An index of costume and costuming-related links, for the benefit of those who study and/or make costumes: costumers, students, historical re-enactors, science fiction fans, dancers, theatrical costumers, writers, and those interested in fashion, textile art, and costume history.
Annual event providing educational classes and programs regarding all aspects of costuming; from hands on workshops and demonstrations on costume-related projects, to lectures regarding the history of clothing and other costume subjects, as well as tours of local costume-related businesses and areas in Los Angeles.
The premiere venue for Costume-Con conferences & history, links to other Web-based costume resources, and places to go for other costume-related events and materials.
The Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm offers views of its textile collection which contains both wellpreserved fabrics and embroideries from the Middle Ages and more recent times and prehistoric fragments discovered by archaeologists.
Living in Early Medieval Europe in general and Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain in particular. Articles on textiles, nalebinding, tablet weaving, shoemaking and more.
One author's presentation of typical clothing of noblewomen in early England, after the time of William the First from Dion Clayton Calthrop's English Costume: I. Early English.
Supplying 18th and 19th century reproductions for living history, specializing in Historic Clothing, Camp Gear, Tents, Books, Music, Knives, Tomahawks, Oak kegs and other assorted goods for reenacting the periods from 1750 to 1840 especially the French & Indian War, American Revolution, and War of 1812.
Sample patterns, illustrations and videos for the most-used stitches in a variety of crafts, including knitting, crochet, crochenit, tatting, and embroidery.
Vickey Brickle-Macky offers charts for Celtic knotwork designs, Dragons, Creatures of Myth, and Pagan/Wiccan/American Indian Shamanism related designs.
Online fabric store for quilting, sewing and fashion, with over 14,000 fabrics in stock. eQuilter specializes in Asian-Pacific & contemporary quilt fabrics & batiks, and carries 100% cotton fabrics; plus tapestries, exotic rayon prints & imported silks! Japanese fabrics and Bali / Indonesian batiks start at 42" wide. All others are 44" unless otherwise indicated.
Buy a wide variety of fabrics at wholesale prices. Included are cotton, silk, linen, wool, blends, synthetics, prints, knits, woven, bridal and special occasion and home decorating fabric. Always a 100% money back guarantee. Club membership brings extra benefits.
An eclectic collection, inspired by such diverse sources as ancient Japanese screen paintings, the Botanical paintings of the naturalists, early English and Delft pottery, William Morris' fabric and wallpaper, and Classic design elements of the past 20 centuries. Useful tips and techniqes pages.
