ISSUE #1: Oct/Nov. 1985
Page Count: 82
TABLE OF CONTENTS

• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Making a round cord
    by Jean Leavitt
    Washing embroideries
    by Shirley Sacks
    Knitting in close quarters
    by Ruth S. Galpin
    Taping a straight line
    by Maria Giganti, Carol Clyne
    Making Buttonholes
    by Ruth S. Galpin
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Why do colors flee the light?
    A: Deborah Lerme Goodman
  • NOTES:
    Shearing the Sheep
    by Deborah Lerme Goodman
    Two textile artists honored: Kay Sekimachi, Marianne Strengell
    by unknown
    The flexible medium
    by B. Levine
    The Textile Museum turns 60
    by Deborah Lerme Goodman
    The desperate need for chartreuse
    by Constance Phillips
    New "trade" shows
    by Robbie Fanning
    Silicon sewing machine
    by Robbie Fanning
    What ails the apparel industry?
    by Deborah Cannarella
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HEIRLOOMS:
    Ten Years of Crochet
    by Deborah Cannarella
  • Clips
• FEATURES
  • Freestyle Embroidery(tutorial)
    by Caroline Dahl
  • Dyeing Gold and Yellow(tutorial)
    by Edna Blackburn
  • Resisting Dyes
    by Wendy Northup
  • The Basic Knitting Machine
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • A Sweater to Knit by Hand or Machine(pattern)
  • Inside an Expensive Outfit
    by Mary Galpin
  • A Versatile Jacket
    by Joyce Hannah
  • Bringing Tapestry into the 20th Century
    by Joanne Mattera
  • Making a Gobelins-Style Tapestry
  • Chilkat Spinning(tutorial)
    by Alena Samuel
  • Dazzling with Sequins(tutorial)
    by Barbara Shomer Kelsey
  • All That Glitters:
    Shisha by Machine
    by Robbie Fanning
  • Designing the Warp:
    Identifying Fibers
    Chart A: Spin and Ply
    Chart B: Burn Test
    Chart C: Feel and Dye Tests
    Chart D: Fiber Shrinkage and Strength by Jeanne Criscola
  • Fabric About Fabric:
    Junichi Arai's computer creates a textile fo the 80s
    by Deborah Cannarella
  • Back Cover:
    Claire Zeisler's Fragments and Dashes

Magazine Title: Taunton's THREADS
Editor(s): Oct/Nov. 1985 - Jan. 1988: John Kelsey;
Feb/March 1988 - Jan. 1992: Betsy Levine;
Feb/March 1992 - Sept. 1994: Amy T. Yanagi;
Oct/Nov. 1994: Suzanne La Rosa;
Jan. 1995 - Jan. 2002: Christine Timmons;
Feb. 2002 - ???: Carol Spier;
Mar. 2006 - Dec. 2008: Amber Eden;
Mar. 2009 - ???: Carol Fresia;
Publication Frequency: Bi-Monthly
Began Publication: Oct./Nov. 1985
Ended Publication: Ongoing
Published by: The Taunton Press, Inc., Newtown, CT
Average Page Count: Unknown
Magazine Dimensions(ht. x w.): Oct. 1985 - Jan. 1990: 12" x 9"; Feb. 1990 - ???: 11" x 9";
ISSN: 0882-7370

NOTE: ALL COVER IMAGES THIS PAGE ARE PROPERTY OF
PUBLISHER, but are scanned from my private collection.

SUMMARY: This started as a general forum for textile artists, and a consistantly excellent publication(and stayed excellent, just for different reasons). Though it does offer some patterns with various articles on techniques or tutorials, it is most definitely NOT a craft magazine. It started as more of a trade journal hybrid for people curious about other disciplines having to do with thread/yarn. It covered cultural context of textiles, gave tutorials, and gave beautifully photographed examples of all the various disciplines. I find it fascinating. As it went along, "THREADS" focused more on clothing and quilting, and dropped weaving and knitting entirely, then refined its content even further to focus almost entirely on couture clothing. It's still awesome. There's all sorts of nifty tricks to be learned from the pages of this magazine, whether you're a clothes horse or not.

I started buying back issues at first for early Colette Wolff and a Carolyn Vosburg Hall article. I have most of a run now(though I'm missing some large chunks from most recent years), so I'm setting up the bib page, but because the issues are a little too large for my small scanner, I'm having to wait to put up the covers with the page(so the blank spots do not mean the page isn't loading correctly). I could put them all up with about 1/4" missing down both sides of the image, but I'd rather wait to do the work right. I have added incentive now, as I've recently acquired a huge lot of "HOME ARTS" and "MODERN PRISCILLA" from the 1920's and 1930's!

There aren't many tatting articles - only four(4) as of this writing:

"Tatting(tutorial)", by Betty Suter(Aug/Sept. 1986)
"Tatting Through Belgium", by Karey Solomon(Feb/March 1992)
"Tieing Off Tatting", by Kaethe Kliot(Oct/Nov. 1993)
"Attaching Tatted Lace", by Shelby Smarte(Aug/Sept. 2009)


They have a website: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/ for subscriptions.

They also have an awesome (SEARCHABLE!!!) on-line INDEX as well: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/magazine-index for finding the information you need! If all magazines did this, I'd have felt no need to build a bibliography. If you are looking for specific articles, I strongly recommend you go there.

Anyone with more information about this publication can contact me through My Contact Page.

Taunton's THREADS Bibliography

YEAR 1986: 6 BIMONTHLY ISSUES

Issue #2: Dec/Jan 1986
Page Count: 87
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Sewing Handwovens
    by Sandra Betzina
  • A Visit with Anni Albers
    by Martina Margetts
  • A Shape of Socks(tutorial):
    How to Knit Eyelet-rib Bobby Socks
    by Theresa Gaffey
  • Spindle and Distaff
    Described process of spinning wool
    by Gemma Florentine
  • Where's the Sport in Sportwear?
    by Richard McComb
  • A Coat from a Blanket
    by Gerlinda Denecke
  • Learning to See Pattern
    by Skye Morrison
  • Succeeding with the Knitting Machine:
    Rebecca Sparks
    Susan Summa
    Jacquelyn Roesch-Sanchez
    Mickey Nushawg
    by Joanne Mattera
  • Buttons
    by Deborah Abbott
  • Homemade Felt(tutorial)
    by Heather March
  • The Ins and Outs of Hand Quilting
    by Maria Giganti, Carol Clyne
  • Weft Twisting(tutorial)
    by Joyce Ronald Smith
  • Back Cover:
    Sky Curtain
    by Jeanne Leffingwell
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Lining patch pockets
    by Shirley Kates
    Easy elastic
    by Marsha Stein
    Sleeves that won't twist
    by Marsha Stein
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Disposing of dyestuffs
    A: Robert Stetson
    Q: Flameproofing fabrics
    A: Marsha Stein
    Q: How to mark darts
    A: David Dobsevage,
    Marsha Stein,
    Ruth Galpin
  • NOTES:
    Three moods of hooking rugs
    by B. Levine
    Quilt National '85
    by Helen Oakley
    After the Ribbon
    by Robbie Fanning
    Here are the last of the hatters
    by Cathy Shufro
    Two magazines are sold and moved:
    Handmade,
    Needlepoint News
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HEIRLOOMS:
    When Jeremy Learned to Knit
    by Beth Hayes
  • Supplies

ISSUE #3: Feb/March 1986
Page Count: 87
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Color Forecasting
    by Linda Dyett
  • Jeans: The Inside Story
    by Deborah Lerme Goodman
  • Two Styles of Buttonholes(tutorial for knitting)
    by Maggie Righetti
  • Knitters Meet in Baltimore
    by Mary Galpin
  • Stretching Fabric in Small Spaces:
    5 methods for dyers and surface designers
    by Julie Levy
  • From White-on-White to Color:
    Elizabeth Gurrier in Transition
    by Meg Currie
  • Rag Rugs
    by Johanna Erickson
  • Needles, Loopers, and Knives:
    consumers guide to overlock machines
    by Robbie Fanning
  • Draping a Blouse:
    cowl-neck shirt from tissue to muslin to pattern
    by Ellen Sperry
  • Stitches for Silk-and-Metal Embroidery
    by Lynn Payette
  • Combining Weave Structures:
    multiple threading system for 8-harness loom
    by Rhoda London
  • Log Cabins:
    traditional quilt pattern
    by Judith Ann Larzelere
  • Basket Willow:
    cultivating and gathering the withy
    by Carol Hart
  • Knitting with Colors
    by Kaffe Fassett
  • Possessed by Color
    by Irene Preston Miller
  • Back Cover:
    Nek Chand's Fantasy Garden
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Easy to make bias tube
    by Mrs. Tom Gerson
    Indigo dyeing
    by Shelley Karpilow
    Keeping track of knitting
    by Olive Crook, Barbara Shomer Kelsey, Sara Tayloe
    Rods for wall hangings
    by Barbara Shomer Kelsey
    Makeshift Weaving bobbins
    by Nancy Gildersleeve
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Silverfish and firebrats
    A: Textile Conservation Center of the Museum of American Textile History
    Q: How to pick up and knit
    A: Charlotte Biro
    Q: Making tassels
    A: Nancy Welch
    Q: Follow-up on flameproofing
    A: Susan Rawlings
  • NOTES:
    Spinners explore markets, ideas
    by Stanley Bulbach
    Jacquard Jacquard
    by K.M. Laing
    Hot and cold running fiber
    by Constance Phillips
    The hobby of queens
    by Georgia M. Rogers
    Peter Collingwood n textile structures
    by B. Levine
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HEIRLOOMS:
    Great-Grandmother's Linens
    by Joanne Mattera
  • Supplies

ISSUE #4: Apr/May 1986
Page Count: 87
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Hot-Air Balloons:
    Sewing Mountains of Material
    by Linda Theil
  • Making an Open-Weave Basket(tutorial)
    by Carol Hart
  • All About Knitting Needles:
    what to know before you buy
    by Linda Dyett
  • Sewing with Silk
    by Janet Stoyer
  • Knitting for a Living:
    Lucy Lyman
    Betty Hughes
    June Sulikowski
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Making a Great Shirt Collar(tutorial)
    by David Page Coffin
  • Mastering the Art of Hand Applique
    by Colette Wolff
  • Easy Striped Knits
    by Barbara G. Walker
  • Doup Leno
    by Hella Skowronski, Sylvia Tacker
  • Limited-Edition Vests
    by Joy Stocksdale
  • Girls Who Wear Cactus
    by Estelle Akamine
  • Back Cover:
    The Chateau de Balleroy Balloon
    by Cameron Balloons in England
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Crochet a waistband
    by Marilyn J. Panter
    Custom-fit shoulder pads
    by Marsha Stein, Shirley Kates
    Yarn markers
    by Elizabeth Rothman
    Reed-sleying hooks
    by Nancy Gildersleeve
    Setting in knitted sleeves
    by Marne Chandler
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Pockets in a reversible fabric
    A: David Dobsevage
    Q: Fade testing
    A: Charlie Collins
  • NOTES:
    Mechanical marvels: knitting machines
    by Patricia Byers
    Fiber R/Evolution
    by Jane Brite
    Quilting bee among the Amish
    by Judy Kellar Fox
    Quilters flock to Houston festival
    by Colette Wolff
    The silk makers
    by Helen Claire Howes
    Visiting the kimono schol
    by Joyce Hannah
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HEIRLOOMS:
    Linen Bed Sheets
    by Mary Galpin
  • Supplies

ISSUE #5: June/July 1986
Page Count: 87
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Sewing Swimsuits
    by Grace Callaway
  • From Baskets to Blankets
    by Cheryl Samuel
  • Why Bother with Natural Dyeing
    by Stanley Bulbach
  • Darn That Hole
    by Lilo Markrich
  • Imitating the Silkworm:
    Will we ever learn to love polyester?
    by G.R. Stetson, C. Shufro, D. Danaher
  • Ellen Hauptli's Polyester Pleasts
  • By the Yard:
    Fran Mather
    Constance La Lena
    by Joanne Mattera
  • The Edges of Knitting:
    catalog of one- and two-stitch selvages
    by Theresa Gaffey
  • The Showmaker's Art
    by Gaza Bowen
  • Texture Stitches for Needlepoint
    by Rosalie Hamer
  • The Costume of a Plain People:
    Amish Dress
    by Kate Schiess
  • Beyond Quilting: Elizabeth Busch
    by Linda Dyett
  • Back Cover:
    Fragile Landscape
    by Larry Lippold
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Even A-line hems
    by Ruth S. Galpin
    Neater Hems
    by B. Randy Jonstone
    An Easy Way to Gather Fabric
    by Corinne Elworth
    Stitching in the ditch
    by Janaford Jones
    Transfer dots for smocking
    by Elizabeth Mattfield
    Wax removal
    by Sarah Young
    A safety tip for fiber-reactive dyes
    by Carolyn Hendricks
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Washing an Antique Rug
    A: Patricia Ewer
    Q: Toxicity of Wax
    A: Ted Rickard
    Q: Follow-up on Silverfish/Firebrats
    A: Verlynn Frost
    Q: Follow-up on picking up and knitting
    A: Jean Dickinson
  • Notes:
    Artisans from China work silken magic
    by Janice Steinhagen
    Fiber R/Evolution
    by Betsy Levine
    Plucking Angora Rabbits
    by Patricia Byers
    Polyester in Japan
    by Andrea Stix Wasserman
    Sewing without Singer?
    by Mary Galpin
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Supplies
  • Humor: The Power of Fashion
    by Larry Green

ISSUE #6: Aug/Sept. 1986
Page Count: 99
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Not Necessarily Seventh Ave.:
    Eva Goodman
    Kevin Emard
    Kathleen Crawford
    Patricia Clyne
    by Linda Dyett
  • Exploring a Knitted Pattern
    by Margaret Righetti
  • Painting and Brocading on the Loom
    by Bhakti Ziek
  • Crewel Gardens: Joanna Reed
    by Anne S. Cunningham
  • Methods of Multicolored Knitting(tutorial)
    by Maggie Righetti
  • Techniques of Haute Couture:
    Designer Charles Kleibacker teaches fundamentals
    by Elizabeth A. Rhodes
  • Dyes from the Herb Garden
    by Helen King
  • Antique Spinning Wheels
    by Deborah Lerme Goodman
  • Tatting(tutorial)
    by Betty Suter
  • Machine-Knit Popcorns:
    Three Techniques
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • The Hammock:
    Twining, Looping, Sprang
    by Penelope Drooker
  • Back Cover:
    Liberty Quilts
    by Carol Anne Grotrian
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Quick Cordmaker
    by Jane Taubensee
    Back-and-forth knitting
    by Shelley Cypher
    Variagated Knitting
    by Ruth Galpin
    More uses for plastic bread-bag closures
    by Roberta Sue Gibstein
    To soften an itchy sweater
    by Shelley Karpilow
    Neat Knots
    by Ilya Sandra Perlingieri
    To thread a needle
    by Mary E. Weaver, Susan Morin, Lois Morrison
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: What Sewing Machine to Buy
    A: Claire Shaeffer
    Q: Colcha embroidery
    A: Lynn Payette
    Q: What Knitting machine to buy
    A: Susan Guagliumi
    Q: Stringing Beads A: Leba Freed
  • Notes:
    Auctioning rugs among the Navajo
    by Ruth-Claire Marcus
    Sisal for Hammocks
    by Joyce Hannah
    Making Clothes in Colonial Style
    by Gitta Morris
    Tons of quilts at Liberty Festival
    by Colette Wolff
    Contemporary Tapestry
    by Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum
    On designing fabric for suits
    by Pat Byers
    Patches on patches
    by Kandra Hahn
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HEIRLOOMS:
    Hey, Sailor, Let Me Shorten Yor Sleeve
    by Elizabeth Violante

ISSUE #7: Oct/Nov. 1986
Page Count: 91
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Surface Attraction
    by Joanne Mattera
  • A Perfect Pair of Pants:
    How to adjust the fit
    by Sally Cowan
  • Quilt Notebook:
    The Art Quilt
    by Penny McMorris, Michael Kile
    Punch and Poke: Quilting Without Thimbles
    by Sandra Millett
    Quilter Group Fit Ideas to Theme of Gift
    by Linda Lowman Barnett
  • Knitters, Make a Trip to the Fabric Store
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Tapestry Gunner:
    Electric Punch Needles
    by Patti Henry
  • Techniques for Better Weaving
    by Peggy Osterkamp
  • Knitting a Seamless Sweater
    by Elizabeth Zimmermann
  • Beading on Leather
    by Wendy Ellsworth
  • The Tuxedo 100 Years Later
    by Cathy Shufro
  • A Little Blue Dress
    by David Dobsevage
  • Vermont's Green MOuntain Spinnery
    by Nan Levinson
  • Costumes of Royal India
    by Betsy Levine
  • Back Cover:
    Point of View
    by Renie Breskin Adams
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • ERRATA FOR:
    "Baskets to Blankets"
    No. 5, Jun/July 1986
    "Techniques of Haute Couture"
    No. 6, Aug/Sept 1986
  • TIPS:
    Quilting by machine
    by Edith Frankel
    Wisp knitting
    by Margaret S. Peterson
    Waistband Closures
    by Shirley Kates
    Thread Eyes
    by Shirley Kates
    Striped knits and the Needlemaster
    by Thomas Walsh
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Men's patterns
    A: David Page Coffin
    Q: Nonsagging stockinette stitch
    A: Jean Dickinson
    Q: Testing washfastness
    A: Charlie Collins
  • NOTES:
    Really big show
    by unknown
    Design supermarket
    by Wendy Northup
    Pacific Basic School closes
    by Rhoda London
    Amazing lace on Venetian isle
    by Joanne Mattera
    Getting away close to home
    by Kate Hearst
    English Costume Society symposium
    by R.L. Shep
    What's in a bale of used kimonos?
    by Ruth-Claire Marcus
    Why sewing is sagging
    by Mary Galpin
    Crochet pattern for pinwheel spread
    by Deborah Cannarella
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Index: Threads 1-6
  • COMMENT:
    Nose To the Grindstone
    by Constance Phillips
  • Supplies

YEAR 1987: 6 BIMONTHLY ISSUES

Issue #8: Dec/Jan 1987
Page Count: 83
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • New Twist on Resist
    by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Shelley Karpilow
  • A Textural Approach to Arashi Shibori
    by D'Arcie Beytebiere
  • Perfecting the Pocket
    by David Page Coffin
  • Lamé
    by Ann Boyce
  • Double-Weave Pick-Up:
    Designing with color on a four-harness loom
    by Cynthia H. Neely
  • Drawn Threadwork
    by Marie-Pierre Duroy
  • Fair Isle Knitting:
    pattern chart
    designing a Fair Isle gansey
    by Alice Starmore
  • Cut, Paste, and Copy
    by Colette Wolff
  • The Body as Canvas
    by Harold Koda
  • Thread Weaving:
    textural fabric from the knitting machine
    by Joan Sample
  • Spinning Mohair in Lesotho
    by Mary Ann Snieckus
  • Back Cover:
    Stepping Out
    by Lenore Davis
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • ERRATA:
    "Techniques for Better Weaving"
    No. 7, Oct/Nov 1986
  • TIPS:
    Hanging sweaters and yarns
    by Gladys Shue, Sharon Lappin
    Strip-quilted rounds
    by Margaret Horton
    Fair Isle self-labels
    by Gloria Babiarz
    Wrinkle-free patterns
    by Linda Kuras
    Patch pocket without topstitching
    by M.E. Mackay
    Managing balls of yarn
    by Esther Rumaner
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Perfect waistbands
    A: Grace Callaway
    Q: Cardigan front bands
    A: Maggie Righetti
    Q: Wool quilt batting
    A: Eleanor stanwood
  • NOTES:
    How I design
    by Mary jane Miller
    Convergence '86
    by Ruth-Claire Marcus
    Lace and cashmere
    by The Textile Museum
    Impressions of an exposition
    by Julie Levy
    Raising Angora goats in Texas
    by Sue Franklin
    Robots can sew too
    by Debrah Lerme Goodman
    Nicaraguan tapestries
    by Judy Branfman
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    Tongue in Chic
    by Janet Rosen
  • Supplies

ISSUE #9: Feb/March 1987
Page Count: 87
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • The Poetry of Sleeves
    by Rebecca Lanxner Nebesar
  • A Flourishing Art: China
    by Gail Rossi
  • A Flourishing Art: USA
    by Wendy Porter-Francis
  • Knitting with Cotton
    by Linda Dyett
  • My Affair with King Cotton
    by Sue Franklin
  • Shared Workspace May Be Just What You Need
    by Julie Levy
  • Plain-Sewn Linen Shift
    by Kathleen Smith
  • Computers and Weavers
    by Janet A. Hoskins
  • Bobbin Lace on a Grand Scale
    by Robin S. Lewis
  • Selling Handmade Fashions
    by Victoria Leslie
  • Crocheting Wearable Fabric
    by Mary McGoveran
  • Imagery Is Personal in Tapestry Today
    by Valerie Clausen
  • Back Cover:
    Safety-Pin Jacket
    by Mark Mahall
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • ERRATA:
    "Tongue in Chic"
    No. 8, Dec/Jan 1987
    "Techniques for Better Weaving"
    No. 7, Oct/Nov 1986
  • TIPS:
    Wearing heirloom linens
    by Jean Dickinson
    No-snag elastic
    by Lisa Weatherall
    Smocking on machine knits
    by D. Bird
    Managing yarn end on knitting machine
    by Enid Zucker
    Marking and altering patterns
    by Mary Bright, David Coffin
    Cutting bias strips
    by Mary E. Weaver
    Shibori tip
    by Yoshiko Iwamoto
    The perfect spinner's apron
    by Carol Clivio
    Untangling yarn bobbins
    by Mrs. M. Harrison
    Making sweater "muslins"
    by Nan D. Carlson
    Photocopying textiles
    by Ruby Moore
    Keeping track of the grain
    by Diane J. Whipple
    Pleated shoulder pads
    by Pat Norman
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Repairing pants pockets
    A: Grace Callaway
    Q: Lengthening a finished sweater
    A: Maggie Righetti
    Q: Age spots on quilt
    A: Patricia Ewer
  • NOTES:
    Kashmir East and West
    by Elisabeth Mikosch
    Surface designers meet in Nantucket
    by Wendy Northup
    Shirtmaker from a small planet
    by David Page Coffin
    Painted cloth gardens on wheels
    by Don Willcox
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • COMMENT:
    A New Look at Crochet
    by Annette lep
  • Supplies

ISSUE #10: Apr/May 1987
Page Count: 87
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Color Blending in Needlepoint(technique)
    by Lloyd Walton Blanks
  • Battenberg Lace
    by Jules, Kaethe Kliot
  • Making Swirly Skirts
    by Grace Callaway
  • Knitted Yarn Over
    by Shirley W. MacNulty
  • Irons, Boards and Presses
    by David Page Coffin
  • Dyes from Mushrooms
    by Miriam Rice
  • Gilding the Lily:
    Embroidery Stitches in Victorian Crazy Quilts
    by Miriam Rice
  • How Madame Grès Sculpts with Fabric
    by Arlene Cooper
  • Weaving in the Desert:
    How Bedouin women make a loom
    by Janet Doub Erickson
  • Making Sense of Interfacing
    by Margaret Deck Komives
  • Double Lives:
    Patsy Allen
    Nancy Guay
    Pat Kinsella
    by Joanne Mattera
  • Knitting-Machine Geometries:
    Short-row and Slip - ideal intarsia techniques
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Converting Images into Sweaters
    by Rachel MacHenry
  • Back Cover:
    Hooking wild Horses
    by Marguerite Zorach
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Hand-rolled hems
    by Tricia Klem
    Sweaters in the round without steeks
    by Carol Gordon
    Retrieving spilled beads
    by Letitia Harris
    Knitters need baggies!
    by Melissa Yoder
    How to splice yarn
    by Lois Albrecht
    Removing bloodstains
    by Mary Ann Hickey
    Machine-eased sleeve caps
    by Janet Earnhardt
    Buttons with bite
    by Cherie Owings
    Machine-stitched gift wrap
    by Emma Olmstead
    De-pilling Woolens
    by Beth Kabat
    Managing knitting patterns
    by Mrs. Robert Carlson
    Winding bobbins on the spinning wheel
    by Murial Waite
    Easy covered buttons
    by Amy T. Yanagi
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Skirts become culottes
    A: Rebecca Nebesar
    Q: Industrial sewing machines at home
    A: Claire Shaeffer
    Q: Custom-shaped sweaters
    A: Jean Dickinson
    Q: Stumpwork
    A: Sylvia Fishman
    Q: Enlarging patterns
    A: Colette Wolff
    Q: Washing cotton sweaters
    A: Laura Malis
    Q: Downproof cotton
    A: Mavra Simon
    Q: Building a loom
    A: Loom Construction by Hjert von Rosenstielm
  • NOTES:
    Quilting for world peace
    by Cathy Shufro
    Fashionable quilts
    by Colette Wolff
    To be not a brute, Rousseau made lace
    by L.R. Hedrick
    Ewe can't win this wrestling match
    by Patricia Byers
    Bit of rope turns cloth into dancer's costume
    by Leslie Grace
    International Textile Competition
    by Kyoto
    Lace and lectures
    by Betty Suter Feldman
    Quilt lovers take notice
    by American Quilter's Society Show
    Artwear '87
    by The Textile Council
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Comments:
    Letting Knitting Happen
    by Joyce Edwards
  • Supplies

ISSUE #11: June/July 1987
Page Count: 83
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Balenciaga, the Architect of Elegant Clothing
    by Harold Koda
  • Embroidery for the Goddess:
    Eastern European Women's Folklife
    by Mary B. Kelly
  • Shapely Curves
    by Janice Anthony
  • The Drafter, the Draper, the Flat Patternmaker
    by Rebecca Nebesar
  • The Greatest Sew on Earth:
    sewing circus costumes
    by Georgia M. Rogers
  • Shetland Lace
    by Alice Korach
  • Putting Knitted Pieces Together(tutorial)
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Piecing Cloth to Harness the Wind:
    Making Sails
    by Larry Montgomery
  • Weaving Table Linens
    by Barbara Smith Eychaner
  • Crochet Inspired by the Trees
    by Ellen Moon
  • So There Is a Use fr Fancy Machine Stitches
    by Elizabeth Lee Richter
  • Turkish Marbling on Cloth or Paper
    by Rhoda London
  • Back Cover:
    Beaded Fish
    by Christine Olsen Reis
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Magazine tip locator
    by Barbara Jean Moulder
    Marking quilt tops
    by Dawn Lesley Stewart
    How to wind yarn loosely
    by Dorothy Collins
    Threading a needle and pulling it through
    by Rene F. Joyce, Muriel Waits, Helen Thorkelsen
    Send along a yarn label
    by Elizabeth Mattfield
    Managing ribbon yarn
    by Avis Irey
    Attaching trims by Machine
    by Doris Gray
    Crocheted edgings on wovens
    by Elizabeth Meineke
    Ready-made waistband elastic
    by Jeanne Schimmel
    Homemade yarn bobbins
    by Gloria Albert
    Multipurpose bobbin thread
    by Anna Maria Balzarini
    Managing twisted knitting yarns
    by Debbie Ott
    Straining dyestuffs
    by Susan Doerr
    Buttons in half the time
    by Mary Applegate
    Correcting shifting necklines
    by Phyllis Rosen
    Quick spaghetti straps
    by Ilya Sandra Perlingieri
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Waistband elastic
    A: Grace Callaway
    Q: Repairing sun-damaged silk
    A: Cheryl Kolander
  • NOTES:
    When is art fashion, and fashion art?
    by Richard Martin
    These toes won't drown in tears of clown
    by Larry Montgomery
    "Interfacing" at craft museum
    by The American Craft Museum
    The one who dies with the most stuff wins!
    by Susan Guagliumi
    Lucky lessons from two grand women
    by Constance Dee
    Old shoes keeping honourable company
    by Valerie Clausen
    Millions of swatches at FIT
    by Alan Kennedy
    Spinning fleece for peace
    by Peter Hagerty
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • COMMENT:
    Night Stories
    by Virginia White
  • Supplies

ISSUE #12: Aug/Sept. 1987
Page Count: 87
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Painted-Silk Clothing
    by Peggy Juve
  • Making a Panel Dress
    by Peggy Juve
  • Traditional Rug Hooking with a Twist
    by Janet Doub Erickson
  • Microchips in the Sewing Room
    Model Comparison Chart
    by Robbie Fanning
  • Sampler of Knit Edgings and Applied Trims
    by Deborah Newton
  • Ready for the Needle
    by David Page Coffin
  • Finger Weaving(tutorial)
    by Karen Coody Cooper
  • Layered Trapunto(tutorial)
    by Lois Morrison
  • Handsewing Stitches(tutorial)
    by Grace Callaway
  • Decorative Ribbon Work(tutorial)
    by Candace Kling
  • 20th Century Riccon Sculptress, Candace Kling
    by Sandra Betzina
  • Knitting Round on Straight Needles(tutorial)
    by Bee Borssuck
  • Japan's Masterful Embroideries:
    Fukusa
    by Lilo Markrich
  • Perfect Fit
    by Alice Allen
  • Back Cover:
    Candy's Sampler
    by Candace Kling
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • ERRATA:
    "Making Sense of Interfacing"
    No. 10, Apr/May 1987
    "Shetland Lace"
    No. 11, Jun/July 1987
  • TIPS:
    Quick elegant wraparounds
    by Carol Clivio
    Storing interfacing
    by Lynn Teichman
    Handknitting markers
    by Dorothy Bird
    Handy point turner
    by Edith Frankel
    Unsticking Needles
    by Martha F. Fee
    Simplifying knit pants patterns
    by Ann Schroedle
    Bread-tag thread snag
    by Shelley-Jo Noll
    No-nip seap ripper
    by Ruth Galpin
    Coping with elastic thread
    by Helen Ettinger
    Handling cross-stitch patterns, yarns
    by Josette Kilmer, Sue Fruth
    An easy hem
    by B. Randy Johnstone
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Tambour embroidery
    A: Janet Else
    Q: Knitting for petites
    A: Mary Smith
    Q: Monogramming machines
    A: Robbie Fanning
    Q: Buttonholes in boiled wool
    A: Mary W. Smith
    Q: Crocheted Socks
    A: Mary McGoveran
  • Notes:
    Rapt With Ribbons
    by Sandra Nager
    Half Magic, Half Fiber(dollmaking)
    by Nancy Parry
    Machine Knitters Meet in Seattle
    by Susan Guagliumi
    Spirit Exits Through Embroiderer's Hands
    by Katherine Colwell
    Surface Design Conference, Kansas City
    by Gerry Craig-Linenberger
    Postal Service Celebrates Lace
    by Mrs. Pamela Kirk
    New System for Getting an Ultra Fit
    by Betty Lassiter
    Thread City(Willimantic,CT), Home For New Museum
    by Janice Steinhagen
    Plastic Pattern Promises Perfect Fit
    by Robbie Fanning
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HEIRLOOMS:
    Handing Down More Than Just a Quilt
    by Carolyn Hamilton
  • Supplies

ISSUE #13: Oct/Nov. 1987
Page Count: 91
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • The Hawaiian Quilt
    by Sue Ellen White-Hansen
  • A Cone of Aran Hats(tutorial)
    by Helen Oakley
  • Making Pockets(tutorial)
    by Linda Faiola
  • Diary of a Collection: Fall Line of Michael Kors
    by Joanne Mattera
  • Needle Lace
    by Eunice Kaiser
  • Contemporary Needle Lacers:
    Jean Goldberg, Wilcke Smith, Virginia Churchill Bath, Bucky King, Christina Larkin
  • A Knitting Odyssey
    by Linda Dyett
  • For the Best Wools, Spin Them Yourself
    by Stanley Bulbach
  • More than One Way to Shear a Sheep
    by Ron and Teresa Parker
  • Boiled Wool
    by Mary Smith
  • Felting Knit Mohair
    by Suzanne Mitchell
  • Making Fabric Flowers
    by Diane Ritch, Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
  • Back Cover:
    She Likes to Do a Little Needlework
    by Esther Robertson
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Floss-organizing system
    by Art Salemme
    Marking, sewing intricate shapes on knits
    by Frances Belcher
    Marking pens reborn
    by Tenley Alaimo
    Machine-knitting with no loose ends
    by Barbara Flett
    Starting and ending yarns
    by Charlene Rose
    Rotary rags for rugs
    by Carol Clivio
    Tailors' pressing tools
    by Stanley Hostek
    Getting a handle on sewing details
    by D. Self
    Signing your sweaters
    by Jane F. Jull
    Ribbing on single-pointed needles
    by Genevieve Smolik
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: To narrow and fagot
    A: Elizabeth Zimmermann, Meg Swansen
    Q: Fabric grain
    A: Elizabeth A. Rhodes
    Q: Zippers in knits, perfect ribs
    A: Barbara Walker
  • NOTES:
    Quilt National on tour
    by The Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center
    Gadgets for machine knitters
    by Susan Guagliumi
    Aid to Artisans
    by Mally Cox-Chapman
    Fine art of collecting baskets
    by Sandra W. Bowers
    Precious fibers congress
    by Ruth-Claire Marcus
    What kind of wool is it?
    by Stanley Bulbach
    The fuzzy politics of wool
    by Ron Parker
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • COMMENT:
    Black Cats and green stitches
    by Constance Phillips
  • Index: Threads 7-12

YEAR 1988: 6 BIMONTHLY ISSUES

Issue #14: Dec/Jan 1988
Page Count: 91
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Handknitting Gloves
    by Deborah Newton
  • Myth, Music, and Magic: Pilar Coover
    by Margot Blum Schevill
  • Stars, Diamonds, Tables, and Sunrise:
    Motifs, structures of woven coverlets
    by Lou Cabeen
  • A Passion for Elegance: Marian Clayden
    by Betsy Levine
  • Tailor's Logic:
    Custom-made suit tour
    by Stanley Hostek
  • Molas: Cuna Indian Fiber Art
    by Sharon La Pierre
  • Aran Knitting:
    Cable Patterns
    by Alice Starmore
  • Diagonal Cables(machine knit)
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Medallion Quilting
    by Kristin Miller
  • Playing with Darts
    by Deborah Abbott
  • Hooked on Texture:
    Unconventional punch-needle rugs
    by Gloria E. Crouse
  • Back Cover:
    Persian Legend in Silk
    16th-century Safavid Iran
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Washing greasy wool
    by Cyril Lieschke
    Preshrinking wool yardage
    by Elaine MacKay
    One-row stripes in flat knitting
    by Joy Beeson
    Easier button shanks
    by Julie Brady
    Invisible buttonholes
    by Alice Smock
    Knit buttonholes you won't mind seeing
    by Elizabeth Custer
    Wrestling foot petals to the mat
    by Thea Renaud
    Handy third hand
    by Marianne Kantor
    Marking quilt pieces
    by Barbara Gaugel
    Weaving with magnets
    by Mrs. Frank Chevalier
    Preventing shoulder-pad show-through
    by Elisheva Bush
    Quick spaghetti straps
    by Jean Good
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Restoring crocheted tablecloth
    A: Terry McCormick
    Q: Unraveling serged seams
    A: Gail Brown
    Q: Ultimate sweater pattern
    A: David Page Coffin
    Q: Reversible knitting
    A: Bee Borssuck
  • NOTES:
    Determination and innovation: a successful weaving mill
    by D'Ann Calhoun Fago
    Fashion and Surrealism
    by The Fashion Institute of Technology
    The Roots of Wearables
    by Clara Creager
    Tours of Thailand
    by Don Willcox
    Show your work in Denmark
    by Anne Vilsboll
    Workshop with needle artist Constance Howard
    by Kate Hearst
    Innerskins/Outerskins
    by San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum
    Lacemaking competition
    by The English Lace School
    The latest stuff in sewing
    by Independent Sewing Machine Dealers Assoc.
    The truth about American hooking
    by Jeanne H. Fallier
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • COMMENT:
    Christmas embroidery in Pakistan
    by Mary Garland
  • Supplies

ISSUE #15: Feb/March 1988
Page Count: 91
Notes: Betsy Levine takes over as managing editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • How a Navajo Weaver Makes a Rug: Martha Yazzie
    by Karen Bussolini
  • Getting Collars Straight(tutorial)
    by Rebecca Nebesar
  • Rei Kawakubo: Fashion designer
    by David Page Coffin
  • Net Darning(lacis)
    by Lilo Markrich
  • Knitting a Perfect Rib(tutorial)
    by Montse Stanley
  • Work Spaces for Quilting:
    Bernice McCoy Stone
    Marinda Brown Stewart
    Roberta Horton
    by Mary Mashuta
  • Ikat for Knitters
    by Lydia Van Gelder
  • Understanding the Waistband
    by Margaret Deck Komives
  • Hexagonal-Yoke Sweaters
    by Mary R. McGoveran
  • Costuming for the Stage
    by Joanne Mattera
  • Hands on with the Wardrobe Supervisor
    by Pat Swope
  • Back Cover:
    Woven Gold
    by Arline Fisch
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Altering Pants
    by Rebecca Nebesar
    Facings instead of steeks
    by Gladys Shue
    Gathering net
    by Judith R. Shamp
    Basting leather or vinyl
    by Betty Sager
    A ribbing band knit along with a sweater
    by Jean Dickinson
    Patching ripped jeans
    by Pam Leland
    Perfect placement for knit buttonholes
    by Rev. Richard Rutt
    Brightening Doilies
    by Sharon Spradlin-Barrett
    Typing embroidery charts
    by Art Salemme
    Buttons that won't come off
    by Ann Estey
    Sewing with Ultrasuede and Facile
    by Alida Macor
    Thread nap again
    by Bee Borssuck
    Clothing care
    by Susan Herrmann
    Weaving with textured yarn
    by Lella Hamilton
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Stone-washed denim
    A: Donna DeSoto
    Q: On slipping stitches
    A: Hannah James
    Q: Homemade wool batting
    A: Charlie Collins
    Q: Good used sewing books
    A: Terry McCormick, David Page Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Traveling quilt collection
    by Kathleen Turner
    Young Americans
    by American Craft Council
    Asian import issues
    by Kathleen Rowley
    Mending and altering: An act of love
    by Rebecca Nebesar
    Chilean arpilleras
    by Sima Elizabeth Shefrin
    Navajo rugs: A changing aesthetic
    by Dr. Robert Hobbs
    The Fabric workshop
    by Kathleen McCann
    Memories of childhood
    by Textile Arts Gallery
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • COMMENT:
    Fashioning fashion: A modern apoligia
    by Ruth-Claire Marcus
  • Supplies

ISSUE #16: Apr/May 1988
Page Count: 90
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Knitting for Kids:
    Versatile Designs
    by Judith Eckhardt Greer
  • The Magic Raglan:
    Sweater pattern
    by Jean Dickinson
  • Couching for Conversation and Display
    by Geoffrey I. Brown
  • Making a Leather Bag
    by Donna de Soto
  • Born to Shock: Elsa Schiaparelli
    by Ilya Sandra Perlingieri
  • At the Lesage Embroidery Ateliers
    by Claire Shaeffer
  • Improving the Bottom Line:
    Improving hem finishes
    by Alice Allen
  • Knitting in the North Atlantic:
    Faeroe Islands Culture
    by Madelynn Fatelewitz
  • Faeroese Footlets Pattern/Sweater Graphs
    by Madelynn Fatelewitz
  • Making Your Own Sloper
    by Mary Galpin
  • Expert Advice on Fitting a Sloper
    by Linda Faiola
  • Custom-made Feather Rings:
    Quilting Design Tutorial
    by Marianne Fons
  • Going Into Business
    by David, Mary Lee Cole
  • Fabric Collage(cover)
    by Deidre Scherer
  • Back Cover:
    Art to Wear, 50 Years Ago
    by Elsa Schiaparelli
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Freezer paper for quilters
    by Pauline Brown
    Another decorative ribbing bind-off
    by Alice DeCamp
    Even joins in circular knitting
    by Barbara Rottman
    Thread Scraps
    by Caroline Wallace
    A Quick Bind-off
    by Lanette Scapillato
    Simac(iron) Care
    by Susan Guagliumi
    Weights for added warp threads
    by Edel J. Petersen
    Making tailor's tacks through pattern tissue
    by Mrs. Lee Pecora
    Bobbin Winder fills thread spools
    by Shirley Hastings
    Set-in sleeves without ease basting
    by Stephanie Tretick
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Lattice Smocking(braid, bow ties)
    A: Joan Craft
    Q: Nylon-reinforced yarn for socks
    A: Meg Swansen
  • NOTES:
    Manipulating color with light & a computer
    by Jan Jasper
    Down-Under Tapestry
    by Mrs. Buzz McCarthy
    Art and Science of Conservation: Geoffrey Brown
    by David Cole
    Show of Respect: The Names Project
    by Charles Talley
  • Calendar
  • Reviews: Fashion and Surrealism
  • Summer Schools
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    Confessions of a knitting addict
    by Elizabeth K. Braestrup
  • Supplies

ISSUE #17: June/July 1988
Page Count: 92
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Plaid Basics:
    Primer on symmetry and proportion
    by Grace Callaway
  • Designing with Plaid
    by Deborah Abbott
  • Plaid Sewing Tips
    by Margaret Islander
  • An Architect's Clothes:
    Form follows the folds
    by Deborah Desilets
  • Oddball Sweater:
    Flattering chevron stripes knit in the round
    by Ann Tudor
  • Short Rows:
    The Secret of Wrapping
    by Meg Swansen
  • Shopping for a Knitting Machine
    by Susanna E. Lewis
  • Designing Oriental Quilts
    by Judy P. Cloninger
  • Bridal Dressmaking
    by Janice Steinhagen
  • Crowning the Bride:
    Custom Millinery of Janine Gallimard
    by Margaret Bruzelius
  • Coiled Basketry:
    Pine Needles stitched with Raffia
    by Carol Hart
  • Knit to Fit
    by Mary Studeny
  • Story Blankets of the Hmong
    by Joan E. Ritchie
  • Back Cover:
    Mushrooms and Trees Grow On Knitting Needles
    by Jude Skeers
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    More about ribbings
    by Montse Stanley
    Alternative tubular cast-off for single rib
    by Betty J. Louie
    Tubular cast-off for double rib
    by Ed.
    One row flat-chain cast-off
    by Betty J. Louie
    Tubular cast-on for circular knitting
    by Betty Klahn
    Joining ribbing
    by Patricia Tongue Edraos
    Spray starch in the sewing room
    by Leslie McElderry
    Getting embroidery started
    by K.M. Laing
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Altering knit skirts
    A: Susan Guagliumi
    Q: Fitting jumpsuits
    A: Claire Shaeffer
    Q: Numbers on coned yarns
    A: Susan Guagliumi
    Q: Tambour-hook sources
    A: David Page Coffin
    Q: Sewing with fur
    Q: Care labels for handmade clothing
    Q: Hair-on cowhides
  • NOTES:
    Collecting bits of history: Buttons
    by Estelle Akamine
    Golden tapestries from Burma
    by Sara Drower
    Avant-garde of fiber
    by Elizabeth McClelland
    International textile competition
    by Yoskiko Wada
    Keeping educators informed
    by Janet Else
    Atelier in Aubusson
    by Gitta Morris
    Knotting and Netting
    by Nancy Neumann Press
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    Stretching to keep in shape
    by Jane Kruse
  • Supplies

ISSUE #18: Aug/Sept. 1988
Page Count: 90
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Embroidery from Japan's Snow Country: Sashiko patterns
    by Hiroko Ogawa
  • Knitted-Lace Edgings: 9 patterns
    by Catherine Roberts
  • A Fitting Pair of Pants
    by Margaret Komives
  • How to Spot/Correct Pants-Fitting Problems
    by Jan Jasper
  • Historic Chic
    by Nancy O. Bryant
  • Shaker Rag Rugs
    by Cheryl Anderson
  • Shaker Rag Carpetbag(tutorial)
    by Cheryl Anderson
  • Intuitive Expressions in Stitchery: F. Jane Cameron
    by Robbie Fanning
  • Fashion Doesn't Stop at 40 Inches:
    Handknit designing
    by Deborah Newton
  • Quilting Strip by Strip
    by Judith Larzelere
  • Patch Pockets: Plain, Fancy, and False
    by Stanley Hostek
  • Colorful Crochet
    by Adriene Cruz
  • Back Cover:
    Great Stuff
    by Deborah Banyas
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Recycling T-shirts
    by Jennifer Johnston
    Perfect pattern "tissue"
    by Norma Sipowicz
    Interlibrary loan
    by Shari Adams
    Designer fabric swatches
    by Patricia C. Elkovitch
    Needle-pulling aids
    by Donna S. Merritt, Lynn Teichman
    Controlling hairpin lace
    by Eunice Kaiser
    Easy basket liners
    by Paula Emons-Fuessle
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Embroidery with ribbons
    A: David Page Coffin
    Q: Perfecting bias bindings
    A: Peggy Juve
    Q: Mail-order knitting machines
    A: Susan Guagliumi
  • NOTES:
    Needle Expression '88
    by McClean County Arts Center
    Florrie Stout's Faire Isle
    by Sharon K. Sneddon
    International tapestry at Lausanne
    by Virginia Davis
    Computer printing on fabric
    by Mary Anne Caplinger
    The quilt is art
    by Dorothy P. Zopf
    Splendor from Saudi Arabia
    by Piney Kesting
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • COMMENTS:
    Scuttle your shuttle and skip to m'Lou
    by Constance Phillips
  • Supplies

ISSUE #19: Oct/Nov. 1988
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Stalking the Perfect Raincoat:
    survey of fabrics, patterns, details
    by David Page Coffin
  • Weatherproof Knitting
    by Cathy Collier Edmands
  • Practical Smocking
    by Elizabeth Mattfield
  • Smocking Techniques
    by Debbie Ott
  • Design for Needlepoint
    by Judith Gross
  • Upholstering a Needlepoint Chair
    by Walter Nance
  • Children's Tapestries in Egypt: Ramses Wissa Wassef
    by Irene Preston Miller
  • Designing with Cables
    by Kathy Brunner, Sue M. Parker
  • Spinning Flax
    by Carol Hillestad
  • Handmaking Leather Gloves(tutorial)
    by Jan Faulkner-Wagoner
  • Sewing with Knits
    by Jan Saunders
  • Ruffles from the Renaissance
    by Kathleen Ruoti
  • "Cut It Down the Middle and Send It to the Other Side": African-American quilts
    by Eli Leon
  • Back Cover:
    Learning to Weave
    by Ramses Wissa Wassef
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Serged collars
    by Robbin Koller
    Handknitting as even as machine knitting
    by Billie Gooding
    Ripping lockstitch
    by Marianne Kantor
    Instant spot deodorizer
    by Joan Morris
    Thread tension
    by Edith Frankel
    Pinning silk
    by Victoria Valdes-Dapena-Hiltebeitel
    Tubular bind-off technique, double rib
    by Betty J. Louie
    Tube Turner that works
    by Erica Baldwin
    Ripping stockinette stitch
    by Peg Boren
    Drying fleece and woolens
    by Debbie Benzer
    Chalk refills
    by Cynthia McGuirl
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Knitting to gauge revisited
    A: Dorothy Ratigan
    Q: Gautemalan fabrics and equestrian patterns
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Costume as cultural memory
    by Margot schevill
    The Loom of Penelope
    by Larry Hedrick
    Everything about quilts
    by Muriel Neale
    Researcher in a kit
    by Breakthrough Communications
    Dealing with Warp Tension
    by Janice Lessman-Moss
    Peace by piece
    by Meryl Ann Butler
    Erie Art Museum (basket)collection
    Curated by Jack Lenor Larsen
    Taking off on historic costumes
    by Arlene Handschuch
    Power from hat to shoes
    by Amy Yanagi
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • INDEX: Threads, 13-18
  • COMMENT:
    Dressing for sexes
    by Jo Paoletti
  • Supplies

YEAR 1989: 6 BIMONTHLY ISSUES

Issue #20: Dec/Jan 1989
Page Count: 90
Notes: This issue has an article by my most favorite soft toy designer, Carolyn Vosburg Hall!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Flat Patterns for Soft Sculpture(cover)
    by Carolyn Vosburg Hall
  • Drawing a Line with a Sewing Machine
    by Damaris Jackson
  • Designing a Wheel-Pattern Fair Isle Tammy
    by Alice Starmore
  • Adapting for Ability
    by Sharon Gilbert
  • Braiding a Classic American Rug
    by Kathy Kelso
  • Firm Beginnings and Happy Endings: improving technique for machine knitting
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • The Rainbow's the Limit
    by Linda Knutson
  • Safety Guidelines for Dyeing
    by Betsy Hasegawa, Ann Marie Patterson
  • The Garment Within the Garment: Underlinings
    by Elizabeth A. Rhodes
  • Fur Crazy
    by Terry McCormick
  • How to Play the Glass-Bead Game: Loom beading
    by Virginia Blakelock
  • Back Cover:
    Nothing But Thread
    by Susan Taber
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Matching plaids
    by Marguerite F. Connors
    Preserving pattern tissues
    by Tammy Baran
    Reinforcing Socks
    by Harriet N. Boker
    Weaving with pipe cleaners
    by Judy Fisher
    Topstitching close to corners
    by Mary A. Roehr
    Changing Serger Needles
    by Mary Jane McClelland
    Pesky iron cords
    by Sue Hodgson
    Reinforcing grafted shoulder joins
    by Dorothy Bird
    Alternative to tubular bind-off
    by Patricia Tongue Edraos
    Tambour hooks
    by Ellen J. Riggan
    Tie-dyeing with children
    by Marli F. Popple
    Fixing an embroidery mistake
    by K.M. Laing
    Securing smocking gathers
    by Roberta Crosby
    Felt buttons
    by Helen von Ammon
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Rolling textiles for storage
    A: Geoffrey I. Brown
    Q: Books on Fabric
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    All that glitters is metal thread
    by Sara Hamilton
    Coat of Many Uses
    by Kathleen C. Saxe
    Meeting over the click of needles
    by Judith Eckhardt Greer
    Hooked on trees
    by Mary Noonas
    Quilt for Jane
    by Hilary Richardson Bagnato
    Japanese folk textiles
    by Erica Weeder
    Painting together in harmony
    by Victoria, Dodd Valdés-Dapena-Hiltebeitel
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    Passion and doubt, a first affair with knitting
    by Elyse Buchbinder
  • Supplies

ISSUE #21: Feb/March 1989
Page Count: 90
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Reinventing the Sampler
    by Elly Smith
  • One Way to Do Counted-thread Embroidery
    by Elly Smith
  • Coming to Grips with the Slide Fastener(zippers)
    by Kathy Sandmann
  • Knit Landscapes from Leftovers
    by Carol LaBranche
  • Unraveling Luxury from a Humble Cocoon(silk)
    by Karen Selk
  • Crocheted Buttonholes(type chart)
    by Mary McGoveran
  • Getting into Leather
    by Arlene Handschuch
  • The Colorful Oasis: Beduins ground loom
    by Joy May Hilden
  • What Is This Thing Called Pleater?(cover)
    by Sarah Douglas
  • Designer Raglans
    by B. Borssuck
  • Toward Smaller Quilting Stitches
    by Ami Simms
  • A Dressmaker Extraordinaire: Madeleine Vionnet
    by Betty Kirke
  • Back Cover:
    A Little Bit of Whimsy
    by Judy Keen
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Tricot lamé in reverse applique
    by Merry Bean
    Ballpoint stitch remover
    by Carol MacPhail
    Salvaging damaged knits
    by Dianne Boate
    Dyeing related shades
    by Leslie English
    Avoiding the dog leg in circular knitting
    by Shelagh Smith
    Skirt slits that won't rip
    by Lee Pecora
    Trimming Sleeve and armhole seams
    by Jan Jasper
    Sewing-machine pin cushion
    by Mary Applegate
    Even guage with color knitting
    by Betsy Carpenter
    Darning Denim
    by Marie Dorok
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Knitting for a living
    A: Judith Greer
  • NOTES:
    Craft Center in the Pacific
    by Estelle Akamine
    Sad news for Aardvark fans
    by Robbie Fanning
    Paint and fabric
    by Patricia Malarcher
    MidAtlantic fiber conference
    by Carol Hillestad
    Artists wealthier by the dozen
    by Wendy Haskett
    Classes on couture
    by Amy Yanagi
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HEIRLOOMS:
    Mixed feelings about fashion
    by Jan Jasper
  • Supplies

ISSUE #22: Apr/May 1989
Page Count: 90
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Clothing Connections
    by Claire Shaeffer
  • Knit Counterpanes
    by Mary Walker Phillips
  • Realizing a Dream: Sheep farming
    by Ursula Schramm
  • From the Workshops of Sultan Süleyman
    by Virginia Churchill Bath
  • Techniques of a Woman's Tailor
    by Katherine Davis
  • Rediscovering the Faggoting Stitch
    by Kitty Benton
  • The Uncommon Closure(frogs)
    by Lois Ericson
  • Getting a Perfect Warp on Your Loom
    by Peggy Osterkamp
  • Textured Knitting on Circular Needles
    by Marilyn Moss
  • Taming the Beast: Knitting machines
    by Judith Duffey
  • Back Cover:
    Short-Row a Sheep on the Knitting Machine
    by Judith Duffey
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Craft and art
    by Visual Arts Museum
    Family history in a quilt
    by Stefania Calabi
    Mushroom dyeing in Mendocino
    by Miriam C. Rice
    If you missed the fungi symposium
    by Alice Korach
    Needlework at Ellis Island
    by Sylvia Fishman
    Weaving with metal
    by Evan Riter
    American Quilt Study Group
    by Laurel Horton
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Large scale machine applique
    A: Barbara Smith
    Q: Petit point rug supplies
    A: Beverly Dieringer
    Q: "Jane Austin" fabrics
    A: David Page Coffin
  • TIPS:
    Concealing thread ends
    by Edith Frankel
    Spice-Jar Caps
    by Nancy Lynn Wilson
    Perfect lapped zippers
    by Charlotte Andrews
    Spool Winder
    by Eve and Amy Eagan
    Timesaving tricks for pressing
    by Susan Herrmann
    Reclaiming weaving bobbins
    by Donna Carlson
    Stay-on booties
    by Christine Bourquin
    Pleater alternative
    by Ellen J. Riggan
    Serger tails
    by Rita Jacobson
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Summer Schools
  • COMMENTS:
    The velvet quilt
    by Ruth Claire Marcus
  • Supplies

ISSUE #23: June/July 1989
Page Count: 90
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • The Comfortable Side of Couture:
    Coco Chanel techniques
    by Claire Shaeffer
  • No-Sew Set-in Sleeves:
    drop-shoulder sweater
    by Jean Baker White
  • Alphabet Applique
    by Marianne Fons
  • Easy Heirlooms:
    Needlepoint rugs
    by Beverly Dieringer
  • Unraveling the Myths of Shetland Lace
    by Alice Starmore
  • Shetland Lace Pattern Workshop
    by Alice Starmore
  • Enchanted Stitchery
    by Helen Rumpel
  • On the Surface
    by Kathleen Coyle
  • Ins and Outs of Weaving Silk for Clothing
    by Karen Selk
  • A New Fit from the Old World:
    European look
    by Sandra Betzina
  • Sewing for Stretch:
    handling spandex
    by Arlene Haislip
  • Do-It-Yourself Spandex?
    by David Page Coffin
  • Caricatures in Felt:
    Handmade puppets
    by Lynn Stracka Schuster
  • Back Cover:
    Noah's Ark
    by Geraldine Brock
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Attaching bias trim to sleeve edges
    by Martha McKeon
    No-purl corrugated rib
    by Alice DeCamp
    Spinning-wheel drive band
    by Helen von Ammon
    Handmade crochet hooks
    by Mary McGoveran
    Isometric orthographic paper for quilters
    by Art Salemme
    Preshrinking seam tape
    by Jan Jasper
    Knitting sleeves from the top down
    by Barbara Bononno
    Pinning with tape
    by Marli Popple
    Free graph paper
    by Dianne Boate
    Hand-felting tools
    by Charlotte stafford
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Gathering Difficulties
    A: Margaret Komives
    Q: Doll patterns and fabrics
    A: David Page Coffin
    Q: Discontinued sewing patterns
    A: Jan Jasper
  • NOTES:
    Tailoring for a bullfighter
    by Sara Drower
    Rare double-wall baskets
    by Carol Hart
    A continuous loop: origins of crochet
    by Karey Solomon
    Black Fashion Museum
    by Lisa Shepard
    A loom and independence
    by Nancy Lynn Wilson
    Hats and Headgear
    by Kandy Hawley
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • COMMENTS:
    Weaving for a wedding
    by Jan Johnson
  • Supplies

ISSUE #24: Aug/Sept. 1989
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Bead Knitting Madness(tutorial)
    by Alice Korach
  • Knitting from Sewing Patterns
    by Pat Morse
  • Bodybuilding for a Better Fit:
    Styrofoam mannequins
    by Veréna Gelfand
  • Home Sewer's Moment of Truth
    by David Page Coffin
  • Banishing Needlepoint Bias
    by Rosalie Hamer
  • Clothes for Quilters
    by Ann Williamson Hyman
  • Shaker Poplar Cloth
    by Cheryl Anderson
  • Knitting with Furs and Feathers
    by Helen von Ammon
  • Perfecting the Lapel
    by Margaret Komives
  • Buckskin Dresses(Southern Plains Indians)
    by Donna Steinberg
  • Hanging Flat Textiles
    by Geoffrey I. Brown
  • Creative Rug Hooking
    by Mary Sheppard Burton
  • Back Cover:
    Take a Closer Look
    by Mary Ellen Sinclair
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Recycling denim
    by Lillian Johnson
    Tapered ribbing
    by Patricia Tongue Edraos
    Following a difficult pattern
    by Lynn Teichman
    Marking a whole-cloth quilt
    by Pauline Brown
    Glove needles
    by Susan A. Lupton
    Soap marking
    by Jan Jasper
    No-waste plying
    by Ursula Schramm
    Machine-washable permanent shoulder pads
    by Elizabeth Lee Richter
    Toward a tidy sewing room
    by Shirley Hastings
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Invisible reweaving
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Specialty patterns
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    International Textile Design Contest
    by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
    Quilting the world together
    by Virginia Avery
    New High-tech center at FIT
    by Jan Jasper
    Textile and costume museum in Barcelona
    by Montse Stanley
    Sharing skills with kids
    by Debbie Ott
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Shows
  • COMMENT:
    Illusions with thread
    by Mary Ellen Sinclair
  • Supplies

ISSUE #25: Oct/Nov. 1989
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Slipping Under Cover:
    recovering old chairs
    by Donna de Soto
  • Class All the Way:
    Norman Norell's ready-made garments
    by Mary C. Elliott
  • Hat Magic(knit)
    by Norma Ellman
  • Inviting Vessels(raffia,paper)
    by Lissa Hunter
  • Seminole Patchwork Deciphered
    by Ginny Yund
  • Make a Wooly, Warm Coat(knit)
    by Meg Swansen
  • Hot Time in Houston:
    Fairfield Fashion Show
    by Virginia Avery
  • Jacket That Really Gets Around:
    Patagonia's fleece-lined top
    by Rochelle Harper
  • Bringing Polyester to the Wilderness
    by Scott Landis
  • Ultimate Embroidery Teacher:
    Chile's Carmen Orrego-Salas
    by Lilo Markrich
  • Custom Patternmaking
    by Rosemary Ingham
  • Back Cover:
    What to Do with 20,000 Rubber Bands
    by Carolee L. Rand
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Uses for counterpane squares
    by Sandy Termp
    Using multisize patterns
    by Shirley Zak
    Ribbon Stitch holder
    by Ann Miller
    Fixing punch-card errors
    by Hannelore Ring
    Cutting fabric ribbing
    by Charlene Pierce
    Testing "dry clean" fabric for washability
    by Susan Herrmann
    Cleaning Sewing Machines
    by Ellen J. Riggan
    Stringing Beads
    by Claude English
    Pressing for better piecing
    by Stephanie Santmyers
    Thread organizer
    by Adeline D. Farmer
    Easier threading for weavers
    by Peggy Osterkamp
    Sewing sharp points
    by Ilya Sandra Perlingieri
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Rotary cutter woes
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Wither inkle loom info
    A: Alice Korach
    Q: Where are these basic notions?
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Shadow embroidery - who knows?
    A: Julia Golson
  • NOTES:
    Costume and textiles at RISD
    by Susan Anderson Hay
    Dolls at the Wenham Museum
    by Diane D. Buck
    Contemporary quilts in Atlanta
    by Great American Gallery
    One-stop fabric reference
    by Claire Shaeffer
    Couture-sewing videos
    by David Page coffin
    Burda magazine goes English
    by Amy T. Yanagi
    Appalachian string quilts
    by Nancy Willingham
    World's largest needlwork guild
    by Marie Wilson
    Mayan Weaving cooperative
    by Sarah L. Pattee
  • Shows:
    fashion contrasts in Paris and Vienna
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Videos
  • Index: 19-24
  • HUMOR:
    The good, the bad, the ugly
    by Anne Lehmann
  • Supplies

YEAR 1990: 6 BIMONTHLY ISSUES

Issue #26: Dec/Jan 1990
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Koos, the Master of Collage
    by David Page Coffin
  • Making a Koos
    by Diane Hendry
  • Copy the Clothes You Love
    by Jann Jasper
  • Quilts Celebrate the Human Spirit
    by Norma Bradley Allen
  • Swedish Two-strand Knitting
    by Linda D.Y. Sokalski
  • Swedish Mitten Pattern
    by Linda D.Y. Sokalski
  • A Knotted Thread: Bead stringing
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Smocking Meets the Flat Pattern
    by Sarah Douglas
  • A Warm Quilt in a Weekend
    by Amy Tsuki Yanagi
  • Beating the Buttonhole Blues
    by Robbie Ranning
  • Knit One, Sew One:
    Combining wovens and knits
    by Deborah Abbott
  • Finishing Combined Wovens and Knits
    by Julie Cherry
  • Hand-Painted Charts
    by Lilo Markrich
  • Knit Flowers:
    Converting needlework graphs to knitter's grid
    by Mary Rowe
  • Back Cover:
    All Her Buttons
    by Frieda Warther
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Mending Sewing patterns
    by Frankie Leverett
    Picking up knitting on fabric
    by Ilse Altherr
    Partial lining for handmade camisoles
    by Dianne Boate
    No-residue fabric marking
    by Susanna Prentiss
    Crochet counting aids
    by Nancy Kelly
    Rags for rag rugs
    by Kathleen L. Kelm
    Multifabric designing
    by Jean Margolis
    Winding yarn into a center-pull ball
    by Cathy Collier
    Eleventh finger
    by Diane Schultz
    Salvaging thread for topstitching repairs
    by Marianne Kantor
    Machine sewing on knitting
    by Susan Terry
    Decreasing for sleeve cuffs
    by Jean Baker White
    Interfacing sheer fabrics
    by Edith Frankel
    Isolation lace
    by Ellen J. Riggan
    Another sewing-machine pincushion
    by Phillida B. Mirk
    Cone holders for knitters
    by Joan Debolt
    No-wax thread waxing
    by Martha McKeon
    Flattening thick seams
    by D. Self
    Sewing on snaps
    by Lee Pecora
    Cutting weights
    by Thea Renaud
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Is it wool?
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Is it sport-weight?
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Zigzag and buttonhole attachments
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    9,000-year-old textiles
    by Veréna F. Gelfand
    Clothing from the North Pacific
    by Valérie Chaussonnet
    Calendar Sampler
    by Mary Antrim
    Knitting camp in Sweden
    by Linda Sokalski
    A quilter's fabric
    by David Page Coffin
    Advances on fray
    by David Page Coffin
    R. Brown Textiles
    by Susan Guagliumi
    Pants you can fit
    by Amy T. Yanagi
    Call for Workshops
    by Threads
    Made in the USA
    by Patricia Malarcher
    Pitcairn quilting party
    by Rozemaryn van der Horst
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Shows
  • HUMOR:
    Passion at loose ends
    by Laura Wallins
  • Supplies

ISSUE #27: Feb/March 1990
Page Count: 98
Notes: The magazine dropped from 12" to 11" in height...

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Techniques and Tips from Dior's Ready-to-Wear
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • Fiber Jewelry
    by Susan P. Beaudry, Helen Banes
  • Cardigan Borders(knit)
    by Pam Allen
  • Custom Neckties
    by David Page Coffin
  • Handweaving Neckties
    by Kathy James
  • Horizontal Cables(machine-knit)
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Heirloom Sewing
    by Carol Neumann
  • Quilt Geometry:
    Puzzle Quilts
    by Rebecca Speakes, Diane Fitzgerald
  • Comfortable Pair of Pants
    by Rebecca Nebesar
  • Adding a Gusset to a Pants Pattern
    by Rebecca Nebesar
  • Clothing for Arctic Survival
    by Betty Issenman
  • Contemporary Inuit Sewing
    by Amy Yanagi
  • Pattern-Printing Primer:
    Rubber-stamping on fabric
    by Carol Voulkos
  • Colorful Tvaändsstickning(knit)
    by Linda D.Y. Sokalski
  • Knitting Swedish Socks
    by Linda D.Y. Sokalski
  • Back Cover:
    Wearable tapestry
    by Helen Banes
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Ribbon roses
    by Ellen Oshetsky
    Matching buttons
    by Jeannie K. McCormic
    Drawing knitting-machine patterns
    by Mary Louise Vidas
    Sewing with cone thread
    by Lois Carroll
    No-slip foot controls
    by Marie Van Bockern
    Matching pants hems
    by Mrs. Leo Koellner
    Making perfect borders for rugs and quilts
    by Jean Baker White
    Knitter's gadget organizer
    by Pamela Staveley
    Hemming ruffles
    by Marianna Krajewska
    Knitting the first row
    by Jean Lucas
    Using the waste yarn
    by Audrey Krier
    Preserving old patterns
    by Barbara Burnett
    Stitch markers for knitting
    by Jean Scheffler
    Set-in sleeves
    by Dorothy Richards
    Restoring pearl buttons
    by Pearl Koning
    Quilter's weights
    by Barbara Smith
    Making a cord guide
    by Elizabeth Lee Richter
    Figuring yarn requirements
    by Bea Stone
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Koos, tell more!
    A: Diane Hendry
    Q: Dyeing to match
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Pleating plain fabric
    A: Jann Jasper
    Q: Differential feed
    A: Robbie Fanning
  • NOTES:
    Conventions for costumers
    by Ethel Smith
    Tapestry Gala
    by Sharon Marcus
    American quilting in France
    by Lys Ann Shore
    A tough little sewing machine: Thompson Mini Brute
    by David Page Coffin
    In the shadow of Worth
    by unknown
    The New Look Forward
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
    Finally- a textile society
    by Virginia Davis
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Shows
  • HUMOR:
    Chair caning
    by Carol Hillestad
  • Supplies

ISSUE #28: Apr/May 1990
Page Count: 98
Notes:

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• FEATURES
  • Couture Pillows
    by Roberta C. Carr
  • The No-Wrap Sarong
    by Amy T. Yanagi
  • Impressionistic Knitting
    by Arlene Mintzer
  • Big Prints, Little Pieces
    by Susan Sawyer
  • Strip-Piecing the "Trip Around the World" Quilt
    by Susan Sawyer
  • One-Color Picture Knitting
    by Kathleen Warnick
  • Rag Fashion
    by Trudie Roberts
  • Sleeve Finesse
    by Jann Jasper
  • Memories of Home:
    Pueblo Life
    by charmaine Bradley
  • Who Needs Calvin Klein?(how to)
    by Jerry sider
  • A Jeans Draft for Men
    by Jerry Sider
  • Left-handed Knitting
    by Robin Ireland
  • Welcoming the Blues:
    guide to beating competition
    by Virginia Hamilton
  • Sophisticated Stenciling
    by Diane Ericson
  • Back Cover:
    Kaleidoscope of color
    by Carter Smith
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Pin-tucking with a buttonhole foot
    by Elizabeth Lee Richter
    Cleaning up thread snips
    by Jann Jasper
    Improving the SSK(knit)
    by E. Dee Barrington
    Decorator balloon valances
    by Martha McKeon
    Keep it clean
    by Nancy Kelly
    Making designer labels
    by Mary Louise Vidas
    Drop-shoulder sleeve seams
    by Karen Hoyle
    Storing patterns
    by Solange Hawkins
    Perfect hexagons for quilters
    by Mary Alice Hanson
    Long seam roll
    by Mrs. T. VanderMolen
    Correcting punchcard errors
    by Hannelore Ring
    Easy serger threading
    by Shirley A. Nooyen
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: For your necktie needs
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Country-and-western patterns
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Button backs and rhinestones
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Quilting by Beene
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Victorian macrame
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Where's that bias tape maker?
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Mothproofing with Mothproof EU
    A: Eileen Summerville
  • NOTES:
    Retrospective for a fiber artist: Lenore Tawney
    by Kathleen Nugent Mangan
    Ante-bellum textiles
    by Huntsville Museum of Art
    Luminous miniature textiles
    by Patricia malarcher
    Quilting together or apart
    by Delaware County Historical Association
    When fabric was fashion
    by Cleveland Museum of Art
    Embroidery: Saudi Arabian-style
    by Piney Kesting
    Reports from Robbie Fanning
    Knitting for the Marines
    by Jeanne C. Wilkerson
    Raise cocoons, not cocaine
    by Kerry Evans
    Out West with the Costume Society of America
    by Amy Yanagi
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    Creativity before dawn
    by Frances Greenbaum
  • Supplies

ISSUE #29: June/July 1990
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Sewing Workout:
    Constructing stretchy activewear
    by Ellen Gienger
  • Commercial Patterns
    by Amy T. Yanagi
  • Catalan Knit Lace:
    German doily patterns in Spanish hands
    by Montse Stanley
  • Knit a handkerchief with Miniature Leaf Edging
    by Montse Stanley
  • Machine-knit Intarsia
    by Charlotte Brock
  • Zandra Rhodes' Couture
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • Memories in Miniature
    by Rosita Johanson
  • More Miniature Miracles
    by David Page Coffin
  • The Embellished Vest
    by Sandra Betzina
  • Of Fractals, and Pixels, and Rotating Quilt Blocks
    by Lynne Heller
  • Pattern Grading:
    Off-the-chart sizes
    by Nancy Bryant
  • Sensorama Sweaters
    by Wendy Keele
  • Luxurious Lace
    by Connie Long
  • Back Cover:
    Barbie in Knitland
    by Barbara G. Walker
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Tracing and marking Burda patterns
    by Charlene Pawluck
    Storing your yarn collection
    by Susan Redlich
    Using cross-stitch charts
    by Rene Simpson
    Stopping mid-row
    by Gail Dunleavy
    Edging lingerie
    by Elizabeth Rydman
    Warp separator
    by Helen Boynton
    Altering patterns
    by Barbara Burnett
    Self-indexing
    by Marydee Sklar
    Pressing a fold
    by Martha Fee
    Cables in the round
    by Josette M. Kilmer
    Know your needle
    by Mary M. Quaider
    Setting in sleeves
    by Eleanor L. Shields
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Industrial dress forms
    A: Jann Jasper
    Q: Grids by Computer
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Cashmere Arans
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Non-traditional tapesty
    by Bob Freimark
    Knitter goes to Convergence
    by Cecilia Straney
    Textile design exhibit
    by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
    Custom Clothing Guild
    by Catherine Stephenson
    Paperclip dress
    by Kendra Allen
    Antique Purse collection
    by Molly Klupfell
    Studio quilts in Berlin
    by Judith Larzelere
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    To knit or not to knit
    by Maureen Musker
  • Supplies

ISSUE #30: Aug/Sept. 1990
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Inside an Armani Jacket
    by Ann Hyde
  • At Play in the Land of Color(knit)
    by Dorothy Bird
  • Creating the Look of the Past:
    Techniques of theater costumers
    by Nancy Brennan
  • A Thousand Points of Light(beading a garment)
    by Jeanne Leffingwell
  • Making Great Strides(skirt pleats)
    by Linda Faiola
  • A Better Zipper for a Vent or Pleat
    by Linda Faiola
  • Knitting Traditions
    by Beth Brown-Reinset
  • Hand-felted Jackets For Kids
    by Anne Einset Vickrey
  • A Balancing Act(knit)
    by Alice Korach
  • A Nine-color Fair Isle
    Aran Cardigan with Fibonacci Panels
    by Alice Korach
  • Chinese Tiger Magic(stitched symbols)
    by Jean Deval
  • Facing Finesse:
    Couture waistbands
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • Amish Quiet, Amish Quilt
    The Nine-Patch
    by Sue Bender
  • Making a Nine Patch
    by Sondra Kennedy
  • Back Cover:
    Luminous layers of fabrics
    by Amanda Richardson
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Crystal pleats
    by Christina T. Paul
    Computer-made labels
    by Shirley Zak
    Enlarging embroidery fabric
    by Emmy Storholm
    Teaching Beginning Knitters
    by Ellen Shaffer
    Keeping tabs on your yarn collection
    by Marion Poller
    Making fabric cords
    by Heather L. Taylor
    A stretchy straight stitch
    by Ruth J. Falls
    Easy belt loops
    by Charlotte Pierce
    Applique patterns
    by Deborah Elliott
    Binding in a set-in sleeve
    by Laura Jones
    Adapting shirt pattern for nursing
    by Janet B. Croft
    Invisible thread
    by Shirley Hastings
    Fine-tuning pocket placement
    by D. Self
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Why do things pill?
    A: Erica Lynne
    Q: Sailor's macrame cord
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Unshrinking sweaters
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Rug Conference in Vienna
    by Alan Kennedy
    Sewing shows in Canada
    by Verena Gelfand
    Books on alterations
    by Mary Galpin Barnes
    Quilt San Diego 1990
    by Amy t. Yanagi
    Stocking display at Wadsworth Atheneum
    by unknown
    Ed Rossbach reviewed
    by Noriko Fuku
    Sewing with the 4-H
    by Amy T. Yanagi
    Student machine knitting contest
    by Julia Walsh
    Machine for sample knitters
    by Carolyn Dadisman
    Copyright infringement?
    by Rob Wilson
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Shows
  • HEIRLOOMS:
    Impossible takes just a little bit longer
    by Geraldine Levy
  • Supplies

ISSUE #31: Oct/Nov. 1990
Page Count: 114
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Designed for Living, Not for Fashion:
    Bonnie Cashin's '60's sportwear style
    by Mary Elliot
  • Binding with leather, real or fake
    by Mary Elliott
  • Fabric Puzzles(quilting)
    by Ellen Oppenheimer
  • Socks, Socks, Socks(knit Fair Isles)
    by Peg Richard
  • Socks that Fit
    by Alice Korach
  • The Pleasures of Pleats
    by Jann Jasper
  • Belts, Bands, Jewelry
    by Linda Malan
  • Smarter than the Average Sweater
    by Nancy Marchant
  • Sewing with the Great Pretenders(fake furs)
    by Donna Salyers
  • Tracking Fake Furs, Natural and Synthetic
    by David Page Coffin
  • Painting Fabrics with Air(airbrushing)
    by Mary Anne Caplinger
  • Knitting for Barbie
    by Barbara G. Walker
  • Basic Raglan-style Doll Dress(knit,Barbie)
    by Barbara G. Walker
  • Beyond Ducks and Bunnies(machine embroidery, Pfaff 1473-CD)
    by David Page Coffin
  • Introducing Half-scale Mannequins
    by Roberta Carr
  • Back Cover:
    Like the wings of a butterfly
    by Judith Larzelere
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Jeans apron
    by Barbara Burnett
    Yarn control
    by Carol Carvalho
    Preventing Wrinkles in transit
    by Ginny Groat
    Using Fray Check
    by Carol Stoner
    Binding covered cording
    by Lucille Rewick
    Knitting two pieces at once
    by Ann Ingraham
    Seamless piping
    by Frankie Leverett
    Magnetized screwdrivers
    by Barbara Worden
    Fluffier handspun yarn
    by Roseann Charlton
    Sewing with fake fur
    by Helen Hochanadel
    Sewing gathers
    by Martha Kelly
    Accent pillows
    by Martha McKeon
    Keeping the first rounds untwisted
    by Louise Owens
    Mark removal for quilters and embroiderers
    by Sharon Spradlin-Barrett
    Tying onto the front apron
    by Peggy Osterkamp
    Opening buttonholes
    by Pearl Koning
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Missing grid paper
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Desperately seeking cotton
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Russian Batik artists
    by Mary B. Kelly
    Smockers convene Down Under
    by Judith Brandau
    Ibaraki International Paper Conference
    by Kathleen Rowley
    Designing knits on your home computer
    by Mary Rowe
    Knitting/Stitching in England
    by Lilo Markrich
    The art of making shoes
    by Valerie Clausen
    Quilting traditions
    by History Museum, NY
    American Sewing Guild
    by Mariann Triece
    Rug hooking in Vermont
    by Connie Fitz
    Tibet Gang Gyen Carpet Factory
    by Kurt Thorson
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HEIRLOOMS:
    Confessions of an addict
    by Susan Klindienst Fogel
  • Supplies

YEAR 1991: 6 BIMONTHLY ISSUES

Issue #32: Dec/Jan 1991
Page Count: 106
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Clothes to Live In
    by Jeanne Engelhart
  • Sweater for the Ritz
    by Eileen Summerville
  • Classic Kimono
    by John Marshall
  • Against the Grain:
    Couture lapels
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • Sunprinting for Quiltmakers
    by Carol Adleman
  • Photographs to Fabric
    by Tafi Brown
  • Dazzling Spheres:
    Itomari
    by Anna Diamond
  • Fabulous Welt Pockets
    by David Page Coffin
  • Perfecting the Welt
    by Shermane Fouché
  • Fur Handwarmers
    by Robin Mayo
  • Sewing Cashmere
    by Kerdene DePriest
  • Why Stitches Skip and Fabric Puckers
    by Gale Grigg Hazen
  • Charting Lace(knit)
    by Alice Starmore
  • Czechoslovakian Folk Aprons
    by Helene Baine Cincebox
  • Stitching an Apron
    by Elizabeth Borovicka Capozzi
  • Back Cover:
    All grown up and still having fun...
    by Salley Mavor
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    French Seam
    Blindstitch
    Inside the lapel facing
    Point presser
    Miter grosgrain
    KNITTING:
    Kitchner stitch/grafting
    yarnover
    Slipstitch crochet
    Double decrease
  • TIPS:
    Knitted dolls
    by Amanda Smith
    Securing fusible interfacing
    by Patricia Clements
    Fitting ease
    by Chana Bier
    Non-skid rug backing
    by Carol French Bloom
    Sew a patchwork sweater
    by Eva Braswell
    Speeding your quilting
    by Louise Owens
    Mirror-imaging an embroidery chart
    by Ann M. Prochowicz
    Counting stitches
    by Josette Kilmer
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Comfortable waistbands
    A: Dee Dumont
    Q: How do you knit a dinosaur?
    A: Wendy Keele
    Q: Cutwork supplies
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Sewing machine review
    by Robbie Fanning
    Cambodian silk weaver
    by Janice G. Rosenthal
    In memoriam(Walter Schutz): 1900-1990
    by Judith T. Yamamoto
    The Textile Arts Center
    by Gillion Skellenger
    1930s Chic
    by unknown
    Rare quilts depicting human figures
    by Museum of Art
    The real Shaker sweater
    by Jean M. Burks
    Avant garde textile art for traditional quilters
    by Judith Duffey
    Volunteers teach children(knitting)
    by Hand Knitting Association
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Shows: Designed to Wear 1990
  • Readers' Showcase
  • INDEX: 25-32
  • HUMOR:
    Sample day
    by Lucia Karge
  • Supplies

ISSUE #33: Feb/March 1991
Page Count: 102
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Designing with Spring/Summer Yarns
    by Deborah Newton
  • Sleeveless Ribbon Shell Pattern
    by Deborah Newton
  • Scarf Play
    by Amy T. Yanagi
  • Pattern Alterations Made Easy
    by Nancy Zieman, Robbie Fanning
  • Fine-Tuning with Pivot and Slide
    by Nancy Zieman
  • Quilting Makes the Quilt
    by Marianne Fons
  • Making a Kilt
    by Ann Stewart
  • The Kilt Skirt
    by Ann Stewart
  • 1600 Years of Practice
    by Shay Pendray
  • Buttoning Up
    by Linda Faiola
  • A Shaped Edge
    by Linda Faiola
  • The Colorist's Cookbook
    by Nina Holland
  • Making a Floorcloth
    by Nina Holland
  • Fully Fashioned Comfort
    by Montse Stanley
  • A Machine Knitter Looks at Verdu
    by Karen Morris
  • Back Cover:
    Intimate woven textile impressions
    by Lia Cook
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Fellstitches
    Reproducing patterns
    KNITTING:
    EMBROIDERY:
  • TIPS:
    Making Dorset Buttons
    by Lesley Conroy
    Square-heeled, ribbed socks
    by Dubbo
    Lengthening patterns
    by Carol Stoner
    Reinforcing buttons on silk
    by Barbara Nachtigall
    Cut-to-length sewing weights
    by Marcie Duston
    Way to keep track of your knitting pattern
    by Mary Haverlandt
    Seam ripper
    by Susan Herrmann
    Thrift shop yarn
    by Helen von Ammon
    Vest Armholes
    by Mary Louise Kobe
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Sleeves that bind
    A: Margaret Komives
    Q: Big on top, small on the bottom
    A: Dee DuMont
    Q: Narrow back, full bust
    A: Dee DuMont
    Q: Drafting pants for a perfect fit
    A: Misty Potter
    Q: Organizing your magazine collection
    A: Jann Jasper
    Q: Adding a lining
    A: Linda Wakefield
  • NOTES:
    Caribbean Festival Arts
    by John W. Nunley
    Amish quilts in San Francisco
    by Julie Silber
    Wonderful things at the Textile Museum
    by unknown
    Beaders take note
    by Center for the Study of Beadwork
    Armani at FIT
    by Richard Martin
    Crazy Quilters conference
    by Kathryn Smith
    Review of the New Home 7500
    by Robbie Fanning
    Wearable Art Competition
    by Alice Busse
    The French Knot King
    by Gregory Graham Robert Wilson
    Knitting and Crochet Guild
    by Mrs. M. Zannini
    The Eyelet Dress
    by Janice Cole Gibson
    Problems and rewards of reviving native crafts
    by Carmen Orrego-Salas
  • Calendar
  • Shows
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    The woman who sews explains why she is wearing dirty sneakers
    by Maggie Meier
  • Supplies

ISSUE #34: Apr/May 1991
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Glamour for the Nineties
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • Techniques from the Workroom
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • Narrowing a Sleeve
    by Margaret Komives
  • Norwegian Sweaters(knit)
    by Nancy Carney
  • Figure Flattery
    by Jan Larkey
  • Lace at the Window
    by Mary Galpin Barnes
  • Pressing Matters:
    getting wool into shape
    by Katherine Davis
  • Basic Pressing Equipment
    by Katherine Davis
  • Something Old, Something New:
    Restoring vintage wedding dress
    by Frances Grimble
  • Quilted clothing
    by Mary Mashuta
  • Stimulating Stripes
    by Mary Mashuta
  • Machine Embroidery by the Yard
    by Susan Rock
  • Brand New Antique Purses
    by Jeanne Shapiro
  • Dior Roses
    by Roberta Carr
  • An Architecture for Knitting
    by Sue Black
  • Back Cover:
    Shadow and Light with Wax and Dye
    by Arnelle A. Dow
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Blind tucks
    Tailor basting
    Slipstitch
    Shortening pattern
    Trucing
    KNITTING:
    Grafting/Kitchener stitch
    EMBROIDERY:
    Back stitch/Stem stitch
    Couching
    French knots
    CROCHET:
    Filet crochet
  • TIPS:
    Two-handed two-color knitting
    by Sandy Terp
    Document your work
    by Karen McCormic
    Slipped stitch bind-off
    by Leslie Calaway
    Padding up a dress form
    by marlene Vincent
    Trouble-free serger threading
    by Effie Johnson
    Crisper quilting
    by Jill Cary
    matching plaids in sleeves
    by Mary hardenbrook
    Drafting supplies for sewers
    by Barbara Nachtigall
    Low-cost, durable yarn bobbins
    by Carol Hiebert
    An easy cutting table
    by Eva Braswell
    Picking up neckline stitches
    by Freda Jarjouru
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Heavy Thighs
    A: Dee DuMont
    Q: Pants for pear-shaped body
    A: Margaret Komives
    Q: Storing fibers
    A: Elleen Summerville
    Q: Washing Cashmere
    A: Mary Elliott
    Q: School for shoemakers
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Tiny latch hooks
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Wondrous spiders
    by Jacqueline Palmer
    Interfacings for fine fabrics
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
    Perfect excuses for going to Australia
    by Powerhouse Museum
    Two strong guilds(knit)
    by Suzann Thompson
    Quilts on permanent display
    by The DAR Museum
    Textiles and popular culture
    by South Carolina State Museum
    The magic craft to the magic kingdom
    by Joan D. McIntyre
    Everybody loves some button, somewhere
    by Cathie Simpson
    Teaching English with needle arts
    by Marilyn Cooper
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    The knitting muse
    by Cynthia Guggemos
  • Supplies

ISSUE #35: June/July 1991
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Issey Miyake, Designer for the Millenium
    by Marcy Tilton
  • Make Your Own High-Fashion Fabric
    by Patricia Emerick
  • Making Paper Patterns Fit Non-Paper Persons
    by Dee DuMont
  • Knit Paintings
    by Yoshimi Kihara
  • Shaded Zigzag jacket
    by Yoshimi Kihara
  • New Classic Shirt
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • Looking for Basic Sewing Machine
    by Robbie Fanning
  • Basic Sewing Machine Checklist
    by Robbie Fanning
  • Buying a used Sewing Machine
    by Ralph Grimble
  • Dots and Dashes:
    Quilting experiments in the art of stippling
    by John Flynn
  • Ultra-luxe, Ultra-simple
    by Karen Morris
  • Greek Key Three-Quarter-Sleeve Pullover
    by Karen Morris
  • A Passion for Detail:
    Recreating grand Victorian fashion on a small scale
    by Emilliene Duncan
  • Seond Time Around
    by Mary Smith
  • An Embroidered View of the World
    by Linda Ely
  • Back Cover:
    A (teddy)Bear that Cuddles You
    by Peg Ritter
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Mitered corners
    French seams
    Tailors' tacks
    Flat-fell sleeve seam
    Swing tack
    Sleeve head
    Seam roll
    KNITTING:
    Crochet provisional cast-on
    Mattress stitch
    MACHINE KNITTING:
    Fully fashioned decreases
    Increases
    WEAVING:
    Hemstitching on the loom
  • TIPS:
    Self-interfaced waistband
    by Jeanette Bernstein
    Square single crochet
    by Edith Frankel
    Changing serger thread
    by Susan Riley
    neat neck edge pick-up
    by kathe Brinkmann
    Knitting row counter
    by Susan Terry
    Shaping Sleeve Caps
    by Lorelle Zacky
    Clean cardboard templates
    by Natalie Garrity
    Fabric roses
    by Maureen Shaffer
    Knitters' measuring aid
    by Ninon deZara/Ronn
    Even Buttonholes
    by Terry Grant
    Reference labels
    by Carla H. Johnson
    Two-row knitting marker
    by Lisa Mannery
    Pattern markers
    by Grace B. Weinstein
    Wool and sweater dryer
    by Charlotte Anderson
    Idea organizer
    by Dianne Boate
    Easy pants hems
    by Richard T. Franke
    Swatch records
    by Helen Tucker
    Precision vacuuming
    by Shari Adams
  • FITTING/QUESTIONS:
    Q: Hemlines that ride up
    A: Margaret Komives
    Q: Riding up in front
    A: Margaret Komives, Dee DuMont
    Q: Neckline and shoulder woes
    A: Britta Callamaras, Margaret Komives
    Q: Perspiration stains
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Invisible Zippers
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Embroidery yarns on cones
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    African culture
    by Roy Jones
    Great moments in quilting
    by Indianapolis Museum of Art
    Mother of modern tapestry
    by Vera W. Kopecek
    Not for weavers only
    by Handweavers Guild of America
    Two good gadgets
    by Carol Adney
    Sixth International Textile Contest
    by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
    Fiber Arts Competition
    by Bernice Spigel
    British views on quilting and fiber art
    by Dean Clough
    Canadian conservators
    by Textile Conservation Newsletter
    Selling you work
    by Northwoods Trading Co.
    Unchained crochet
    by Gladys Shue
    Vintage Knitting patterns
    by Chris Bacon
    What's a Dobag?
    by Michael A. Scott
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    Mother of the bride
    by Pat Swope
  • Supplies

ISSUE #36: Aug/Sept. 1991
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Straight Line Design:
    shape squares with tabs, loops, buttons
    by Suzen Hahn
  • Basic Draft: Basic Top
    by Suzen Hahn
  • Letting Go of the Rules
    by Inger Sandberg
  • Sew Yourself a Sweater
    by Connie Long
  • Now You See It, Now You Don't:
    Soluble stabilizers
    by Cindy Hickok
  • Rub-print fabrics
    by Linda S. Perry
  • An Introduction to Draping
    by Carol Stith Zahn
  • My Twin Dress Form
    by Carol Stith Zahn
  • Safari for the City
    by Linda Faiola
  • Leather makes it Simple
    by Cynthia Tyndall
  • Sewing Without Pins
    by Carol Adney
  • Great Scott!:
    Beadworker Joyce Scott
    by Alice Scherer
  • Designing Knitted Hoods
    by Deborah Newton
  • Chenille Topper Pattern
    by Deborah Newton
  • Caring for Quilts
    by Virginia Avery
  • Back Cover:
    Copper threads and silver needles
    by Judith Duffey
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Clean finish
    Slip baste
    Darning foot
    Walking foot
    Rollere foot
    Needles: sharps/betweens
    KNITTING:
    Bind off and join
    k2tog
    ssk
    Baseball stitch
  • TIPS:
    World's simplest knit slippers
    by Barbara G. Walker
    Tangle-free bobbins
    by Beverly Stone
    Rotary cutter for paper
    by Carol Stoner
    Thimbles for knitters
    by Margaret Rauhut
    Stretchless buttonholes for knits
    by Lee Pecora
    Fishing for thread ends
    by Elaine Middaugh
    Handy, homemade point turner
    by Terry Grant
    Nifty gift tag
    by Lynn Teichman
    Marking corners for piecing
    by Elizabeth Brink
    Stitching an accurate edge
    by Elaine MacKay
    Childproofing pants knees
    by Carolyn Bottomly
    Winding a center-pull ball
    by Lois Carroll
    Right side of knits
    by Janet Menee
    Easy start for seams
    by Marge Pfeil
    Circular needle storage
    by Peg Boren
    Untwisted crochet turning chaings
    by Gladys Shue
    Tools for fabric painters
    by Grace Hirsh
    Alternative hand-sewing threads
    by Martha McKeon
  • FITTING/QUESTIONS:
    Q: Maternity Clothes
    A: Margaret Komives
    Q: Fluctuatuing waistlines
    A: Britta Callamaras
    Q: Uneven Figure
    A: Dee DuMont
    Q: Learning the basics
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Coming up with knitting guage
    A: Alice Korach
    Q: Buttons by Mail
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Crazy kilims
    by Joan, Philip Ritchie
    Chicagoland cornucopia
    by Mary Smith
    10,000 rabbits
    by Helen von Ammon
    Quilters' gathering
    by Eastcoast Quilter's Alliance
    Great American Quilt Festival 3
    by Robin Lambie Smith
    Fabrics deluxe
    by Minneapolis Institute of Arts
    Caps for Kids
    by Alice Korach
    Charting for Mac users
    by Suzann Thompson
    Needle threader
    by Alice Korach
    Sewing with children
    by Midge Jinno
    New Professional Organization
    by Custom Clothing Guild
    Sharpen your style
    by Alice Korach
    Sewing lessons Hotline
    by American Home Sewing and Craft Assoc.
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    A Loom with a Zoo
    by Elizabeth Creith
  • Supplies

ISSUE #37: Oct/Nov. 1991
Page Count: 106
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Contemporary Tailoring
    by Cecilia Podolak
  • Fusible Interfacing
    by Cecilia Podolak
  • Stalking the Real Scottish Tweeds
    by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum
  • Animating Applique
    by Sharee Dawn Roberts
  • A Fitting Companion
    by Judith King
  • Draping a Basic Pattern
    by Judith King
  • One Small Stitch for Knitters
    by Lynne Vogel
  • A Stranded-quilted Jacket
    by Lynne Vogel
  • Love that Charting Attachment
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Akira on Bias
    by Ann Hyde
  • In the Nature of a Curve
    by Martha Waterman
  • Working with Half-Circle Templates
    by Martha Waterman
  • Cozy Down for Winter Nights
    by Rochelle Harper
  • Blending Colors in Crochet:
    crocheting with sewing thread
    by Donna Rae Gach
  • Readers' Showcase
    by Amy T. Yanagi
  • Back Cover:
    Beauty and the Beads
    by Kate Boyan
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Keyhole buttonhole
    Rescaling patterns
    Covered snaps
    KNITTING:
    knit cable cast-on
  • TIPS:
    Custom sheets
    by Josette Kilmer
    Notebook for easy shopping
    by Victoria Huff
    Sewing machine solutions
    by Lois Delgado
    Inserting new serger needle
    by F. Novarra
    Make squishy yarn balls
    by Carol Hillestad
    Gripping quilting needles
    by Sue Nesmith
    Sewing darts
    by M. Elaine MacKay
    Even sleeves
    by Charlotte Stafford
    The nesting urge
    by Marie Dorok
    Safety pinning
    by Mary Hardenbrook
    Cable holder
    by Margaret Horton
    Bloodstain remover
    by Carole Fisher
    Relaxation tip
    by Beth Kolle
    Great yarn holder
    by Darlene McNamara
    Water supply in the sewing room
    by Iande Kelley-Ysadai
    Use it up
    by Sharon Collins
  • FITTING/QUESTIONS:
    Q: To dart or not to dart
    A: Joyce Gale, Margaret Komives
    Q: Full bust, hollow upper chest, gaping armhole
    A: Dee DuMont
    Q: Choosing a pattern wisely
    A: Margaret Komives
    Q: What is Couture?
    A: Claire B. Shaeffer
    Q: Wither hat forms and petersham?
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Sewing Machines of the future
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Couture techniques from Givenchy
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
    Hemmer at home
    by Carol Adney
    New living history museum
    by Windham Textile and History Museum
    Footwear frenzy
    by Essex Institute
    (knit)Blankets for AIDS babies
    by Sedona Godmothers
    Strength in numbers
    by Professional Knitwear Designers
    Quilters saw red: Turkey Red
    by Barbara Brackman
    Patent adventure
    by Marianna Northrup
    Fiber worker's nightmare
    by Barbara Bononno
    In touch with human nature
    by Hope, Phillip Holtzman
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    The Very First Piece
    by Nan Carol
  • Supplies

YEAR 1992: 6 BIMONTHLY ISSUES

Issue #38: Dec/Jan 1992
Page Count: 98
Notes:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Handmade Fabric Jewelry
    by Diane Ericson
  • Vent First
    by Shirley McKeown
  • Drafting a Two-Piece Jacket Sleeve from a One-Piece Pattern
    by Margaret Komives
  • American Haute Couture: Arnold Scaasi
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • Working with Alpaca
    by Julie owens
  • Alpacas in the North
    by Julie Owens
  • Techniques for a Topcoat
    by David Page Coffin
  • Heirloom christening Gowns
    by Mary Ellen McKee
  • A Passion for Piecing
    by Kumiko Sudo
  • A Vest for Quilters
    by Rachel Kincy Clark
  • These Pants are Made for Striding
    by Mary A. Roehr
  • Two-Color Knitting with One Color
    by Emily Marks
  • Paints, Brushes, and Stitches
    by Barbara Lee Smith
  • HUMOR:
    Heavenly notions
    by Sue Marra Byham
  • Back Cover:
    Golden Flux
    by Olga de Amaral
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Thread tracing
    Pad stitching
    KNITTING:
    S1 1-k1-psso
    S12tog kwise-k1-p2sso
    knit into the row below
  • TIPS:
    Dish-towel skirt
    by Jeanne Pinault
    Personal notes
    by Susan Rock
    Stopping the creeps
    by Iris Wilson
    Roll and snip corners
    by Edith Frankel
    Reversible sweaters
    by Lynn Derus
    Tool-less twists
    by Joy Beeson
    Asymmetric miters
    by Shirley McKeown
    Easy bobbles
    by Catherine Ham
    V-neck in the round
    by Beth Kolle
    Velcro for shoulder pads
    by Ruth Neitzel
  • FITTING:
    Q: Fitting Pants
    A: Britta Callamaras
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Needling questions
    A: David Coffin
    Q: Where's the light box?
    A: David Coffin
  • NOTES:
    Mardi Gras Indian sewing
    by Yleana Martinez
    New Home 8000- exceptional embroidery
    by Carol Adney
    Teen sewing competition
    by McCall Pattern Co.
    Study opportunities abroad
    by Amy T. Yanagi
    Early Islamic Textiles
    by Cleveland Museum of Art
    Wrap of distinction(sarape)
    by Museum of American Folk Art
    Yarn swap fund-raisier
    by Connie Fitz
    Canadian knitting guild
    by Knitting Guild of Canada
    Facsimile gloves
    by Sue Leighton-White
    Machine knitting conference
    by TMKS
    Matching quilters and buyers
    by Stacy Shaw
    Helen Allen Textile Collection
    by Beverly Gordon
  • Calendar
  • INDEX: 33-38
  • Books
  • Supplies

ISSUE #39: Feb/March 1992
Page Count: 98
Notes: Amy T. Yanagi took over as executive editor...

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • A Surprising Turn of the Pleat
    by Lois Ericson
  • Japanese Cushions
    by John Marshall
  • Copying a Schiaparelli(without taking it apart)
    by Joseph J. Pescatore
  • Piecing Perfect Points
    by Ami Simms
  • Looking for Mr. Goodthread
    by Gale Grigg Hazen
  • Options for Thread
    by David Page Coffin
  • Corrugated Knitting
    by Molly Gordon
  • Buttons and Beads
    by Barbara Hjort
  • Jacket Lining Made Easy
    by Cecelia Podolak
  • Putting Stitches in Their Place
    by Paula Levy
  • What the Patterns Don't Tell You
    by Amy T. Yanagi
  • Grounds for Needle Lace
    by Virginia Churchill Bath
  • Snow Fooling:
    knit sculptured ski masks
    by Meg Swansen
  • HUMOR:
    The day of the northern-lights long johns
    by Joan Fearing
  • Back Cover:
    Weaving on a small scale
    by Annie Herzfeld
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Blindstitch
    Truing
    Determine plies in thread
    Filament silk threads
    Edge stitching
    KNITTING:
    Lifted increase
    Single cast-on
    turn to knit short rows
    Wrapped stitch on the knit side
    On the purl side
  • TIPS:
    Buttons and a zipper
    by Jean Linton
    Easy-to-find needle protectors
    by Betty Isaacson
    Safe plastic cleaner
    by Jean Kaplan
    Preserving pattern notches
    by Joanna Wilson
    Invisible yarn-ball change
    by Susan L. Terry
    Neat knit neckband
    by Diane Zangl
    Fewer knots in quilts
    by Louise Owens
    Mail-order organization
    by Lynn Shaw-Elvaiah
    Lampshade skein holder
    by G.E. Strandberg
    Handy hemostats
    by Dale Jenssen
    Fine tool organizer
    by Jan Scholl
    No knitting-bobbin tangle
    by Mimi Nelson
    Custom knitting needles
    by Charlie Collins
    Washing cashmere
    by Lynn Roosevelt
    Easy button loops
    by Elizabeth Blodgett, Barbara Goodall
  • FITTING:
    Q: Surplice Savvy
    A: Dee DuMont
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Transferring designs to a grid
    A: Alice Korach
    Q: Futon mattress
    A: John Marshall
  • NOTES:
    Tatting through Belgium
    by Karey Solomon
    Student fashion-design competition
    by Joyce Gale
    Givenchy-40 year retrospecitve
    by Galliera Palace
    Outstanding new quilt museum
    by Museum of the American Quilter's Society
    Top-of-the-line sewing machine reviews
    by Robbie Fanning
    Pittsburgh's fiber renaissance
    by Pittsburgh Fashion Consortium
    (knit)Shawl patterns
    by Alice Korach
    Knitting machine conferences
    by Alice Korach
    Reviving a lost art(Raven's Tail weaving)
    by Kristen Tromble
    Quilting for the park
    by Peter Farnham
    Freshwater pearl buttons
    by Marilyn Green
  • Calendar
  • Shows
  • Books
  • Supplies

ISSUE #40: Apr/May 1992
Page Count: 94
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• FEATURES
  • A Reversible, One-Technique Jacket
    by Bird Ross
  • Step-by-Step Design
    by Deborah Newton
  • A Quilt Style of Your Own
    by Erika Carter
  • Making a strip quilt
    by Erika Carter
  • Memories of a Parisian Seamstress:
    Jacques Fath
    by Suzanne Pierrette Stern
  • Draping a Gown on a Fitted Tulle Foundation
    by Suzanne Pierrette Stern
  • Desperately Seeking Sergers
    by Carol Adney
  • A Hands-On Review of Four- and Five-Thread Sergers
    by Carol Adney
  • A Felt the Need for a Hat
    by Carol Sperling
  • Measuring Yourself Wehn You're Home Alone
    by Britta Callamaras
  • Art for the Taking
    by Kaffe Fassett
  • Hand Loomed and Handknit
    by Julie Berniker
  • HUMOR:
    The thread that must be followed
    by Althea Wharton
  • Back Cover:
    Bringing Lint to Life
    by Slater Barron
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Thread marking
    KNITTING:
    pick up loose stitches
    Determining whether stitches are twisted or not
    Slip-stitch crochet
    Purl duplicate stitch
    Machine knit a tuck
    FIBER FACTS:
    Wool
  • TIPS:
    Better bound pockets
    by Cecelia Schmieder
    Easy-to-read Fair Isle knitting charts
    by Helen T. Healy, Ethel Roberts, Evelyn B. Coyne
    Premark tension on knobs
    by Susan Strange
    Disposable press cloths
    by Barbara Nachtigall
    Stitching seams open
    by Elaine Rutledge
    Durable applique templates
    by Carol Stoner
    Easy ironing-board cover repair
    by Norma Matheus
    Crochet an even knit selvage
    by Claire Marcus
    Quick design size changes
    by Mrs. John Bates
  • FITTING:
    Q: Asymmetric bodies
    A: Margaret Komives
    Q: Comfortable pants for sitting in a wheel-chair
    A: Dee DuMont
    Q: Short back waist
    A: Joyce Gale
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Cleaning feathers
    A: Claire B. Shaeffer
  • NOTES:
    Team knitting: an old "sport"
    by Robin Hansen
    1992 Knitathon
    by Martha Cassel
    Blocking wives
    by Ginger Luters
    Traditional fiber crafts in the Shetland Islands
    by Ann Feitelson
    English lace making
    by Sara Drower
    Givenchy for the home sewer
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
    Top-of-the-line quilting machine
    by Carol Adney
    One-piece skirt pattern
    by Alice Korach
    Wedding dress for a goddess
    by Doug Bullis
    Weavers go to Washington
    by Joy May Hilden
  • Calendar
  • Shows
  • Books
  • Supplies

ISSUE #41: June/July 1992
Page Count: 90
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• FEATURES
  • Keep Your Comforter Clean
    by Rochelle Harper
  • Figure-Flattering Skirts
    by Jan Larkey
  • Quilting the Big Picture
    by Velda Newman
  • From Graph to Garment(knit)
    by Rosella Paletti
  • Narrowing an Extended Shoulder
    by Margaret Komives
  • Fabric and Floss in Relief
    by Salley Mavor
  • Transformer Clothing
    by Lynne R. Dixon-Speller
  • Argyles without Seams
    by Suzann Thompson
  • Stitching Fabric Puzzles
    by David Page Coffin
  • A Tapestry Primer
    by Geraldine Brock
  • Getting the Best of Gabardine
    by Shermaine B. Fouché
  • Perfect Gabardine Pressing
    by Shermaine B. Fouché
  • HUMOR:
    The dark midnight of the creative spirit
    by Mary C. Elliott
  • Back Cover:
    By Warp Alone
    by Teresa Pla
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Continuous zippers
    Smooth, tightly twisted worsted wool yar
    Twill
    Hong Kong seam finish
    Handpicking
    Tailor's mitt
    KNITTING/WEAVING:
    Twist yarns at the color change
    Yarn butterfly
  • TIPS:
    Refining a dropped shoulder
    by Margaret Komives
    Blot away bloodstains
    by Elizabeth Stommel
    Easy-to-find cable needle
    by Linda Van Houten, Carol L. Douglas
    Easy machine-needle threading
    by Evelyn Blake
    Preserving sewing patterns
    by Suzan Wiener
    Good use for odd skein
    by Louise Owens
    Circular-needle holders
    by Eve Sobert, Jean W. Jeppson
    Bra pocket for a prosthesis
    by Dee DuMont
    Straightening curly yarn
    by Doralee Wilson
    Multiple uses for a plastic tablecloth
    by Edith Frankel
    Two straight pins hold knittingn best
    by Kristina Deimel
    Testing for color fastness
    by Solange Hawkins
    Instant light table
    by Doris Kourt
    Embroidery anchors neckline facing
    by Elizabeth Richter
    Sewing crisp knit neckbands
    by Cindy Peterson
  • FITTING:
    Q: More on adjusting a short back waist
    A: Elizabeth Liecht, Judith Rasband
    Q: Pant legs turn in
    A: Joyce Gale
    Q: Extra ease for a broad back
    A: Joyce Gale
    Q: Shirts ride back, shoulder is too padded
    A: Margaret Komives
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Making your own window shades
    A: Trenia Bell-Will
    Q: Keeping bra straps up
    A: Dee DuMont
    Q: Timeless patterns
    A: Karen Morris
  • NOTES:
    Buying a franchise to teach sewing
    by Catharine Anderson
    Bra pattern review
    by Carol Adney
    Paisley shawls
    by Weaver Mrion Marzolf
    Knit puppets - fun for all
    by Judith K. Cody
    Computer absolution
    by Carla H. Johnson
    Helping hands for crafters
    by Alice Korach
  • Calendar
  • Shows
  • Books
  • Supplies

ISSUE #42: Aug/Sept. 1992
Page Count: 98
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• FEATURES
  • Couture Quilting of Geoffrey Beene
    by Roberta Carr
  • Walk through a Beene Original
    by David Page Coffin
  • Tahitian Quilts: Tifaifai
    by Roxanne McElroy
  • Needle-turn Applique
    by Roxanne McElroy
  • Decorative Stitching on Felted Fabric
    by Joy B. Landeira
  • Translating Rug Designs to Needlepoint
    by Caroline Hooper
  • Getting the Upper Hand on Intarsia
    by Nancy Marchant
  • Five Triangles Pullover
    by Nancy Marchant
  • Necktie Legacy
    by Nancy O. Bryant
  • Flat Lining
    by Patricia Clements
  • Knitting Snails and Sharks
    by Janice Constable
  • Making Rooster Socks
    by Janice Constable
  • How to Drape a Fitted Skirt
    by Don McCunn
  • Resist Dyeing made Simple
    by Nanitee Robarge
  • HUMOR:
    Serendipitiy
    by Medina Gouveia
  • Back Cover:
    Knit Wit
    by unknown
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Flat-fell seam
    Quilting guide
    Walking foot
    Corded buttonholes
    Garment section cut on the bias
    KNITTING:
    Mattress stitch
    Grafting/Kitchener stitch
    EMBROIDERY:
    Detached chain stitch
    Basketweave stitch
  • TIPS:
    Easy elastic for waistbands
    by Catherine Neff
    Widen zipper seam allowances
    by Millie Anne Fester
    Fast press for flat trims
    by Tenley Alaimo
    Homemade Magnetic pincushion
    by Lara Dilg
    Markers for circular needles
    by Kathleen C. Saxe
    Nifty threaders
    by Beth karjala, Mary Hardenbrook
    Safer seam ripping
    by Marilyn A. Jenson, Suzen Wiener
    Prevent stretched sweater shoulders
    by Shelly Cyper Springer
    Handy cross-stitch marker
    by Charlene Chatten
    Dressmakers' weighty suggestions
    by Anne Dyer
    Pin-disposal canister
    by Keith Farmer
    Repairing ripped skirt vents
    by Pat Lowther
    Knit your own coil
    by Ellen Riggan
    Perfect crochet joinery
    by Susan Z. Douglas
    Quickly slice polymer clay
    by Melissa Blackman
    Balm for sore fingers
    by Nancy Kelly
    Aging jean hems
    by Kyria LoScalzo
    Make your own designer yarns
    by Sylvia Landman
    Nonravel preshrink
    by Pamela Smith
    Make your own serger guidelines
    by M. Lynette Holmes
    Removable Jacket placket
    by Mrs. M.D. Weeks
    Two pattern transfer methods
    by Helma Kuhlman, Sharon Spradlin-Barrett
    Metallic thread hints
    by Roxanne McElroy
    Mid-row stop in knitting
    by Gail P. DunLeavy
  • FITTING:
    Q: Vest that gaps at the armscye
    A: Goyce Gale
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Help for old sewing machines
    A: Frank Smith
    Q: Choosing spinning wheels and drum carders
    A: Helen von Ammon
    Q: Pants to knit
    A: Susan Guagliumi
  • NOTES:
    Studying couture techniques at auctions
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
    A "Home" for the homeless
    by Shelter-Pak
    Making patterns fit better
    by Alice Korach
    Sewing machine museum
    by Mary Jo Bruce
    Appalachian Coverlets
    by Kathleen W. Harman
    Kindergarten knitters
    by Shawna Tucker Monson
    Stitch holders for double-pointed needles
    by Alice Korach
    Knitting club by mail
    by Alice Korach
    Sewer goes to boot camp
    by David Page Coffin
    Needle in the haystack
    by Elizabeth Sovern
  • Calendar
  • Shows
  • Books
  • Supplies

ISSUE #43: Oct/Nov. 1992
Page Count: 98
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• FEATURES
  • Crocheting Colorful Hats
    by Adriene Cruz
  • Shaping with Pleats
    by Cecelia Podolak
  • Quilt Meets Soft Toy
    by Judith Duffey
  • Mechanical, Electronic, or Computerized?
    by Karen Morris
  • How to Test a Sewing Machine
    by Gale Grigg Hazen
  • Knitting a Patchwork of Patterns
    by Sally Melville
  • Hawaiian Scrap Coverlet
    by Lilo Markrich
  • Making Victorian-Style Lampshades
    by Kristine L. Anderson
  • Shopping for Shade Supplies
    by Kristine L. Andersen
  • The Invisible Zipper
    by Carol Neumann
  • Two Jackets in One(cover)
    by Alice Berry
  • Adding a Window to a Reversible Garment
    by Alice Berry
  • Do-it-Yourself Recycling
    by Marianne McCann
  • 
    by
  • HUMOR:
    A knotty problem
    by Sue Marra Byham
  • Back Cover:
    Suburban Pioneer Turns Trash into Art
    by Marianne McCann
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Raglan, dolman, and kimono sleeves
    Shorten a zipper
    KNITTING:
    Cable cast-on to add stitches
    M1k, M1p
    CROCHET:
    Slip knot and chain
    Single crochet
    Double crochet
    Increase
    Working a decrease
  • TIPS:
    Removing shoulder pads
    by Luanne B. Redmaond
    Compact stitch instructions
    by Anna-Lisa Kanick
    Unusual surfaces aid knitters
    by Susan Terry, Deborah Newton
    Multiple uses for freezer paper
    by Carol Stoner, Jolee Nail Horn
    Invisible zipper in any color works
    by Dee DuMont
    Hemming wedge
    by Diane Schultz
    Sturdy Needle
    by Dianne Boate
    Stretchy knit ribbing
    by Clara Wendrich
    Extend marking pen's life
    by Vicki Leavitt Combs
    Ironing made easier
    by Mary Elliott, Karen Grille
    Inventive embroidery hoop
    by Susan Knight
    Pizza-pan tam stretchers
    by Suzanne Correira
  • FITTING:
    Q: Pants for a flat seat
    A: Joyce Gale
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Starting a business
    A: Karen Morris
  • NOTES:
    Look at that Viking go!
    by Carol Adney
  • Calendar
  • Shows
  • Fall Fashion Review
    by Sandra Betzina, Beth Ann Baumgartel, Deborah Newton
  • Books
  • Supplies

YEAR 1993: 6 BIMONTHLY ISSUES

Issue #44: Dec/Jan 1993
Page Count: 90
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• FEATURES
  • Comforting Sweaters Wrap You in a Picture
    by Judith Swartz
  • Simple Embroidery Stitches Enhance Knits
    by Judith Swartz
  • Padding a Dress Form
    by Suzanne Pierrette Stern
  • Taking Measurements
    by Suxanne Pierrette Stern
  • Shaping a Perfect Sleeve Cap
    by Shermaine B. Fouché
  • Flowers from Baltimore Album Quilts
    by Elly Sienkiewicz
  • Updating a Treasured Coat
    by Mary Smith
  • Defining Your Style
    by Mary Smith
  • Tambour Beading
    by Jan Bryant
  • An Inexpensive Tambour Hook
    by Jan Bryant
  • Sewing Room Details
    by Carol Adney
  • An Affordable Dream Room
    by Peggy Durant
  • Great Bags from Scraps
    by Suzen Hahn
  • A Do-It-Yourself Chanel-Style Skirt
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • The Hand-Inserted Zipper
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • 
    by
  • HUMOR:
    A Confusion of Tongues
    by Pat Swope
  • Back Cover:
    Weaving from Ancient Peru
    by Brooklyn Museum
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Thread tracing
    Quilters' knot, Tailors' knot
    cRocHET:
    Crabstitch/backwards crochet
  • TIPS:
    Vertical knit grafting
    by Betty Salpekar
    Wall space storage from cramped quarters
    by Doris Harris, Barbara Burnette, Carol Wallis, Susan Mackenzie
    Machine-embroidered crazy quilts
    by Lori Bosinoff
    Serge with water-suluble stabilizer
    by Linda Lee Vivian
    Knit buttonholes for girls or boys
    by Marion E. Scoular
    Easily thread serger loopers
    by Kathie Holland
    Airing removes clothes' odors
    by Susan Herrmann
    Making your own buttons
    by Ann Henry
    Dowel pressing surface
    by Mary Hardenbrook
    Easy sweater armhole facing
    by Beth A. Kellé
    Quick lace designs
    by Carol Ashendorf, Barbara L. Anderson
  • FITTING:
    Q: Rounded back, flat rear
    A: Elaine Rutledge
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Bunka embroidery supplies
    A: Karen Morris
    Q: Spinning dog hair yarn
    A: Helen von Ammon
  • NOTES:
    The big quilt controversy
    by Martha Waterman
    Tips from the workrooms of Valentino
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
    Shopping Bags
    by Michelle West
    Attention Button Lovers
    by Mary Smith
  • Calendar
  • Shows
  • INDEX: 39-44
  • Books
  • Supplies

ISSUE #45: Feb/March 1993
Page Count: 94
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• FEATURES
  • Marvelous Melton
    by Linda Faiola
  • Stitching a Melton Coat by Hand or Machine
    by Linda Faiola
  • Sewing in Small places
    by David Page Coffin
  • Alterations and Repairs(knits)
    by Suzy Hebert
  • Draping a Cover for a Padded Form
    by Suzanne Pierrette Stern
  • Fine Points for Perfect Pockets
    by LInda Wakefield
  • Knitting Strip by Strip
    by Deborah Newton
  • Planning Neck and Shoulder Shaping
    by Deborah Newton
  • Meet the Newest Interfacings
    by Margaret Komives
  • Intricate Quilt from Simple Blocks
    by Karen Soma
  • JOys of French Handsewing
    by Regina madory Walter
  • Creating an Elegant Pillow
    by Regina Madory Walter
  • Papercut Patterns for Embroidery
    by Gail Rossi
  • 
    by
  • HUMOR:
    The awesome responsibility
    by Judith Eckerson
  • Back Cover:
    Cloth of Glass
    by William Hodge
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Tailors' tacks
    French seam
    KNITTING:
    Blended color effect
  • TIPS:
    Within easy reach
    by Alis M. Wintle Sefick
    Lining patch pockets
    by Jeannette Bernstein
    Matching fabric across pockets
    by Mrs. Gerald Tubbs
    Correcting uneven crochet edges
    by Gladys Shue
    Opening heddle eyes
    by Helene Schiller
    Knitting repair hints
    by Kathleen C. Saxe, Lynne Vogel, Susan Herrmann
    Inventive stitching guide
    by Nancy Camperud
    Dyeing your own buttons
    by Mrs. Walter Neff
    Shoulder-pad pockets for reversible jackets
    by Melissa Ennis
    Removable button band
    by Lucile Stutsman
  • FITTING:
    Q: Full bust
    A: Della Steineckert
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Altering the length of a coat
    A: Melissa Ingling-Leath
    Q: Repairing Knits
    A: Karen Morris
  • SPRING FASHION REVIEW:
    Sewer's Choices for Spring/Summer 1993
    by Sandra Betzina
  • NOTES:
    Embroidery made easy
    by Carol Adney
    Sewing for premature infants
    by Ruthe Brown
    Crafts Forum on CompuServe
    by Ginger Luters
    Environmental Quilters
    by Susan Shie
    Shetland knitting for speed
    by Yvonne Cutright
    Caring for homeless veterans
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Supplies

ISSUE #46: Apr/May 1993
Page Count: 90
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• FEATURES
  • Sewing the Perfect All-Weather Raincoat
    by Cecelia Podolak
  • Constructing a Warm Zip-Out Linging
    by Cecelia Podolak
  • Buttonholes for Silk
    by Claire B. Shaeffer
  • Color Blending
    by Gillian Bull
  • Making a Color-Blended Sweater
    by Gillian Bull
  • Turning Darts into Pleats
    by Jann Jasper
  • Dart Basics
    by Jann Jasper
  • Knitting with a Twist
    by Alice Korach
  • A Strapless that Stays Put
    by Kenneth D. King
  • Buttons from Thread(crochet)
    by Nancy Nehring
  • Crocheting the Finishing Touches
    by Nancy Nehring
  • Embroidery with Texture
    by Karina Martens
  • Preparing Fabric for Sewing
    by Shirley L. Smith
  • Patterns in Motion
    by Lenore Parham
  • Working with Prints
    by Lenore Parham
  • HUMOR:
    Sewing again
    by Marcie Bader
  • Back Cover:
    A Garden of Lace
    by Robin Lewis-Wild
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Understitching
    Thread weight
    Rotating a dart
    Jeans needle
    Buttonhole stitch
    Satin-stitch embroidery
    Surface satin stitch
    KNITTING/CROCHET:
    Knit a two-color pattern
    Slip knot
    Chain
    Single crochet
    Half double crochet
    Double crochet
    Treble
    Double treble
  • TIPS:
    Gathering with a guide
    by Mae M. Conner
    Tricks for templates
    by Edith Frankel, Mrs. O. Olson, Sue Ann Sulzer
    Blocking mixed yarn sweaters
    by Veronica Schmerling
    Avoid leaving hem impressions
    by Suzan L. Wiener
    Visible grafting edge
    by Susan M. Johnson
    Sturdy paper patterns
    by Grace B. Weinstein
    Mark pattern outlines
    by Rita Jacobson
    Using scrap fusible as tape
    by Mary B. Gibbins
    Length guide for buttonholes
    by Pam Hobson
    Collapsible cutting table
    by Maureen Harkins
    Checking frays on tiny edges
    by M. Parfitt
    Using a cutting edge
    by Darcy Falk
    Lengthening coat sleeves
    by Melissa Ennis
    Garment alteration hints
    by Linda Doran
  • FITTING:
    Q: V-neck problems
    A: Della Steineckert
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Redyeing black cottons
    A: Karen Morris
  • NOTES:
    Wealth of spring and summer yarns
    by Deborah Newton
    Designer fabric by mail
    by Alice Korach
    Kids' easy-see doll clothes
    by Yvonne Rawstron
    Volunteer, travel, and learn
    by Carol Hayman
    Embellishing tool(knit)
    by Deborah Allen Kane
    Lace knitting patterns
    by Alice Korach
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Supplies

ISSUE #47: June/July 1993
Page Count: 90
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• FEATURES
  • Tips for the Perfect Skirt
    by David Page Coffin
  • Shaping Flat Fabric with Eased Seams
    by David Page Coffin
  • Shirttails for Sweaters
    by Sally Melville
  • Shirttail Shaping on the machine
    by Sally Melville
  • Shoulder Pads - In or Out?
    by Jan larkey
  • Kids and Quilts
    by Judy Langille
  • Taming Bias
    by Joyce Gale
  • Sewing with Pleated Fabric
    by Vicki Koeplin
  • Making a Pleated Garment
    by Karen Morris
  • No-Template Piecing
    by Elizabeth Hoffman, Shannon Rettig
  • Planning and Piecing a Template-Free Pattern
    by Elizabeth Hoffman, Shannon Rettig
  • When Draping Calls for Darts
    by Suzanne Pierrette Stern
  • Leaf Printing on Fabric
    by Betty Auchard
  • Making Room for Waists
    by Melissa Ingling-Leath
  • HUMOR:
    Obligation
    by RoxAnne Hackathorn
  • Back Cover:
    Floral prints from sunlit dyes
    by Betty Auchard
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Staystitching
    To piece bias strips
    A cording foot
    Fell stitches
    Rip a seam
    KNITTING:
    Knitting short rows
  • TIPS:
    Designing your own label
    by Dorothy Johnson
    Bra and slip pad dress form
    by marla Zbornik
    A binder index for sewing patterns
    by Kristine Kadlec
    Organizing paper patterns
    by Anne Ruby
    Fake button hole closure
    by Evelyn Blake
    Yarn detangler
    by Doralee Wilson
    Lubricating zipper teeth
    by Andrea Moore
    A Cleaner sewing machine with pipe cleaners
    by Clary Hannan
    Marking yarn-ball ends
    by Sue Johnson
    Water stiffens thread
    by Kathie Holland
    Basting tape holds buttons
    by Edna Isaac
    Topstitching ends invisibly
    by Mary Hardenbrook
    Serging the ease out of curved hems
    by T.R. Kelley
    Handy leftover fusibles
    by Keith Farmer
    Fabric Stiffener
    by AnnMarie Wilson
    Yarn-tied quilts
    by Nancy Camperud
    Tailors' soap/chalk
    by Sandra Lee Wollin
    Grease dissolves label glue
    by Betty Sager
    Perfectly matched thread and fabric
    by Sandra A. Tebbs
    Recycled turtleneck sweater
    by Suzan Wiener
    Stay-put foot petal
    by Gail Yano
    Closet storage organizers
    by Judy Zifka
    Versatile paper tape
    by L.D. Pace
    Knitting a purse
    by Hertha F. Lamm
    Batching seams saves time
    by Catherine Neff
    Measuring saves fabric
    by Kristine Kadlec
    Removing creases from velvet
    by Susan Herrmann
    Pull threads with huller
    by Liz Violante
  • FITTING:
    Q: Adjusting patterns for height
    A: Della Steineckert
    Q: Altering for a full bust
    A: Della Steineckert
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Are all denims twills?
    A: Claire Shaeffer
    Q: Wrinkles in leather
    A: Ferne Taylor
    Q: Perfect V-shaped waists
    A: Claire Shaeffer
    Q: Computers for quilting
    A: Karen Morris
    Q: Discovering fashion trends
    A: Sandra Betzina
  • NOTES:
    Bernina's newest computerized machine
    by Robbie Fanning
    Attention, lace knitters
    by Alice Korach
    Like Mother, Like Daughter?
    by Rebecca Nebesar
    The ultimate sewing vacation
    by Carol Glancy Nuss
    Russian fashion designers
    by Dorothy Rudzki
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Supplies

ISSUE #48: Aug/Sept. 1993
Page Count: 90
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• FEATURES
  • The No-Seam Armhole
    by Margaret Komives
  • Beyond Square Quilt Blocks
    by Ami Simms
  • A Patchworker's Favorite Rotary Cutting Rulers
    by Marsha McCloskey
  • Introducing the Rotary Cutter
    by David Page Coffin
  • A Guide to Rotary Cutters and Mats
    by David Page Coffin
  • Perfect Ribbing
    by June Hemmons Hiatt
  • The Real You(muslin shell)
    by Suzanne Stern
  • A Simple Machine Embellishment
    by Carol Laftin Ahles
  • A Hemstitched Look from a Basic Machine
    by Carol Laflin Ahles
  • Quick Cover-Up
    by Rochelle Harper
  • A Patchwork Cardigan
    by Tamsen McAndrews
  • Lining a Knitted Cardigan
    by Tamsen McAndrews
  • An Embroiderer's Earthly Treasures
    by Wilanna Bristow
  • Preparing Fragile Beads, Cicada Wings
    by Wilanna Bristow
  • Taking in a Waistband
    by Melissa Ingling-Leath
  • HUMOR:
    The goddess of thread
    by Donna Goodwin
  • Back Cover:
    Faux Fruit
    by Patty Gallagher
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • BASICS:
    SEWING:
    Wing needle
    size 120/19 universal needle
    Seam gauge
    KNITTING:
    Add ribbing to a garment
    Stretchy cast-off edge
    Double-layer rib
    EMBROIDERY:
    Couching
  • TIPS:
    Bulkless elastic binding
    by Andrea L. Moore
    Easy gathered pleats
    by Pamela Tallman
    Fire prevention
    by Mrs. O.W. Olson
    Making hard-to-sew fabrics easier
    by J.W. Monko, Susan L. Wiener
    Keeping your quilting layers straight
    by Chris Hudson
    Marking fabric information
    by Sara Tayloe
    Rejuvenating leftover yarn
    by Jana Trent
    Pleater threading eliminates knots
    by Judith Brandau
    Safe haven for needles
    by Grace B. Weinstein
    Inexpensive pattern paper
    by Deborah C. Little
    Garment samples do double duty
    by Liz Violante
    Easy bias cutting
    by Liz Violante
    No more falling straps
    by Ann Cristaldi
    Sewing box
    by Mrs. mary Ann James
    First aid for quilt pieces
    by Edith Frankel
  • FITTING:
    Q: Neckline fitting
    A: Della Steineckert
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Removing pleats from shorts
    A: Mary Smith
    Q: Shedding Sweaters
    A: Helen von Ammon
    Q: Hemstitching machines
    A: Frank Smith
  • NOTES:
    Knitting and needlwork classes
    by Kaffe Fassett
    Designing in the company of children
    by Adriene Cruz
    A great serger
    by Jan Tobler
    Design a Sweater
    by Nicky Epstein
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