Comments on: ECOSALON FRIDAY: SEWING FOR HUMANKIND

By: Mary Simmons

Mary Simmons — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:40:06 +0000

I love sewin by hand. I need to find an internet source for thread like u use. I can only find thread in a few colors and small spools where i live. Please give me the source. thanks and happi stitchin. M

By: Threads | Elena Kaulėnas

Threads | Elena Kaulėnas — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:51:29 +0000

[...] A powerful piece on the importance of sewing over on the Alabama Chanin blog. [...]

By: The Physics of Sewing by Hand « Alabama Chanin

The Physics of Sewing by Hand « Alabama Chanin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:51:38 +0000

[...] is important to us at Alabama Chanin that we as a humanity (women and men – girls and boys) take back the essential survival skill of hand-sewing, and that we also understand the physics behind the clothing that shelters our [...]

By: Dawn Tremblay

Dawn Tremblay — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:08:10 +0000

Lovely article! Do you know the book by Elizabeth Wayland Barber:

Women’s work, the first 20,000 years
(Women, cloth, and society in early times)

By: Brenda Marks

Brenda Marks — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:20:00 +0000

I’ve been noticing how sewing after a work day makes me happy – even when I spend time taking out a seam that was incorrect. Rhythm and the need for focus are two things that I think help connect me to the present, sort of a meditation.

As always, thanks for your unique and interesting blending of ideas!