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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!

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...

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 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!)

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.

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...

“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.

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...

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.

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!

Hello folks, we're so excited to host this fundraiser for Our Mammy's to get her an important tangible educational tool for her interpretive site....

Throughout most of the Victorian period, a variation of the hourglass shape was seen as the ideal silhouette for women, but by the turn of the century fashionable corsets had shifted dramatically, sitting lower on the body and creating a distinct S shape.