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Working with beautiful textiles is my art. I've had a needle 'n thread in my hand ever since I can remember. My mother taught me to sew and I have a warehouse full of...
Working with beautiful textiles is my art. I've had a needle 'n thread in my hand ever since I can remember. My mother taught me to sew and I have a warehouse full of memories of she & I creating fun things together. We would spend Saturdays having lunch out and visiting local craft stores. In those days major department stores sold fabrics. So...you get an idea of how long ago that was! I loved making my own clothes, decorations for my room, all the macrame plant hangers on our patio, and more. I had a huge wooden wine barrel full of yarns & fabrics. I'm still wondering what ever happened to that old wine barrel.
Fast-forward 30 years. I took an early retirement from the foreign service a few years back. It was during those years of living abroad I started collecting textiles. That collection blossomed exponentially and is now the basis of my shop name: "Miles of Textiles." They come from the souks of the Middle East, India, and a smattering from Europe. In New Delhi I discovered by accident the finest silk saris were kept under wrap in brown paper beneath the cash register. How any customer would know they were there was beyond me. But once I discovered this I would ask to see them and the store proprietors would roll many of them out for me to see. Soon I found myself swimming in an ocean of silk. For all my years of working with fabrics these surely were the most magnificent I had ever seen. You may agree, as well.
 
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