Local Sewing and Stitchery Expo Yields Hidden Treasures...

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Vintage Japanese Bingata Katazome Kimono Sleeve - Katazome (stencil-picture-dyeing) is a very old and traditional form of dyeing images on fabric believed to have originated in Okinawa where it is called bingata..

Vintage Japanese Kimono Silk Remnant - the russet leaf of the Japanese Maple is a popular pattern typically worn in Autumn.

Vintage Millinery Grosgrain Ribbon - Corded ribbon of cotton/rayon with edges that allow it to be swirled in a circle in hat-making; also called belting when used in garments.

Buttons and Buckle made of:

Bakelite - Recognized as the world's first synthetic plastic.
Catalin - Heavy, hard as brass plastic with Bakelite qualities.
Casein - Another form of early plastic also used in paint, glue and fiber products.
Celluloid - Referred to as French Ivory (table tennis balls are made from Celluloid).

Vintage Soutache Braid - A soutache is narrow flat decorative braid.

Vintage French Silk Velvet Ribbon with Cluny Lace - Cluny lace, inspired by lace samples originally worked during the 16th century and made popular during the mid-nineteenth century, is made from coarse linen threads.



Imagine the beautiful coats Dana will design with these extraordinary materials…