Category Archives: Textile Museums

Textile Museums Map update

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Liz Plummer

My Textile Museums map has taken off – thank you to everyone who has sent me more details and to Sharon at In A Minute Ago for giving me a mention on her blog. There may be a few changes … Continue reading →

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Textile Museums Map – a start!

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Liz Plummer

I’m happy to say that I have made a small start on the Textile Museums map which I have meant to compile ever since I started this blog. It is on Google Maps here. Let me know if you have … Continue reading →

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Textile Museums

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Liz Plummer

I finished my cashmere socks!  While knitting, I listened to an awful lot of podcasts.  One of my favourites is Cast On by Brenda Dayne.  She is a Canadian living in Wales and she has a great couple of episodes which … Continue reading →

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Antique sewing machine

Posted on April 2, 2005 by Liz

Well, I’m back from my travels (actually got back on Thursday but it’s taken this long to get through the pile of washing and read about 1000 emails…). On the way to our destination, we came across a car boot … Continue reading →

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Braiding Machine

Posted on February 4, 2005 by Liz

This is a braiding machine at the Musee de Draperie in Vienne, south of Lyon in France.

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They don’t make them like this anymore!

Posted on February 1, 2005 by Liz

When we were in France in 2003 we went to a sewing machine museum near Lyon. Why don’t they make them like this any more?! It was in the birthplace of Barthelemy Thimmonier, who apparently filed the first patent for … Continue reading →

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