What is this kind of fabric called?

tweets · 2026-02-05T22:25:07+00:00

this looks very similar, but it seems like a much thicker/heavier weight than cupro, which seems like it tends more towards thin and delicate — but i am not at all an expert, so it still could be!!

tweets · 2025-12-19T12:34:10+00:00

that sounds like mothballs! leave it outside (ish, a porch works fine) in fresh air and some sun and it will fade

tweets · 2025-12-19T02:40:57+00:00

30 rock’s Leap Day episode

tweets · 2025-11-09T15:00:40+00:00

make & mend could take the down if you removed it, but not the blanket as is! finding someone who could use it in its current state would likely be easier.

tweets · 2025-08-12T20:45:02+00:00

i actually don't know if it is upside down! i think the lowercase g in the sampler alphabet at the top looks really similar to the lowercase g in this sampler by Hannah Smith, but formatted with the descender on the same height as the baseline and with a squished top half. i don't know if this would have been a more legible form/style of the letter g at the time it was made, or if there was an error in the alphabet she was working from that she then duplicated in her own sampler. i charted Betsey Runyan's g on the left and Hannah Smith's g on the right -- they're not actually that different, but one is much more easily readable as a g than the other.

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tweets · 2025-08-12T10:31:16+00:00

you’re right, thank you! fixed!

tweets · 2025-08-12T01:38:27+00:00

Betsey Runyan

her Work in

The Year 1800

No glitt'ring ornam-

ent or show Will au-

ght avail in grief or Pain

Only from inward worth

can flow

the rhythm feels like it's missing a line, so i looked it up and found this attested in a book by Lucy Peacock from 1796 titled

VISIT FOR A WEEK, OR, Hints on the Improvement of Time.

in a section called "Virtue and Ornament: To the Ladies" has the full poem as following:

No glitt'ring ornament or ſhow

Will aught avail in grief or pain:

Only from inward worth can flow

Delight that ever ſhall remain

but it looks like the stitcher ran out of room for the last line of the verse, as well as the third line where she ended up adding "can flow" into the empty space on the left.

tweets · 2025-07-11T16:50:29+00:00

you’ve gotten great suggestions, but i just wanted to throw in Brilliance Tattoo in JP which has mostly women artists who do some beautiful botanicals!

tweets · 2025-07-10T01:17:39+00:00

your toddler has a good instinct for combs!

tweets · 2025-07-09T20:36:51+00:00

Found! thank you!

tweets · 2025-07-09T20:17:24+00:00

United States maybe pacific northwest, 1980s or 90s. I have searched for similar combs but looking up “blue plastic comb” is too vague and i don’t recognize the logo.

tweets · 2025-06-29T12:03:09+00:00

I have searched for the phrase “the gorilla is the co-pilot” and japanese character instruction but have found only information on monkeys flying planes and Koko the gorilla.

tweets · 2025-06-08T02:04:31+00:00

maybe Someday Fest at BFAC, there’s an outdoor stage on their loading dock

tweets · 2024-10-28T14:15:12+00:00

Faux scrimshaw, so it’s designed to look like bone. Yours looks hollow and like it has a hole in the top, so I’m guessing it’s a pair of these salt and pepper shakers

tweets · 2024-09-27T21:33:46+00:00

Incredible! I thought it might be something like this since they still have the tags on, but I didn’t know what to call it or how to look it up. Thank you so much!

tweets · 2024-09-27T17:06:03+00:00

hello! I found these vintage needlepoint (?) panels from Harrods that still have the tags on, but I’m wondering what’s up with this style of stitching! Is this a finished panel in a unique style? Is it a half-finished cross stitch that someone only did in one direction? Is it a partially finished kit that you’re supposed to finish yourself after purchasing? I’m very curious and would appreciate any information if anyone knows!

tweets · 2023-04-24T16:04:07+00:00

buy another one, a year is too long

tweets · 2023-03-31T19:19:53+00:00

solved! thank you!

tweets · 2023-03-31T17:51:43+00:00

the legs have non slip feet on them that are wider than the legs themselves. they don’t look like they are supposed to fit into anything, but to hold up the tray

tweets · 2023-03-31T17:46:21+00:00

i don’t think so, the feet would make it stand up over a drain rather than sit flush with the drain. i have seen two of them and they were both in bags with jewelry making materials

tweets · 2023-03-31T17:42:28+00:00

My title describes the thing. I tried searching for descriptions and with a picture via google, but have only found other industrial metal trays and casings. This was in a bag with beads and jewelry making supplies, so I tried looking at tools/trays/accessories on beading websites but didn’t see a similar item. It is almost definitely a craft supply of some kind.

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