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Helping Hands: Stitch Gathering for Ukraine With Tatter

Posted in Arts, Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, Vintage, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Image provided by Tatter.

Tatter, a Brooklyn based shop and education center for all things sewing and textiles, has put together a unique opportunity for us to help the people of Ukraine.

Join Tatter on Thursday March 17th, 11-12 (EST) for a virtual sewing circle with Ukrainian embroidery artist, Hanna Rohatynska. Attendees will learn to embroider a star, which is a traditional Ukrainian symbol of protection.

Suggested donation is $20 and all monies raised will go to selected organizations in Ukraine. Click here for more information.

What a soothing way to connect and learn and help, all at the same time. Count me in!

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Holiday Fashionable Quote of the Week

Posted in Arts, Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, Vintage, tagged , , , , , , , on December 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

This is my childhood stocking. It’s made from burlap and has seen many a Christmas morning.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

This week’s quote is from A Visit from St. Nicholas, by Clement Clarke Moore, 1822.

Stockings are a favorite Christmas tradition. When I was growing up, stockings were just for kids, but it seems now everyone gets one.

The story goes that in the 4th century CE good old St. Nicholas dropped some coins down the chimney of needy families and the coins just happened to slip into stockings hanging near the fire to dry. The idea caught on and eventually expanded into a Christmas Morning tradition. The first Christmas stockings would have been everyday plain but, by the early 20th century commercialized pre-packaged stockings were for sale as were embellished stockings.

I was recently reminded of the joys of Christmas stockings by a blog post, The Holiday Stocking written by Becca Carr from Tatter, a textile library located in Brooklyn. Tatter offers classes and unique items for sale, all to do with fabric. They also publish a journal and a blog called The Fold.

Here’s to Christmas stockings!

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