This is a made by my mom, measuring 43 x 54 inches (109 x 137 cm) perfect for someone who has a baby, this is a perfect size for swaddling a little one in. It's at my mom's house in New Jersey, great idea if you need something nice for someone in your life!
New Clues Emerge About the Fluffy Dogs Once Bred for Their Wool
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Conductive Cellulose-Based Fibers For Clothing: Coming Soon
This is amazing - Coastal Salish nations bred and raised a woolly dog called a mutton and wove their fur into textiles Extinct woolly dog was carefully bred for weaving, ancient DNA confirms
The story of these distinctive doggos is emerging from ancestral knowledge of the Coast Salish peoples and a new genetic study of the pelt of a pup named Mutton.Carpets are of great importance in a room. For expression, warmth, beauty, comfort, sound insulation etc. A great tool to create a cozy environment & contributes a lot to the well-being in the home.
Actually did buy the expensive handmade watercolours after all, and in part because I'm intrigued by the heavily waxed cotton batik cloth the seller used as packaging. Intrigued because I've seen those (western hobbyist) recipes before, and I could see the resulting material is a reflection on the fragility of cultural knowledge transfer. This is related to colonialism, sure, but this is more directly a consequence of the industrial age. It's amazing something as integral to human civilization as textiles is now considered the arcane arts because so much of it is taken up by manufacturing.
Anyway, here's the result of some light, janky (ie not with the appropriate tools) calendering (or gerus in Malay). It's one of the final steps to finishing a cloth, and sort of a sister process to fulling (as cellulose fibres like cotton cannot be felted to even up the weave, like wool/protein fibres can). (1/)
Some more shots of the printed linen
Also the linen arrived from Spoonflower.
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Was not happy with the existing legs on the stool, so new ones were ordered. Problem is, most of the legs I could find were over 40mm in diameter meaning they would stick out. Fortunately on Aliexpress I found these 38mm aluminum legs. Happy with these, may swap the plastic feet for wooden ones.
Dezeen : Areen unravels silk fabric for Flowing Threads installation at Dubai Design Week
Here're two made by my mom that're available the 1st one is a wall hanging + the 2nd is a large blanket-sized one. Msg me if you're interested in either of these, they're both affordable!
Paint arrived, still waiting on fabric and new furniture legs arriving.
: Where is our future: declares war on - about an eighth of the worlds used clothing, providing for some 355,000 people.
Dezeen : Deep Connections fabric by HBF
Come along to this Wednesday's talk from UWTSD's 'Past Peoples, Present Societies' seminar series: Jane Lawrence (Durham University) is presenting her research on the sensory experiences of women who created textiles in Ancient Greece.
Everybody's welcome Please share boost tell your friends, students, everyone!
6 Dec, 5pm GMT, on Teams. Follow and book (it's free!) on Eventbrite -
Here're the fronts and backs of two that my mom made, both are available and affordable. If anyone likes either of these and would like more info like size and price, get in touch with me. Quilts make a perfect holiday gift to give someone you love!
I keep learning the bare minimum of tatting and then getting frustrated and giving up... This time I'm gonna stick with it! Please forgive all the horrendous mistakes, I am aware of them lol.The is partnering with to host a within their . is an organization that sustains producers of and by working directly with to promote their work, carving out new and innovative ways of public engagement and helping them access established modes of .
New one! Called land and water. will post a pic of it framed soon :)
Also did a test fit today of the pillow filling. Needed some additional tape on the foam but it works nicely.
Also bought the filling from Dunelm and ribbon string from Hobbycraft to replace the existing ones.
Fixing the tears in the original foam cushion with some spare electrical tape I have.
Dezeen : Human Material Loop sets out to commercialise textiles made from hair
Design Milk : Lucianne Canavan Repairs for Well-Being, Community, and the Planet +Fashion -friendly
Around 75,000 jobs are at risk in Albania as the high exchange rate of the lek against the euro is making Albanias fashion industry exports uncompetitive .
I spent 5 minutes on this very quick mockup.
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After much thought the plan is to use Aesthetic Set 22 as the fabric design and make everything else matt black. Will work on this as time and money allows.
Currently looking on eBay for better feet.
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In other news, looking at the performance linen on Spoonflower to replace the old fabric.
I did a thing!
Saved this footstool from the skip. Going to clean it up and reupholster it.
Dezeen : Wastecare is a face serum made from Aizome's industrial wastewater
All About TextilesDezeen : Colorifix harnesses bacteria for non-toxic clothes dyeing
My new , poetry, and , LAMINATOR Vol. 1, is available to pre-order! On the cover will be this piece: A called "Acolyte #1" by Win Wallace, an artist based in Lockhart, Texas. And on the inside: , , and across all media (including , , , , , and more) by 68 , , and from all over , the country, and the world. Happy !
Here're some of the fine that my mom has available. These make great gifts to give someone u love for the holidays! Msg me if u see one u like, theyre affordable + easy to order
"'Repair is a radical act': London factory to reduce waste by renewing 30,000 garments a year"
shipping to new homes this morning.
One can volunteer as a at the Museo de la . I haven't yet visited, so I'm not sure being a docent is for me, but I hope to do that this week Insha Allah. And I'm also not sure that the position is open to long-term residents as well as citizens.
What's prompting my visit this week: the gorgeous images of clothing and palatial decor in the "A La Luz De La ," which caught my eye at my town the other day.
It looks like the book was published in connection with a temporary exhibition at the Museo a while back: you can see a video here.
Silk production and manufacture was a Really Big Deal in during the era.
Many of the pieces shown in the book belong to the de la Alhambra and I'm hoping to see a few there, Insha Allah.
Here's an assortment of that are available that my mom made, great sizes for someone with small children, these make great gifts to give, msg me if interested, theyre affordable!
Published a new post! "You Ain't Zine Nothing Yet": Includes the announcement of all 68 selected , , and in my new , LAMINATOR Vol. 1, more sneak peeks, and a link to pre-order the .
"Fashion giants not on track to meet key 2030 water and climate goals"