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Book Review: A Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield

June 24, 2008

A Perfect Red – Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire By Amy Butler Greenfield Harper Collins Publishers, 2005 The desire for a rich red permanent dye and pigment was a major factor in exploring and establishing global trade routes in the 16th and 17th centuries. Early Spanish explorers found that the [...]

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The Paisley Pattern: The Official Illustrated History by Valerie Reilly

June 5, 2008

This book was published in 1987 and was written by the Keeper of Textiles at the Paisley Museum in Paisley, Scotland. The book is much broader in its content than the title suggests. It is more generally about the 19th century reproduction ‘Kashmir’ shawls famous for their paisley designs [the so-called 'hundred-year fashion']. There are [...]

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Making Creative Baskets: Alternative Materials, Simple Techniques

September 18, 2007

This book covers basic basket making techniques rather briefly. The focus is on using unusual materials. Twining, coiling, plaiting, and other techniques each have a chapter along with the features of the materials traditionally used with that technique. For example, twining is done with rigid elements for stakes or spokes and more pliable elements for [...]

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Quilt of Belonging: The Invitation Project

September 18, 2007

This is not a weaving book, rather a record of an extraordinary textile project started by an Ontario fiber artist. People from every nation in the world, represented by a person or people living in Canada, were invited to sew a square showing a significant feature of the country of their heritage. First nations people [...]

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Thank you from the Guild Library

June 5, 2007

It is time to thank all the volunteers who have worked in the library during this past year: thank you volunteers. Three people come early so the library is open one hour before the meeting and open again during the break in the meeting making it possible for other members to browse and choose books [...]

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