American Quilters | Vintage Textiles
All I needed to see were the words “American” & “Vintage” in the same sentence and my attention was drawn. Never mind that I was not just the only man in the room, but the only non-retirement aged person in the room as well. Yeah, well, vintage textiles and a mutual admiration for masterful craftsmanship [...]
Hatch Show Print | A Working Letterpress Museum
I knew about Hatch Show Print before I actually knew about them. I had seen their posters in shop windows and restaurants and even wine labels they had created, but never knew who was behind the beautiful letterpress print work.
Happy Mother’s Day
Family holidays, like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, are much more to me than a time to thank our parents for raising us and making us who we have become. They are great opportunities to take a long look at the personalities and lives of the people that make up our heritage. The women in [...]
Gurley Milling Co. | 1950′s Flour Sacks
With my college years starting down south in North Carolina (Greensboro, to be exact), I remember driving through Princeton, N.C. on my way to the Outerbanks. Not a bad drive, knowing that the beaches lay just ahead.
The Fiberco Laundripak | A Little Gift Box For Mom
Yep, for college students back in the 1920′s, this was their laundromat. Without laundry services on campus or accessibility to a neighborhood laundromat (not sure if they even existed yet), college students had to rely on their ever-dependable mom to keep them in clean duds. As often as needed, they’d pack all their dirty (alcohol [...]
Vintage Fabrics | Neckties | General Knot & Co.
With the encouragement of friends and family (and a whole lot of work), General Knot & Co. has officially become a reality today. It’s been many months of inspired work- more fun than work actually. Years of vintage shopping at flea markets, estate sales, and hole-in-the-wall shops, helped drive the concept and partnering up with [...]
Commercials for Guys
Yes, we men are predictable creatures. You can sell us anything by playing to our weaknesses- Girls, Sports, and aspirational Coolness. With that said, it really is a wonder how Madison Avenue survived its heyday by putting out the cheese as demonstrated by the accompanying commercials. All things are relative though- I assume that people [...]
Old Faithful Shop | Vancouver B.C.
I now have one more to add to my list of places to visit on my next trip out West (and a bit North to Vancouver, to be exact). I used to travel a couple times a year to Vancouver for work and really found it to be a great place. A perfect mix of [...]
Merry Christmas To All | Vintage Christmas Postage
With Jack Frost nipping at my nose and a few flurries falling from the Winter’s sky, I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
Dan River Fabrics | Luxury For The Little Lady
During the heyday of the 1950′s and early 1960′s, Dan River was the go-to source for any person’s home sewing project. I say “person’s”, but in those days you would have been hard pressed to find a man who knew his way around a home sewing machine. Women were the center of the home’s universe, [...]
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