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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Balenciaga, the Architect of Elegant Clothing
    by Harold Koda
  • Embroidery for the Goddess:
    Eastern European Women's Folklife
    by Mary B. Kelly
  • Shapely Curves
    by Janice Anthony
  • The Drafter, the Draper, the Flat Patternmaker
    by Rebecca Nebesar
  • The Greatest Sew on Earth:
    sewing circus costumes
    by Georgia M. Rogers
  • Shetland Lace
    by Alice Korach
  • Putting Knitted Pieces Together(tutorial)
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Piecing Cloth to Harness the Wind:
    Making Sails
    by Larry Montgomery
  • Weaving Table Linens
    by Barbara Smith Eychaner
  • Crochet Inspired by the Trees
    by Ellen Moon
  • So There Is a Use fr Fancy Machine Stitches
    by Elizabeth Lee Richter
  • Turkish Marbling on Cloth or Paper
    by Rhoda London
  • Back Cover:
    Beaded Fish
    by Christine Olsen Reis
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Magazine tip locator
    by Barbara Jean Moulder
    Marking quilt tops
    by Dawn Lesley Stewart
    How to wind yarn loosely
    by Dorothy Collins
    Threading a needle and pulling it through
    by Rene F. Joyce, Muriel Waits, Helen Thorkelsen
    Send along a yarn label
    by Elizabeth Mattfield
    Managing ribbon yarn
    by Avis Irey
    Attaching trims by Machine
    by Doris Gray
    Crocheted edgings on wovens
    by Elizabeth Meineke
    Ready-made waistband elastic
    by Jeanne Schimmel
    Homemade yarn bobbins
    by Gloria Albert
    Multipurpose bobbin thread
    by Anna Maria Balzarini
    Managing twisted knitting yarns
    by Debbie Ott
    Straining dyestuffs
    by Susan Doerr
    Buttons in half the time
    by Mary Applegate
    Correcting shifting necklines
    by Phyllis Rosen
    Quick spaghetti straps
    by Ilya Sandra Perlingieri
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Waistband elastic
    A: Grace Callaway
    Q: Repairing sun-damaged silk
    A: Cheryl Kolander
  • NOTES:
    When is art fashion, and fashion art?
    by Richard Martin
    These toes won't drown in tears of clown
    by Larry Montgomery
    "Interfacing" at craft museum
    by The American Craft Museum
    The one who dies with the most stuff wins!
    by Susan Guagliumi
    Lucky lessons from two grand women
    by Constance Dee
    Old shoes keeping honourable company
    by Valerie Clausen
    Millions of swatches at FIT
    by Alan Kennedy
    Spinning fleece for peace
    by Peter Hagerty
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • COMMENT:
    Night Stories
    by Virginia White
  • Supplies