http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24602964M/The_American_garment_cutter_for_women…
Open Library, great resource for hard to find books that maybe out of print.
This book is a good guide to drafting patterns. Book was written in 1904.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lccn&index=37718&key=TT%2000000820%20.C787%201875&c=c
This link takes you to the Knitting section…but you can search by call number, any call number…this is such a wonderful resource!
American Military Edged Weaponry Museum
Nifty museum of sharp and pointy and associated militaria…has a patch of the Mail–logo is a whippet or greyhound.
Call before going.
In the heart of Quilt Country and the Land of Eating…
http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/completelist.htm – all kinds of things here, mostly thread manipulation, not all for SCA period, but fascinating…..
http://www.gwu.edu/textilemuseum/
“The Textile Museum Joins The George Washington University
Increased exhibition space and engagement with the GW academic
community ensure a bright future
The Textile Museum and the George Washington University announced on
July 26 an affiliation whereby The Textile Museum will move to the
George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus to become a
cornerstone of a new museum scheduled to open in mid-2014.
Exhibitions and programs will be presented to the public in a
custom-built, approximately 35,000 square foot museum building
located at G and 21st Streets, bearing the names of both The Textile
Museum and the George Washington University Museum. The new museum
will include dedicated galleries for The Textile Museum, with
increased exhibition space compared to its present facilities. Until
the new museum opens, The Textile Museum will continue operating at
its current location.”
Textile Museum webpage
http://www.textilemuseum.org/
current Online Exhibition of interest:
Flowers of Silk and Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery
http://www.textilemuseum.org/fsg/index.html
One of the largest online library catalogs. Also gives the physical location of the desired book.
University of Delaware.
Lets the common folk in to look at the books and xerox the important bits.
Costs $$$ for a yearly membership that lets you check books out.
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