danielle likes art

Coming along nicely! A bit wonky in the handles, but it is my first major project in quite a while. Sort of considering tearing them off and finding some nice, raw leather instead.

Hello, tapestry tote I started months ago. We meet again… And this time, I’LL FINISH YOU.

earwigbiscuits:

Upstairs room at Beauport, the summer home of decorator Henry Davis Sleeper; built in 1907, Gloucester, Massachusetts (via Decor Arts Now)

textilenerd:

knotoriginal:

yama-bato:

Textile bookbinding
The Netherlands, 1615-1620. Contents: Biblia. Leyden, Udrich Cornelijs, voor Jan Everss Cloppenburch en Isack Ianss Canin, 1615; Arthurus Dentus. Voet-pat der eenvoudigher menschen. Utrecht, Abraham van Herwijck, voor Hendrick Laurensz tot Amsterdam, 1614. 8º. - 345 G 17

earwigbiscuits:

How does my lady’s garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in a row!

From The Baby’s Opera: A book of old rhymes with new dresses by Walter Crane, 1877 (via Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University)

(via my-ear-trumpet)

omgthatdress:

Pierre Balmain dress ca. 1950-1955 via The Victoria & Albert Museum

theclotheshorse:

Charles Cushner, 1941

Click through to Disney designer Kevin Kidney’s blog, to feast your eyes on twelve color photos of women sporting incredible 1961 fashions in Disneyland settings! It’s probably the best thing I’ve ever seen.

Fabric sticker paper dolls.