http://www.makinghistorypodcast.com/2008/07/12/inspiration-points/ Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:06:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.makinghistorypodcast.com/2008/07/12/inspiration-points/#comment-21 pennylrichardsca Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:11:58 +0000 http://makinghistorypodcast.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-21 Honestly? Not a book, right now. (Though I recently read Chabon's Kavalier and Clay and really enjoyed it.) But I'm learning to sew clothing, and getting a whole new appreciation for the 19c. women I've written about--because nearly all of them sewed, not for pleasure, but because that's just where clothing and quilts and everything else made of fabric came from. Makes me want to go back over their writing to catch sewing metaphors and references I might have missed originally. And every historical photo I look at, I'm marveling at the workmanship in the clothes--with just a scosh of a first-hand inkling of what the fingers and eyes and minds that made it might have endured, and enjoyed, in the process. Honestly? Not a book, right now. (Though I recently read Chabon’s Kavalier and Clay and really enjoyed it.) But I’m learning to sew clothing, and getting a whole new appreciation for the 19c. women I’ve written about–because nearly all of them sewed, not for pleasure, but because that’s just where clothing and quilts and everything else made of fabric came from. Makes me want to go back over their writing to catch sewing metaphors and references I might have missed originally. And every historical photo I look at, I’m marveling at the workmanship in the clothes–with just a scosh of a first-hand inkling of what the fingers and eyes and minds that made it might have endured, and enjoyed, in the process.

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