Talking about dyeing with plants... Here is the easiest way to get a nice plant print on fabric. Toddler shirts with unexplainable stains made me try to put more stains on those shirts to prolong their life just a bit. I'm trying to use everything while it lasts and reuse, recycle and upcycle to last a little longer, waste less, buy less. I hate to throw out those perfectly usable shirts that just look terribly dirty because of plant, fruit and berry stains that happens in enormous amounts for kids who live outdoors whole summer long. Well, pretty plant stains put on shirts with the hammer stay pretty for about 3-4 times in the washing machine.
I was dreaming to hammer plants on a table cloth last summer, but I didn't get there. This is an easy way to get the juices of plants on textiles you aren't planning to wash too often. Doll fabrics, a tie, maybe... altar cloths
It's also a productive way to release anger, frustration and agression. I hope you will give it a try.
"Dirty laundry: what really happens to your clothes when you donate them to charity"
Equipping with intelligent : Electrically prints made from elastic are a cost-effective alternative to conductive yarns. The are working on suitable ink formulations.
"Check out my threads! The local library where you can borrow a new outfit"
"Clothing rental companies are a sustainable answer to fast fashion, so why do they rarely work"
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bluetit brooche.
National Records of Scotland: Scottish Register records 10,000th tartan. The Scottish Register of Tartans has reached a significant milestone as it added the ten thousandth tartan design to its database. The milestone design was the 131 Argyle tartan, registered by the Diocesan Boys School of Hong Kong. The tartan celebrates the schools long history since its founding in in 1869.
'The Scottish Register of Tartans has reached a significant milestone as it added the ten thousandth tartan design to its database.
The milestone design was the 131 Argyle tartan, registered by the Diocesan Boys School of Hong Kong. The tartan celebrates the schools long history since its founding in in 1869.'
The got noticed by the local media! We were psyched that they invited our lace group in to their month of fiber art celebrations. There are a ton of great events going on.
More details from The Boston Globe (or search archive.youknow for an unpaywalled version).
"Mae Colburns mother is a clothing historian and her dad is a photographer so the project spoke to their collective skills. Together the family has catalogued and photographed 632 vintage wool skirts. The physical archive is in Colburns Brooklyn studiowhich is occasionally open to the public for viewingand the digital archive is online."
I have been trying to get the colors right for the green variant of my Endless Celtic Knotwork Panel fabric print. I think this is it!
Everything you need to know about TextilesArtisans in Japan Uphold the Indigenous Ainu Culture At the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park, known for its lakes and bubbling mud pools, red torii gates stood out against the white snow that had blanketed this part of eastern Hokkaido, Japans northernmost main island. On a park path, I suddenly saw a Yezo sika de
"Calvin Klein jeans for free! Branded clothes dumped in the desert snapped up on anti-fast fashion website"
Governments, businesses and individuals must all work together to reduce waste, in this case in the fashion and textile sector. Achieving zero waste requires active contributions from governments, businesses, and consumers.
The fashion industrys current linear model of overproduction and overconsumption has significant environmental and social impacts. Over 92 million tonnes of textile waste are generated annually and of course it's bad.
Happy International Day of Zero Waste, 30 March, 2025. 2025 Theme: "Towards zero waste in fashion and textiles". This theme focuses on the urgent need to take action to reduce the waste impact from the fashion and textile sector and promote sustainability and circularity.
JK Monitor: Blending tradition with technology, IICT digitizes 560 old carpet designs, work underway for conversion of remaining designs with NABARD funding. In order to prevent loss of treasure trove of yore and safeguard cultural heritage, the Handicrafts and Handloom Department, Kashmir, has successfully digitized 560 carpet designs in the Indian Institute of Carpet Technology (IICT),
William Morris designs out in the wild in pictures
'In his designs, William Morris combined his two greatest passions: the wonder of nature and a socialist belief that everyone should have access to art and beauty'
One year of visualized
Hackaday: Make DIY Conductive, Biodegradable String Right In Your Kitchen. The string is an alginate-based bioplastic that can be made at home and is shaped in a way that it can be woven or knitted. Alginate comes primarily from seaweed, and it gels in the presence of calcium ions. ombates relies on this to make a goopy mixture that, once extruded into a calcium chloride bath, forms a thin
Are all T-Shirts made by Gildan now
The scanner is dusty.
Universitt des Saarlandes: Smart textiles and surfaces How lightweight elastomer films are bringing tech to life. A research team led by Professors Stefan Seelecke and Paul Motzki from Saarland University are using a highly versatile film not much thicker than household cling film to impart new capabilities to objects while saving energy in the process. When used in wearable textiles,
Erdoan, not Trump, is Europes new best friend on security #agricultureandfood #EuropeanGreenDeal #Turkishpolitics #EUConfidential #Healthsecurity #Sustainability #ForeignAffairs #Agriculture #EU-Turkey #Foodwaste #Medicines #Security #Textiles #Politics #Defense #Omnibus #Policy #WasteOn wood panels, Tia Keobounpheng weaves colorful threads to create precise geometries in vibrating color.
From lengths of rope sometimes measuring thousands of meters, designer Svea Tisell, founder of the Kryss studio, creates unique furniture objects in which craft traditions and contemporary design converge.
Visited the local museum today to see their special exhibit called Threads of TimeNew to me and discovered via MetaFilter (what, yall dont read MetaFilter): The Sampler Archive. From the front page: The Sampler Archive database has been designed to share detailed information and high-resolution images of American girlhood samplers and pictorial embroideries from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Thread of Ancient Egyptian artifacts you've (probably) never seen before
A stunning 4,500 years old Egyptian dress
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"Can circular business models ever solve fashions big overproduction problem"
Need these too..A journey through Material District 2025 today in Utrecht. Lots of recycling ideas, repurposing waste, and biodegradable experiments. The best part is to be invited to touch and smell everything. Also to speak to exhibitors of course and find potential partners.
I dyed a t-shirt for bob using low-water immersion after tying it in little bunches with water-soluble thread. The idea of using the water-soluble thread was to avoid white marks I wanted it to just be different in some way in the tied parts, but not to block the dye completely. (Also I didnt want to have to untie it all afterwards.)
The low-water immersion worked nicely to split out the constituent red (magenta) and blue (cobalt blue) parts of the dye, giving lots of different purples, and the little tied bunches ended up looking like cells or neurons (according to bob).
Photos here of the tied t-shirt before going in the dye bath, plus a close-up and not-close-up of the results. bob has a photo of him wearing it which no doubt he will post in this thread at some point.
"How clothes that would otherwise go to the landfill end up in vintage lovers' closets"
Vivid Market Vibes.Regal Portraits Evoke Myth and Power in Simone Elizabeth Saunders Hand-Tufted Textiles
Simone Elizabeth Saunders explores Black identity in relation to kinship, power, and survival.
Zapurza Museum of Art & Culture in Kudje, India
A huge collection of artifacts in a picturesque setting.