Past Book Club Selections
Current to 2020
2025
- January: Marking Time with Fabric and Thread: Calendars, Diaries, and Journals within Your Fiber Craft by Tommye McClure Scanlin
- February: Soulful Stitch: Finding Creativity in Crisis by Deena Beverley and Cas Holmes
- March: Narrative Textiles: Tell your story in mixed media and stitch by Ailish Henderson
- April: The Rarest Blue: The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered by Baruch Sterman
- May: Threads Around the World: From Arabian Weaving to Batik in Zimbabwe by Deb Brandon
- June: Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World by Clara Parkes
- July: Quilty as Charged (A Measure Twice Sewing Mystery Book 2) by Maggie Bailey
- August: Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe: A History in Layers, Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Barbara Belle Sloan editors
- September: The Last Straw: A Continuing Quest for Life without Disposable Plastic by Bryant Holsenbeck
- October: Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science by Rebecca McNamara editor
- November:
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
2024
- January: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- February: The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe by Dr. Kate Strasdin
- March: The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
- April: The Point of the Needle: Why Sewing Matters by Barbara Burman
- May: All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
- June: The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660–1900 by Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux
- July: Looming Murder: A Weaving Mystery by Carol Ann Martin
- August: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin
- September: Circular Fashion: A Supply Chain for Sustainability in the Textile and Apparel Industry by Peggy Blum
- October: All Buttons Great and Small: A compelling history of the button, from the Stone Age to today by Lucy Godoroja
- November: Kantha: Sustainable Textiles and Mindful Making by Ekta Kaul
2023
- January: Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power by Clare Hunter.
- February: By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register by Piper Huguley
- March: A Common Thread: A Collection of Quilts by Gwen Marston
- April: Worn Stories by Emily Spivack
- May: The Art of Collaboration: An In-Depth Look at Creative Practices for Creative People by Sydney Elizabeth Welch
- June: The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660–1900 by Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux
- July: Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool by Clara Parkes
- August: Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World by Victoria Finlay
- September: This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain’s Knitted History by Esther Rutter
- October: The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
- November: Seams Deadly by Maggie Bailey
2022
- January: Creativity Through Nature: Foraged, Recycled and Natural Mixed-Media Art by Ann Blockley
- February: Twenties Girl: A Novel by Sophie Kinsella
- March: Modern Fabric: Twenty-Five Designers on Their Inspiration and Craft by Abby Gilchrist and Amelia Poole
- April: Textures from Nature in Textile Art: Natural inspiration for mixed-media and textile artists by Marian Jazmik
- May: A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard
- June: Stitching the Self: Identity and the Needle Arts by Johanna Amos and Lisa Binkley
- July: The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair
- August: Unravelling Women’s Art: Creators, Rebels, & Innovators in Textile Arts by P. L. Henderson
- September: Piecing Fabrics – Mending Lives: The History, Philosophy and Ingenuity of Quilters by Cleo Lampos
- October: The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color by Susan Brandeis.
- November: Worn: A People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
2021
- January: Make it Mighty Ugly by Kim Piper Werker
- February: The Nature of Things: Essays of a Tapestry Weaver by Tommye McClure Scanlin
- March: Textile Travels by Anne Kelly
- April: A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield
- May: Drawn to Stitch: Line, Drawing, and Mark-Making in Textile Art by Gwen Hadley
- June: Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy by Rebecca Burgess
- July: The Indigo Girl: A Novel by Natasha Boyd
- August: The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel
- September: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy
- October: Fewer, Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects by Glenn Adamson.
- November:
Expressive Stitches by Jan Dowson
2020
- January: The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson
- February: Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live by Melanie Falick
- March: No meeting
- April: No meeting
- May: Threads of Life: A History of the world through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter.
- June: Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith
- July: A Single Thread: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier
- August: True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes and Pigments by Keith Becker
- September: Stitching Resistance: Women, Creativity, and Fiber Arts edited by Marjorie Agosin
- October: Poetic Cloth: Creating Meaning in Textile Art by Hannah Lamb
- November:
The Mill of Lost Dreams: A Novel by Lori Rhoda