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dowry textiles

October 9, 2012 Natalie Stopka
marshfield samples

Call me old fashioned - go on, I am - but I can't help liking the idea of a dowry. Not the bribe to catch a husband with, but the type of dowry made of textiles to fill a new home, crafted by a young woman with the skills taught by her mother and local community. I like the idea of setting aside your best handmade pieces to share with somebody.

I've never been to the Marshfield School of Weaving in Vermont, but I would like to. They've got classes in natural dyeing, spinning, and weaving household goods to start with. They also have a weaving intensive devoted to 19th century dowry textiles - how amazing would that be!?

marshfield samples

This reminds me to 1) learn how to weave and 2) recommendThe Age of Homespun by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.

In textiles Tags class, history, textiles
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