13 Items Tagged

Fabric

Marion, Indiana

The Quilters Hall of Fame

Beautiful quilts displayed in the former home of a quilting pioneer.

Marrakesh, Morocco

Maison Culturelle du Tapis

A unique museum focusing on the history of carpets and fabrics from different tribes and eras in Moroccan history.

Tomioka Silk Mill

The World Heritage-designated site of Japan’s industrial revolution, once mistaken as a den of vampires.

Dumfries, Scotland

Rosefield Mills

This decaying, grandiose tweed mill once housed the Norwegian Army in exile.

Experimenting with different resist-dyeing techniques, which prevent dye from contact with areas of the fabric, can create unique patterns.

How to Dye Naturally With Onion Skins

Here's a new take on a summer camp arts and crafts classic: an onion peel tie-dye t-shirt.

Aaron Head June 26, 2024

Let the crafty on your list create their own gifts this year.

Quirky Gifts for the Crafty DIYer

A gift guide from the Atlas Obscura team.

Atlas Obscura December 1, 2022

Hamilton, Missouri

World's Largest Spool of Thread

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

Lincoln, Nebraska

International Quilt Museum

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

Weaving silk on a loom

Maison des Canuts (Silk Workers' Center)

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

Jacqard looms which used a card reader for automated pattern weaving

Matlock Bath, England

Masson Mill

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

Vintage Sewing Center and Museum.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Vintage Sewing Center and Museum

Its incredible collection preserves 170 years of sewing machine history.

Fourteen great songs, one iconic shirt.

The Not-So-Chill History of Hawai‘i’s Breeziest Shirt

The aloha shirt has many possible inventors and a long, fraught cultural history.

Sabrina Imbler August 20, 2019

A detail from a Regency-era dress made of silk and piña.

This Prized Filipino Fabric Is Made From Pineapple Leaves

It's been a favorite of royalty and a first lady.

Anne Ewbank September 6, 2018