Handwoven Tape - Susan Faulkner Weaver brand_Grainline from how to alter patterns

from how to alter patterns to best fit your body to solving common problems and choosing the best fabric

Bound in linen

Boxy unlined jacket is loose fitting and has shoulder darts and optional diamond appliqués on sleeve

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Handwoven Tape - Susan Faulkner Weaver brand_Grainline from how to alter patternsNarrow bands of woven tape were important to Americans in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, before the days of elastic and zippers. This book documents the fascinating American history of handwoven tape and offers patterns and instructions to enable todays weavers to make it. Many Early American households had a tape loom for making the tape needed by the family, and this book offers a discussion of the people who wove tape, the patterns