Salazar, Noelle
Summary: While preparing The Hollywood Glamour Exhibition at the Smithsonian, costume conservator Sylvia Early discovers another name beneath a label and unearths the story of Zora Hough, a talented young seamstress who left her poverty-stricken life in 1924 Jazz Age Seattle behind to realize her dreams of becoming a designer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SALNass, Barbara
Summary: Squirrel closes his tailoring shop to get ready for winter, but he keeps getting interrupted by neighbors needing his special help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NASZappia, Francesca
Summary: Two roads lead into a dark forest. They meet at Greymist Fair, the village hidden in the trees, a place kept alive by the families that never leave. The people of Greymist Fair know the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and to set foot off the road is to invite trouble. When Heike, the village's young tailor, discovers a body on the road, she goes looking for who is responsible. But her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZAPKraulis, Julie
Summary: "Pepper is getting a dress made for a special occasion. It's the first dress that has ever been made just for her, and she wants it to be perfect. But what pattern is right for her? Pepper is particular, and nothing works at first. Dotted Swiss? Too plain. Houndstooth? Not enough color. Pinstripe? Too glum. As Pepper learns about each fabric, she finds a reason why it's just not the one. Will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRALim, Elizabeth
Summary: Disguising herself as a boy to compete for the position of imperial tailor, Maia must somehow complete the impossible task of sewing three magic gowns for the emperor's bride-to-be from the sun's laughter, the moon's tears, and the blood of stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy Lim 2019Le Carre, John
Summary: An English tailor working in Panama is hired by the British government as a spy because of his contacts at the highest level. He proceeds to tailor his reports the way he creates his suits, giving the client what he wants, and the result is tragicomedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LECJohnson, Jane
Summary: A volume of seventeenth-century embroidery patterns that also contains faint diary entries brings together the lives of two women of different eras--Cat Tregenna, kidnapped by Muslim pirates in 1625, and Julia Lovat, a modern-day woman out to authenticate Cat's story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION JohnsonFay, Shannon
Summary: "London, 1958. By crafting magical outfits for his friend, Princess Katherine, cloth mage Paul Gallagher is getting ahead. It's not a seamless path. Not since the Virtuis Party came to power. The far-right faction is using criminals to create a protective barrier around England. The enchanted uniforms the prisoners wear may beget a demand for mages, but using luckless convicts as tools for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 47North 2022
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Summary: "Maia Tamarin proved her skill as a tailor when she wove the dresses of the sun, the moon, and the stars, but it will take more than a beautiful gown to hide the darkness rising up within her in the sequel to Spin the Dawn"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIMTrenow, Liz
Summary: Interveaves the story of Maria, a seamstress in the royal household of Buckingham Palace, and Caroline Meadows who discovers a beautiful quilt in her mother's attic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRESimon, Coco
Summary: While everyone around her seems to be in love, Tamiko is more interested in her own creative projects and does not see what all the fuss is about.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2018
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Summary: "Have a sprinkle of happy! Tamiko is the Molly's Ice Cream "queen of social media." She loves posting photos with funny hashtags of the yummy ice cream concoctions she and her pals create. But when she posts a not-so-funny joke on social media that goes viral, she worries all her friendships will suddenly melt away. #UhOh"--Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2019