Stitching Times

I couldn't be more excited. This week I received my first shipment of American Made Brand fabrics. Have you heard about them?  ...

 Pet lover? My friend Alice isn't a woman I would have described as either a dog person or a cat person. When I first met her our w...

Canvas [ kan - vuh s] is a name given many fabrics. A closely woven cloth usually of cotton, but sometimes of hemp or linen, it is made...

Bengaline [ beng -guh-leen or beng-guh- leen ] was first made of silk in Bengal India , thus the French name of Bengaline (from Bengal )....

Batiste [buh- teest ] is a very fine and light weight balanced plain weave fabric, which is opaque. It is breathable and lends itself to...

Modern Single Treadle Spinning Wheel available from Heavenly Handspinning on Etsy.com I thought it might be interesting to cover the ...

That is my question. Every time I pick up another quilt book, magazine or look at something online I hear a different opinion. Over th...

Plain weave s are by far and away the most common of all fabrics used worldwide in all fiber types. In a plain weave the weft yarn passes o...

What’s in a name? It appears the answer is many things. Fabric names have been passed along from one product to another that is similar so t...

Several years ago I began writing a book about fabric. For a variety of reasons I never completed the project or published, but now I’m fee...