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1. Identifying sprang sashes
(Working with clothes)
... the meeting line between S and Z. These sashes have only S or else only Z twist in their stitches. The theory is that these sashes may have been made from extra long warps. Two sashes were made at the ...
2. Identification of Fabrics
(Working with clothes)
... as well. Gauze weave is often used in combination with other weaves just as another pattern.  Gauze has been used since the Renaissance as a kind of filet ground for stitching.       ...
3. Documentation
(Working with clothes)
... ones too. (See also Take a Closer Look at Costume, Identifying fibers, Identifying fabrics, Identifying lace and Identifying stitches) Measure carefully the main parts. Remember to note the units used. ...
4. Embroidery Stitches
(Working with clothes)
Identifying Stitches   Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member Anne Wanner-JeanRichard ICOM Costume Committee member   Clothes are held together ...
5. Identifying Lace: various names and techniques
(Working with clothes)
... to interlock and to loop stitches to create patterns   Cutwork and Needlework (is in fact more embroidery than lace) Cutwork is a needlework technique, which requires the drawing out of threads ...
6. Miser’s Purses
(Telling stories with clothes)
... and significance Further resources This silk crochet miser’s purse was worked in ombré roll stitches, a technique popular for miser’s purses in the 1870s. Miser’s purse, American, late 1870s ...
7. Dress and Personal Narrative
(Working with clothes)
... dress the Hmong diaspora in various parts of the world. Apart from the resist-dyed skirt and cross-stitched embroidery, the rest of the costume has been machine-made.   Children’s voice Children’s ...
8. Reconstructions
(Displaying clothes)
... copy is also an excellent way to study both textile technology and costume and fashion history. Observing how a garment is cut, stitched and tailored helps in understanding our cultural history. Some ways ...
9. Marking and Labeling Costume
(Working with clothes)
... is always a matter of compromise, to be determined by the individual conditions.   Hand-writing the number in ink on cotton tape which is then stitched into the garment. For: permanent, but ...
10. Coat for a Wounded Prince
(Telling stories with clothes)
... of blue ribbon ties. There are hidden pockets inside and outside on the coattails. One of the brass buttons and some wood shavings were found in one of the pockets. Stitched thread loops on the left ...
11. Handling Clothes
(Working with clothes)
... take a pattern of left or right half only to reduce the amount of handling. Make notes of all relevant details of cutting and stitching. Check measurements by making a toile (a copy in unbleached muslin ...
12. Guidelines
(Working with clothes)
... under a washable dustcover. Conservation involving washing or cleaning fluids and stitching should be done by a conservator, in consultation with the curator. If no conservator is available, cleaning, ...
13. Digital Costume Display - The Kings’ Costumes
(Displaying clothes)
... we have gone a step further, creating digital encounters unheard of in conventional exhibitions: turning the costume to see every detail and zooming in close enough to count threads and stitches. Kongedragter.dk ...
14. Take a Closer Look at Costume
(Working with clothes)
... stitches are one thing – a sewing technique is another. The stitch is the smallest component in practical sewing. Several stitches together form a seam. Depending upon how the seams, one or more, cooperate ...
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