus keywords: -ai, -prompt

Since AI movement increased highly in 2022, use "before:" like before:2021 (VERY effective)

The following keywords will affect and should decrease amounts of AI imagery appearing on your search.

Create, not scrape!

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Ever wondered why walking around museums is weirdly tiring? At normal speed our legs act like pendulums, swinging forward from the hip & saving us a huge amount of energy. In "museum shuffle" our muscles must do ALL the work of constant readjustment. So cake in the cafe is scientifically justified 🥳

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That Guy With The Books @guywiththebooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

What makes a miniature binding Extra? Embroidered? Check. Cracked mirror? Check. Funky bellows for tucking away notes and stuff? Triple Check. One more for the catalog.

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gabi @everrrbieber.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

exposed corset cage gown featuring heart and arrow, capturing cupid’s enduring love of psyche.

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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Medallion Class: Textiles-Embroidered Culture: China Medium: Silk; on silk; bound with silk; bordered with silk www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Medallion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Jenn Wong @jennwong.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

#Process In Corded Detached Buttonhole, the thread comes up on the right & goes down on the left to form the cord, then the needle comes up on the left just in front of the cord & the row is worked from left to right. For rounded shapes, I have to leave enough play in the cord to follow the curve

My embroidery needle holding the support cord next to the curve where I will be stitching, so I can judge how much play I need to preserve so the row will follow the curve smoothly

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JohannesVIII @johannesviii.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Repaired my fave jacket, got emotional, drew something about it

Comic in 4 pages. 1) OP as a teenager, female-presenting, with a ponytail, listening to music. "When I was 14, I had a jean jacket. It wasn’t great quality, but at least I wasn’t too uncomfortable in it." 2) "One day, a girl in my class said: "ooooh, nice jean jackeeet!"" OP turns around, surprised. "I felt cool, for once." 3) "My mother loved to repeat that in a falsetto voice to humiliate me, but I still loved that jacket." OP’s mother on a couch, to a mortified OP: "a jeaaaaan jackeeeeet??" 4) OP with the ponytail, then a bit older with short hair, then a bit older with even shorter hair. "Little by little, I started to figure out what was wrong. It took a while." 5) OP in a big coat, sitting on the floor, drawing. "At university, I was locked out of the apartment sometimes, so I wore the same big black coat for years. It was warm, and it hid my body quite well. Some people in my classes called me ‘the hobo’." 6) "I found that jean jacket in my closet four years after I moved out."

Page 2. 1) OP trying to wear the jacket again. "I was 25. No longer a malnourished teenager. The jacket didn’t fit anymore, and it was very worn." 2) "But I was wearing it anyway. I even added a patch from the catacombs on it." 3) OP jumping over a fence. The jacket is torn in the middle of the back. "And then, one day, I tore it while hopping a fence. The tear was huge, and impossible to repair cleanly." 4) The tear. "I considered throwing it away." 5) "But I put it back in the closet." 6) OP repairing the jacket. "In early 2020, at the beginning of the first lockdown, I decided to repair that stupid jacket, even if it had to be ugly. The more I wore this jacket, the more it was disintegrating anyway. At this point, I was just over thirty years old. And that’s when something started to change."

Page 3. 1) Obvious repair on the collar of the jacket. "I realised I loved visible repairs." 2) "I started sewing with white thread." 3) OP’s back, with large patches saying "whatever forever" and "see you in hell", with several small patches of birds and leaves around them. There’s repairs everywhere. "And then the shoulders cracked, so I made a denim lining inside and outside." 4) Scissors cutting the side of the jacket. "I had to make some tough decisions." 5) OP, with faint scars, wearing the jacket which is now made larger under the arms. "But I always loved the result." 6) Patches saying, among other things, "queer magic", "explorer", "wild nature", "the Cure", "Placebo", "Book smeller", "friend to bugs" and "Van Isle". "And I kept adding more patches! From bands I liked, and from places I enjoyed".

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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Notebook, 1801–1900 Place: Germany Medium: Leather binding; covers of velvet, embroidered with chenille and metal thread www.artic.edu/artworks/2113

A work made of leather binding; covers of velvet, embroidered with chenille and metal thread.

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Late sixteenth century blackwork on display at Antony House, Cornwall. More regular and much less free flowing design than my own latest project. Hard to get a good photo #textiletuesday #embroidery #blackwork 🪡

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Katie @eightylions.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Nobody told me the MFA currently has THEE Alexander McQueen hummingbird dress on view?!??!

Purple gown with a nude illusion back embroidered with hummingbirds and flowers

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Valerie Minnich @peridotmage.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

I've done a couple basic seven-string braids, no patterns, with embroidery floss, foam, & clothespins. Upgraded my kit to pre-wound bobbins, bobbin clips, & looms with more slots, but haven't used them yet 😭

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