Ireland currently discards around 53 kilograms

Ireland currently discards around 53 kilograms of per person annually, and government, businesses, and consumers need to work together to address this growing waste issue, a new report by EY has said.

Textiles

Platypus floor rugs

"The bush and its inhabitants were to be conquered and subjugated and the turning of wild and 'exotic' native animals into rugs was symbolic of that conquest. The fact that the rug was intended for use as a bed covering further emphasised the 'domestication' of this 'savage' land...Platypus skin rugs are commonly made from 70 or 80 skins and a single rug therefore represents considerable slaughter of the local population." >>

Auction: An early Australian Platypus rug of 56 pelts, the animals taken from the Namoi River at Manilla, Northern New South Wales, circa 1900. The Baldwin family represent a classic example of the white colonialists ... >>

Seaweed, Pineapple, and Other Things You'll Soon Be Wearing

Artist Rachel B. Hayes conjures striking patchwork installations that transform our experiences of both interior spaces and expansive natural landscapes.

Mythology and folklore surrounding moths and butterflies carries complex and sometimes contradictory symbolism, textile artist Larysa Bernhardt says. I was always attracted to their paradoxical nature.

EASTSIDE GOLF OPENS FIRST U.S. STOREFRONT IN DETROIT &Cosmetics &Services &Accessories

A team in Bairnsdale, Victoria recently participated in the Back to Back Wool Challenge where a team shears a sheep with manual shears, spins the wool, and knits a jumper in a day.

Read this for some drama and also to learn about a knitting yarn producer who uses the wool of her 90 year-old father's flock of merinos.

Design Milk : Bodo Sperlein and GAN Translate Botanical Beauty Into Textiles

Virtual and In-Person Program
Rug and Textile Appreciation Morning: Master Dyers to the World.
Saturday, July 19, 11 a.m.
Curator Lee Talbot will highlight artworks and themes from Master Dyers to the World: Technique and Trade in Early Indian Dyed Cotton Textiles, Mattiebelle Gittingers 1982 exhibition and catalog that galvanized international interest in Indian textile studies.
Free, registration required

""In the past the weaving process was very arduous. My grandmother told me that they used cotton they didn't buy yarn as we do now they had to prepare everything. I don't know where they got it only that they had a place where they prepared the cotton and then they wove the blouses and the men's clothing. We no longer have to do all that. Now we buy the thread in the stores it is ready to use and we only have to make balls and can weave it quickly. We cannot compare the work of our grandmothers with the work we do today. Life has changed, but I don't know if it has improved or worsened." -Magdalena Lpez Lpez, Weaver, Jolom Mayaetik, Weaving Chiapas: Maya Women's Lives in a Changing World. Learn more about "Empowering Threads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/EmpoweringThreads" This was posted to on February 09, 2018 Sneak peak at a WIP, I call it the "Tunisian Sampler Purse" lol. Just an excuse to practice every 2-color in-the-round Tunisian stitch I can find, basically. More details on Ravelry of course.

(25 Jun) Explore Storytelling Through 300 Years of Quilts in Fabric of a Nation

&#039Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston&#039 surveys nearly 50 quilts.

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(25 Jun) Explore Storytelling Through 300 Years of Quilts in Fabric of a Nation Archive: ais: ia:

A new exhibition, "Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," opens this week showcasing works spanning the 19th to 21st centuries.

European prosecutors crack down on fraudulent Chinese imports /fraud /Duties -scooters

Today's Textile Talk (free, Zoom, 2pm Eastern GMT/UTC -4): How To: Storing, Shipping, and Exhibiting Fiber Art (Surface Design Association)

"Dive into the details of how to best store, pack, ship, and exhibit textile- and fiber-based work with an eye towards preservation. Curator and Gallery Director lydia see and Textile Conservator Amanda Holden will present on a range of methods ...."

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taking advantage of waking up BEFORE EIGHT by doing a ton of laundry while working on a project I've been meaning to get to for a couple weeks now

I've been needing new sheets forever Midna loves digging in the sheets with her little claws and now there's a BUNCH of tears and holes in the fabric. I've thought about mending them, but they're knit (T-shirt fabric) instead of woven, so I may just tear the sheets up for yarn or use them for another project, idk

BUT I bought two sets of pale purple (woven) sheets with the intention of dumping them into a to make them dark purple. however, since they arrived, I've been reading a lot about , so I'm attempting some shibori-like dye resists

Midna is very interested in the damp bedding on the suddenly cleared off kitchen island, so bonus kitty photo!

Threads of Empire A History of the World in Twelve Carpets by Dorothy Armstrong

Carpet specialist Dorothy Armstrong tells the stories surrounding twelve of the world's most fascinating carpets.

"Discarded clothes from UK brands dumped in protected Ghana wetlands"