Redthreaded Blog

  • Feature Friday: Penny River, LLC

    This month’s featured business, Penny River, LLC, specializes in historical accessories and sewing supplies, and their kits, in particular, are fan favorites. Owner Jess knows that there is nothing quite so satisfying as a well-stocked kit, so each one in the shop comes with everything you need to start making the project immediately, including pins, thread, needles, pre-cut pieces, etc.

  • Spring Custom Order Deposits Open This Week!

    Hello everyone, thank you for your patience while we work through some things and get back to a place where we can start taking on custom c...
  • Feature Friday: Black Snail Patterns

    It seems a universal rule of sewing is that one can never have enough patterns. Even with an overflowing stash, the right one is never there when you need it for a specific project. So if you haven’t heard of this month’s business before, it’s time to add them to your shopping list for just those moments!
  • Coming Soon: Scrap Corset Sale

    Late December and January is such a dull, cold time here in Colorado. So to help fight the winter blues, the team has been busy making up some fanc...
  • Feature Friday: Decades of Style Patterns

    With cozy season in full swing, many of us are planning our winter wardrobe projects, and this month’s featured  business will certain spark some inspiration! For over 15 years, Decades of Style has been providing high-quality reproduction sewing patterns, perfect for your vintage or modern closet.
  • Feature Friday: Holiday Edition

    Feature Friday on a Wednesday? It’s that time of year, and holiday shopping is upon us whether we like it or not. To help make it a little easier this year, we’ve put together a special Redthreaded gift guide with holiday specials and sales from a variety of our past Feature Fridays. Below you can find a little something for all the sewists and costumers in your life. (Or for yourself—we won’t tell!)
  • Feature Friday: In the Long Run Designs

    It all started with a regency dress, but since then, In the Long Run Designs has expanded to encompass a wide range of art forms—cosplay, historical costuming, photography projects, and a small business specializing in historically inspired jewelry and accessories.
  • Shipping Alerts! 2021 Sure Has Them...

    Due to various global circumstances we have a number of shipping alerts in effect. Here's who is impacted and what to do: UNITED KINGDOM: Due to Br...
  • Feature Friday: Sewn Company

    “Remember what your hands can do.” Sewn Company’s motto reflects its central mission—"to reconnect you to yourself, your past ,and your global community with a needle and thread.”  

    Owner Sarah E. Woodyard has taken her decade of experience of sewing and interpreting at the Margaret Hunter Shop in Colonial Williamsburg and applied these historic techniques to modern practice, providing education and inspiration to encourage and promote a love of hand sewing.
  • Happy Fall...For Costume!

    It's almost time for our #FallForCostume Instagram challenge again folks! Starting on October 1, I invite you all to join in on our fun, community...
  • Feature Friday: Beatrice Forms

    Draping can be quite a challenge for both everyday garment making and historical costuming. Standard forms never perfectly replicate the human body, and without a second pair of hands, it can be difficult to drape a pattern on yourself. But this month’s featured business has a new solution for this problem.
  • Feature Friday: Romantic Recollections

    Trimmings are often the most exciting and eye-catching part of an outfit, and this month’s featured business offers everything from patterns to kits to classes on a variety of techniques, perfect for your next project!