Textiles enrich our lives. We preserve, repair, restore & display.
We are pleased and excited to share with you some of the Caring for Textiles team’s favorite textile books of all time. Read through this
By Julia M Brennan American quilts are truly a local art form and very much alive. In the little Western Slope Colorado town of Palisade
By Peyton Bramble During this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was fortunate to have an in-person summer internship with Caring for Textiles. I
By Kaitlyn Munro Have you ever wandered through a fashion exhibit and noticed the mannequins? Most of the time you shouldn’t! A lot of hard
Rub Rub a dub dub scrubb a dub dub dub scrubb a dub Summer whites? Fresh crisp linen trousers? Tomato, grass, red wine, soda, grease,
After a long year and a solitary winter, we find renewal in cleaning and refreshing many beautiful heirloom linens and dresses. Harbingers of happy days…fresh,
National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC presents a major exhibition It’s all about women, in particular the First Ladies! The new exhibition, curated by Gwendolyn DuBois
These dresses and outfits from “Ain’t Misbehavin’” are the bees knees! By Kaitlyn Munro I am sure many of you dear readers are either stuck
A First Woman Voter: Legare O’Bear by Julia M Brennan One of my most favorite jobs as a textile conservator is surveying massive collections. The
by Kaitlyn Munro Our World is suffering, and each of us suffers along with it. This post is our way of honoring Black Lives Matter
The fine feathers and detailed hues that characterize our feathered friends lend themselves to replication with needles and colorful threads. Whether free form machine embroidery,
Textile conservation is a solitary profession, characterized by hours of concentration, patience, eye-hand coordination, good light, keen eyes, and particular tools……it is in many ways…inherently,
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