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<img src="/files/images/denimbackpiece.jpg" height="400" width="314" /><br />
From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810902915?ie=UTF8&tag=sublistitc0a-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0810902915" target="_blank"><i>American Denim: A New Folk Art</i> by Peter Beagle</a> (1974) <br />
(image via <a href="http://knitsquirrel.blogspot.com/2009/07/flashback-friday-decorating-denim.html" target="_blank">Knitsquirrel</a>)
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Aren't these colors beautiful and "far out"? Hooray for vintage embroidery books! Even though the rustic, Foxfire-chic, macramé pantsuit fashion / decor aesthetic that was so prevalent in the 70's is not entirely to my personal taste today (Disclaimer: It depends. Proper proportions. Everything in moderation.), I do truly admire the explosions of color, ambitious designs and liberal use of <a href="/satinstitch.html">satin stitching</a> on projects found in needlework books from the 70's: embroidery's last great heyday. (<i>Today</i> is its new heyday, btw. Hey! Yay!)
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0912020385?ie=UTF8&tag=sublistitc0a-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0912020385" target="_blank"><img src="/files/images/nativefunkflashcover_0.jpg" border="0" height="267" width="313" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0912020385?ie=UTF8&tag=sublistitc0a-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0912020385" target="_blank"><i>Native Funk and Flash: An Emerging Folk Art </i>by Alexandra Jacopetti</a> (1973)
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<p>
This trip down shag-carpeted memory lane was inspired by Amylou who wrote in to tell me about a book she'd come across called <i>Native Funk and Flash</i> by Alexandra Jacopetti. Which led me to look up Jacopetti's work, which led me to <a href="http://www.folkwear.com/" target="_blank">Folkwear Patterns</a> (which she founded), and read up on <a href="http://www.folkwear.com/aboutfolkwear.html" target="_blank">the company's history</a> as an independently-owned, woman-run pattern company (a story near and dear to my heart). I leave you to explore the rest! </p>
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Previously on Sublime Stitching: <a href="/node/66" target="_blank">Groovy Tie Guy</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://knitsquirrel.blogspot.com/2009/07/flashback-friday-decorating-denim.html" target="_blank">Link</a> to more about denim embroidery (via Knitsquirrel)
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://knittingiris.typepad.com/knitting_iris/2008/05/native-funk-and.html" target="_blank">Link</a> to more about Native Funk & Flash (via Knitting Iris)
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<img src="/files/images/denimbackpiece.jpg" height="400" width="314" /><br />
From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810902915?ie=UTF8&tag=sublistitc0a-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0810902915" target="_blank"><i>American Denim: A New Folk Art</i> by Peter Beagle</a> (1974) <br />
(image via <a href="http://knitsquirrel.blogspot.com/2009/07/flashback-friday-decorating-denim.html" target="_blank">Knitsquirrel</a>)
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<p>
Aren't these colors beautiful and "far out"? Hooray for vintage embroidery books! Even though the rustic, Foxfire-chic, macramé pantsuit fashion / decor aesthetic that was so prevalent in the 70's is not entirely to my personal taste today (Disclaimer: It depends. Proper proportions. Everything in moderation.), I do truly admire the explosions of color, ambitious designs and liberal use of <a href="/satinstitch.html">satin stitching</a> on projects found in needlework books from the 70's: embroidery's last great heyday. (<i>Today</i> is its new heyday, btw. Hey! Yay!)
</p>
<div style="text-align: center">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0912020385?ie=UTF8&tag=sublistitc0a-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0912020385" target="_blank"><img src="/files/images/nativefunkflashcover_0.jpg" border="0" height="267" width="313" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0912020385?ie=UTF8&tag=sublistitc0a-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0912020385" target="_blank"><i>Native Funk and Flash: An Emerging Folk Art </i>by Alexandra Jacopetti</a> (1973)
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<p>
This trip down shag-carpeted memory lane was inspired by Amylou who wrote in to tell me about a book she'd come across called <i>Native Funk and Flash</i> by Alexandra Jacopetti. Which led me to look up Jacopetti's work, which led me to <a href="http://www.folkwear.com/" target="_blank">Folkwear Patterns</a> (which she founded), and read up on <a href="http://www.folkwear.com/aboutfolkwear.html" target="_blank">the company's history</a> as an independently-owned, woman-run pattern company (a story near and dear to my heart). I leave you to explore the rest! </p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Previously on Sublime Stitching: <a href="/node/66" target="_blank">Groovy Tie Guy</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://knitsquirrel.blogspot.com/2009/07/flashback-friday-decorating-denim.html" target="_blank">Link</a> to more about denim embroidery (via Knitsquirrel)
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://knittingiris.typepad.com/knitting_iris/2008/05/native-funk-and.html" target="_blank">Link</a> to more about Native Funk & Flash (via Knitting Iris)
</p>
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<img src="/files/images/denimbackpiece.jpg" height="400" width="314" /><br />
From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810902915?ie=UTF8&tag=sublistitc0a-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0810902915" target="_blank"><i>American Denim: A New Folk Art</i> by Peter Beagle</a> (1974) <br />
(image via <a href="http://knitsquirrel.blogspot.com/2009/07/flashback-friday-decorating-denim.html" target="_blank">Knitsquirrel</a>)
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<p>
Aren't these colors beautiful and "far out"? Hooray for vintage embroidery books! Even though the rustic, Foxfire-chic, macramé pantsuit fashion / decor aesthetic that was so prevalent in the 70's is not entirely to my personal taste today (Disclaimer: It depends. Proper proportions. Everything in moderation.), I do truly admire the explosions of color, ambitious designs and liberal use of <a href="/satinstitch.html">satin stitching</a> on projects found in needlework books from the 70's: embroidery's last great heyday. (<i>Today</i> is its new heyday, btw. Hey! Yay!)
</p>
<div style="text-align: center">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0912020385?ie=UTF8&tag=sublistitc0a-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0912020385" target="_blank"><img src="/files/images/nativefunkflashcover_0.jpg" border="0" height="267" width="313" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0912020385?ie=UTF8&tag=sublistitc0a-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0912020385" target="_blank"><i>Native Funk and Flash: An Emerging Folk Art </i>by Alexandra Jacopetti</a> (1973)
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<p>
This trip down shag-carpeted memory lane was inspired by Amylou who wrote in to tell me about a book she'd come across called <i>Native Funk and Flash</i> by Alexandra Jacopetti. Which led me to look up Jacopetti's work, which led me to <a href="http://www.folkwear.com/" target="_blank">Folkwear Patterns</a> (which she founded), and read up on <a href="http://www.folkwear.com/aboutfolkwear.html" target="_blank">the company's history</a> as an independently-owned, woman-run pattern company (a story near and dear to my heart). I leave you to explore the rest! </p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Previously on Sublime Stitching: <a href="/node/66" target="_blank">Groovy Tie Guy</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://knitsquirrel.blogspot.com/2009/07/flashback-friday-decorating-denim.html" target="_blank">Link</a> to more about denim embroidery (via Knitsquirrel)
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://knittingiris.typepad.com/knitting_iris/2008/05/native-funk-and.html" target="_blank">Link</a> to more about Native Funk & Flash (via Knitting Iris)
</p>
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That jacket is just
That jacket is just incredible! But I have to ask: Is that the same The Last Unicorn Peter Beagle? Extra far out!
Ooooh! We have "American
Ooooh! We have "American Denim" at my library! Not "Native Funk and Flash," sadly. But I'm definitely going to check out "American Denim." I have a soft spot in my heart for funky ethnic/hippy embroidery, ha!