Object: Gellbro needles

This is a call-and-response to l’Astronave’s post of Gellbro (Gell Bro?) needles. These are the Gellbro gold eyed sharps 15 Continue reading →

Snippet No. 3

A little snapshot of a corner of my apartment. My thread is there on the left in a strange thrift store thing Continue reading →

Study: star twist thread

As I mentioned before, textile ephemera is over-represented in the thrift store world. Here we’ve got cotton thread that’s been “mer’c’d” (mercerized, Continue reading →

Study: dressmakers pins

  A little bit of vintage typography for a Saturday afternoon. For whatever reason, vintage sewing ephemera seems to show up more Continue reading →