Resources


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INTERNET

Arachne's Web Server
Arachne's Web Server is dedicated to the lacemaker's art. Due to personal bias, the contents will tend to lean heavily towards 16th and early 17 century laces, and lacemaking in the SCA.

Bead Search
A great place to find Beading resources.

Bella-Online
The voice of women on the web.

Counted Cross Stitch Home Page
Counted Cross Stitch, Needlework, and Stitchery Page.

Craft Site Directory: Tatting

Cross Stitch Patterns
We offer a way to convert a special picture into a cross stitch pattern that will be unique and customized by you.

DanceTime Publications
The place to learn about dances of the past.

Davyne Dial Millinery
After many requests, I am now conducting a series of design classes, including: classic millinery instructions, silk rose classes, dyeing class for millinery and silk flowers.

Find Stitch
A great stitching resource, includes great thread conversion chats with color samples.

Gilded Age Tours
Join Gilded Age Tours as we rediscover Europe's elegant past in vintage fashions, lacemaking heritage, and vintage dance history. Our tours are fun and informative, and are led by experts in their fields.

Gilded Tours
Gilded Age Vintage Tours, featuring vintage clothing shopping tours of Paris, France.

Hairwork Society Website
This site has been developed for the purpose of networking anyone who is interested in the art of hairwork.

Hanky Blanks
Hanky Blanks is dedicated to being your favorite place to purchase rolled hemstitched hankies, runners, dresser scarves, embroidery transferred blanks and monogrammed hanky blanks. We offer personalized service and will do our best to supply you with the size blanks you require to make that special gift or heirloom.

High Strung Beads

Jan Davidson Custom Millinery
Jan Davidson Millinery designs custom, handblocked hats, bridal veils, and wedding headpieces for your delight. Designing a hat or veil suited specifically to your ensemble, lifestyle, and price consideration is our highest goal.

JewelryNet
The World Wide Web's one stop information and resource center for Jewelry related business.

Knots in Deed
Netting is created by tying knots over plastic, wood, or metal gauges called mesh sticks. It has been done for centuries. From the creation of fishing nets to the creation of beautiful lace, the skills were passed down from one generation to another. This is an attempt to acquaint people with the art of netting.

Layden With Stitches
From a favorite photo, YOU can create beautiful cross- stitch designs. Learn to convert your photos to cross-stitch designs for FREE using the step by step guides and tools. You'll find tips, resources, links, free patterns and more.

Machine Embroidery
Free information, links to embroidery designs and computer help for machine embroidery.

Millinery Design Classes

Millinery News
A resource for milliners, retailers, millinery suppliers, and anyone else interested in hat making (or wearing!)...

Mini Mind
Miniatures of all sorts and lots of links.

Mr. Tablecloth
Mr. Tablecloth is your home for beautiful tablecloths" Check out Mr. Tablecloth for lace and linen tablecloths
Mr. Tablecloth offers beautiful linen and lace tablecloths from the very affordable to the luxuriant. Please check our selection. We ship throughout the United States and are located in the beautiful Virgin Island of St. Thomas.

My Wedding Day
MyWeddingDay.com is the web's freshest and soon-to-be largest portal dedicated to helping you make your special day both perfect and stress-free.

Planet Patchwork
Where the world's quilters come for information and inspiration!

Secrets of Embroidery
This information-packed website is designed to help beginners learn all the tricks of the trade to create beautiful embroidery designs with their electronic sewing machines.

Serendipity Tours, L.L.C.
Travel and stitching for small groups of interested embroiderers. All tours include hands-on stitching workshops with designers and teachers in the area being toured.

Society for Creative Anachronism
The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), is an international organization dedicated to researching and recreating pre-17th Century European History. All persons interested in such study are invited to use these pages to obtain information about the SCA.

Tattered
The Tattered Web Site.

The Costume Loft
We specialize in spectacular one of kind costumes. We Rent, Sell and Design costumes for theater, television, masquerade, period style weddings, and holidays.

The Gilded Lily
This historically-driven periodical is the quarterly publication of The Ladies' Tea Guild and is devoted to helping you explore all aspects of 19th and early 20th century life.

The Heirloom Lace Web Page

The Textile Rooms
The Textiles Rooms want to be a virtual site where everyone can get free textile information and where, particularly, everyone can give information and to be known for that on the net.

This 'n' Tat
Tatting Lessons, Patterns and Resources.

Traditional Rugmaker's Homestead
The traditional folk arts of making rag rugs including shirred, standing wool, bohemian braid, crocheted, fabric tapestry, knitted, multiple strand braids, flat wrap, broomstick, Amish knot...well there are dozens of them!

Victorian Bridal Museum
House of Victorian Visions Bridal Museum

Victoriana
Resources for Victorian Living

Waisted
An informational site dedicated to corset making.

Wonderful Stitches WWW Page
A web site of resources for stitchery enthusiasts providing decorative patterns and designs for needlepoint, cross-stitch and other forms of decorative stitching.



MAGAZINES

ANNA
Anna Knitting & Needlecrafts, published monthly for the serious needlecrafter. With instructions, charts, iron-on transfers, worksheets and much
http://www.glpnews. com/Crafts/Anna.html

BEAD AND BUTTON
A remarkable achievement in the exploration of contemporary bead-work with how-to-do articles by leading artists with emphasis on bead knitting, the love of editor, Alice Korasch

BEAD AND BUTTON
PO Box 4520
Seattle, WA 98104
http://www2.beadandbutton. com/beadbutton/

FIBERARTS
With emphasis on weaving, all the textile arts are covered including quilting, felting and rugmaking. Focus is on contemporary artists, their environment and their unique contributions.

FIBERARTS
50 College St
Asheville, NC 28801- 2896
704-253-0467

Knit 'n Style
A contemporary bi-monthly knitting magazine featuring approximately 20 sweaters for all seasons--plus children's fashions, home decor, and gift items in a wide range of yarns.
http://www.knitnstyle.com

PIECEWORK
A marvelous resource with emphasis on the artist and the historical import of all aspects of the textile arts including tatting, beadwork and hairwork as well as the more recognizable techniques. Projects presented with emphasis on the understanding of the specific techniques

PIECEWORK
201 East Fourth St
Loveland, CO 80537

QUILTING ARTS
Quilting Arts covers a wide range of skills, includes exceptional how-to articles, answers readers' questions, features guest teachers and artists, and explores contemporary textile works, embellishments, and motifs.

QUILTING ARTS
Po Box 685
Stow, MA 01775
http://www.quiltingarts. com




ORGANIZATIONS

CROCHET GUILD OF AMERICA
The Crochet Guild of America is a not- for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art of crochet.
http://www.crochet.com
E-mail: CGOA@crochet.org

INTERNATIONAL OLD LACERS, INC.
A monthly bulletin, an annual convention, local chapters and lots of sharing for those involved in any aspect of lace. Some make it and other collect it and others just enjoy sharing interests. For bobbin lacers, tatters, needlelacers and knitters of lace.

INTERNATIONAL OLD LACERS, INC.
Po Box 554
Flanders, NJ 07836
http://members.aol.com/IOLinc/ioli. html

THE NATIONAL NEEDLEWORK ASSOCIATION (TNNA)
The professional organization for manufacturers, distributors and retailers of needlework supplies. A good resource for locating sources of supply.

THE NATIONAL NEEDLEWORK ASSOCIATION (TNNA)
PO Box 2188
Zanesville, OH 43702- 2188




COMMERCIAL

THE DMC CORPORATION
Sets the standard for the materials of needlework. Manufacturer of every variety of thread, many publications and lots of free literature and patterns for the consumer.

THE DMC CORPORATION
Port Kearney Bldg, #10
South Kearney, NJ 07032- 0650
http://www.dmc-usa.com




OTHER STUFF

Judicial Watch
A non-partisan, non-profit conservative foundation established to serve as an ethical and legal "watchdog" over U.S. government and judicial systems to promote needed political and legal reform.

Legislative Information on the Internet
The Thomas web site, the place to find legislative information and the Starr Report.

Media Research Center
Bringing political balance to the media.

The Drudge Report
Drudge News Reports

The Junk Science Home Page
"Junk science" is bad science used by: personal injury lawyers to shakedown deep pocket businesses; the "food police" and environmental Chicken Littles to fuel wacky social agendas; power-drunk regulators; cut-throat businesses to attack competitors; and slick politicians and overly ambitious scientists to gain personal fame and fortune.

The Science & Environmental Policy Project
Learn the otherside of Global Warming.

World Climate Report
World Climate Report is the nation's leading publication covering the breaking news concerning the science and political science of global climate change.





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