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• in Lifestyle
  Fabrics For Gentlemen 101 - Wool
  An introduction to the core textile of a gentleman's wardrobe.
  by kingpinchic / on Jun 8, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “textiles”

 

• Kerala’s coir festival gets African participation

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 28 (IANS) The second edition of the International Coir Festival has seen registration from 35 countries, which includes many African nations for the first time, a minister said Saturday.“Buyers from African nations are showing great interest in coir products. We have participants from ...
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• The Hajj exhibition is in stark contrast to Saudi Arabia’s cultural vandalism | Shenaz Kermali

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk The Hajj exhibition is in stark contrast to Saudi Arabia’s cultural vandalism | Shenaz Kermali The Saudi elite are proud of the British Museum’s Hajj exhibition – it’s a shame they don’t feel the same about all their heritageThe Saudi embassy and their friends in Riyadh ...
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• The Gown of Gold Spun by a Million Spiders on Display

  
  eXtravaganzi — Authority: 417
  After four years of persistent labor from the textile team at Godley & Peers, as well as the 1.2 million spiders, the finished one-of-a-kind cape created from golden silk spun is finally being displayed at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. The cape is one of two golden spider silk textiles that exist in the ...
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• Miss Foxette is back!

  
  red road design — Authority: 485
  Miss Foxette Kirstys been busy again with her Miss Foxettes!!!  awoodentree
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• Textile Arts Center: Sewing Seeds

  
  Smashing Darling Blog — Authority: 101
  This project makes my heart sing. It combines two of my favorite activities … gardening and working with natural dyes. Sewing Seeds is a community supported garden whose sole purpose will be to grow plants to make natural dyes with. The thing that puts an extra cherry on top, an abandoned lot will now be lush ...
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• Color Caffeine - Petal Red

  
  Sphere Trending — Authority: 102
  Were in the thick of all of our early 2012 tradeshow coverage and one color is a stand-out at each and every show.  True red hues, in clean bright and unabashedly bold applications have been seen at everything from the Auto Show to Heimtextil to Maison et Objet and even the Consumer Electronics Show.  Heres a peek ...
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• Africa Adorned

  
  Timbuktu Chronicles — Authority: 111
  An Design Indaba report on the recently concluded Africa Adorned exhibition: Design Afrika in collaboration with Cowhide Concepts , Mantis Prints , Sue Clark, Seringa Living , Guidemore Chigama and Gather present a platform for showcasing South African and African creative products of the highest ...
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• Two black silk ground brocade dragon roundels. Late Qing dynasty

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 135
  Two black silk ground brocade dragon roundels.   Late Qing dynasty .    Photo Bonhams Including one roundel with horizontal weave to the dragon decoration and a vertical seam that incorporates the front opening to the garment; the other roundel of similar design and coloration showing a vertical orientation ...
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• A pair of embroidered silk dragon badges for a horse saddle. Ming dynasty

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 135
  A pair of embroidered silk dragon badges for a horse saddle .  Ming dynasty .  Photo Bonhams Each dark blue silk fragment depicting a lively dragon in gilt-wrapped threads chasing a flaming pearl above a lishui border worked in shades of red, green, blue and white within a xiangcai border band in blue and green ...
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• Two silk brocade fragments with dragon decoration. Ming dynasty

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 135
  Two silk brocade fragments with dragon decoration.  Ming dynasty .  Photo Bonhams Each of thin russet silk woven with horizontal stripes and leiwen bands above and below a wider band of dragons: one fragment featuring dragons woven in blue facing to the left and the other fragment with a line of yellow, dark ...
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• Abstract Digitally Designed Wallpaper and Wall Murals by Iris Maschek.

  
  If It's Hip, It's Here — Authority: 595
  Designer Iris Maschek launched her Wallpaper collection in 2006 predominantly for the interior design market and private commissions and now sells them, aong with her wall murals, to the public. The abstract digital designs consist of overlapping line art and patterns, shadowy silhouettes and a combination of the ...
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• Gothic Valentines....

  
  . — Authority: 92
   Have been hiding out in the studio the last few days painting and heat distressing textiles.  I painted up a bunch of tyvek in various color combinations - reds, blues, purples, greens - and just had a great time digging through my piles of organzas, lames, silks and chiffons - layering, melting and beading the ...
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• Textile Manufacturing Boost for Honduras

  
  Honduras News - Daily News about Honduras — Authority: 115
  The Central American Republic of Honduras has approved setting up new textile units for creating thousands of employment opportunities in the north of the country. Under the ‘maquiladora’, sometimes also called ‘maquila’, arrangement, manufacturing plants import and assemble duty-free components … Continue ...
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• Textile Material Swap in the Hilltowns

  
  Hilltown Families — Authority: 113
  Ashfield Needles and Threads Material Swap Sunday, January 22nd at 1pm Do you have bits and pieces of textiles left over from holiday craft projects that you’ll likely not use anytime soon, or tattered and torn clothes your kids have outgrown and you don’t want to see them thrown out?  Or are you a crafter [...]
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• Time to percolate

  
  Tien's blog — Authority: 109
  Thank you all for your suggestions!  I feel like I am at a crossroads and need to sit back and let things percolate.  I can see several ways to go with this garment, but (of course) can only pick one. At the moment I am leaning towards a single brooch pinned at the top, maybe a polymer clay maple leaf and maybe ...
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• Dennis Yuen

  
  red road design — Authority: 485
  Website Dennis has been making books since he was a child. He practices Coptic, long stitch, stab, pamphlet and flat-back binding, often applying variations on these traditional techniques to fascinating effect.
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• Textiles Display

  
  Mummy Crafts — Authority: 109
  While we were at the Gallery of Modern Art to see the kids displays , we also noticed there was an exhibition called Threads. I couldn’t resist going up to check it out and it was right down my alley! Beautiful quilts, textiles from around the world and some amazing clothing. You can read about the details at the ...
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• Some more possibilities

  
  Tien's blog — Authority: 109
  Thank you all for your comments – here, on Facebook, and on Google Plus! I digested some of the thoughts overnight.  I really like the leaf motifs – aesthetically the lines would also do, but the leaves tie back into the theme and the lines really don’t. So I did some more experiments with leaves this ...
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• Quilt Inspired

  
  Fly — Authority: 119
    Bright and bold American quilt inspired cards from Little Things Studio .  
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• Quilt Inspired

  
  Fly — Authority: 119
    Bright and bold American quilt inspired cards from Little Things Studio .  
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