'Today we unveil Crafted in Mexico, a new hub on Google Arts & Culture celebrating our nation's textile artisans, their enduring skills passed down through generations, and the significance of their work in the past, present and future.... The project presents over 50 stories that pay tribute to these artisans, their intricate techniques, and the enduring artistry that enriches Mexico's cultural heritage.'
These are no ordinary jeans. Aldersey-Williams, 51, a Merseyside-based textiles teacher, grew them herself. The process which nearly broke her took three years and 600 hours of labour, from sowing and growing the flax and woad (for linen and natural indigo dye) to dew retting (or rotting) the flax to reveal the linen fibres to breaking, scutching and hackling it (that is, prepping it for spinning) to spinning almost five kilometres of thread to weaving, cutting and sewing it all together.
Interesting story from the AFR today on flax / woad jeans, an idea conceived and executed by Justine Aldersey-Williams a textile lecturer and Mersyside practitioner.
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Design Milk : DDW23: Raw Color Celebrates Award Win With Vibrant Show -friendly
We had our first ice storm and Im getting into the winter spirit by knitting a Flax sweater by Tin Can Knits (free pattern). Im using their (free) app to do it. Recommend! It sorts out the stitch counts based on size and yarn weight. Only has a few patterns available currently but they seem to be updating regularly. Great idea for an app, imo.
Magorzata Mirga-Tas produces wonderful works of portraiture from recycled (sometimes given by the subjects themselves)... her work was exhibited in 2022 in the Polish PavIilion of the Venice Biennalle.
Her latest work commemorates members of the Roma community...
"Fashions efforts to go green cancelled out by shopaholics"
If anyone out there loves quilts, here's one made by my mom that's available, it measures 57 x 57 in (145 x 145 cm). I have other ones made by her that're available too. Makes a really fine gift to give to your wife or your mom or your girlfriend or sister for the holidays!
Design Milk : DDW23: Kazerne Is Intertwining Hope and Design +Fashion -friendly
Really lucky this beautiful November morn to get a behind-the-scenes tour of Kilmainham Mill which is under restoration and development at the moment. Expect a long thread of pics.
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In her New York studio, Melissa Joseph unravels her memories and weaves them into her felted wool portraits.
Dezeen : Bananatex produces compostable jersey made from Abac banana plants
Get yourself one of these fabulous handmade quilts made by my very talented mom, check them out, all different designs and colors and sizes and prices. Msg me if you're interested! Really finely made and durable, they will last you forever
Everything you need to know about TextilesDezeen : Full Spectrum collection by Carnegie Fabrics
Dezeen : Oscillation rug by David Mrugala for Azmas Rugs
Had a fabric swatch arrive from Spoonflower. Will be selling these soon. It has all 42 pieces from the Aesthetic set I made earlier this year.
Happy with the result.
Reminder for my -- the Archaeological Textiles Review (formerly Archaeological Textiles Newsletter) has been a fount of recent scholarship on old textiles for decades. They also report on experimental archaeology efforts and museum textiles.
If you can spare them a few bucks to help them maintain their website, that would be awesome.
On 14 November at 6:30pm UK time, I am delivering an online lecture for History Scotland on the history and artistry of the shawl, an iconic Scottish textile with a story. Registration includes 7-day access to the event recording!
For more info and to register:
Histodons
This is the debut of another incredible made by my mom, check this one out, it is a really nice decorative wall hanging quilt that'll look great hanging in your home! It comes with a narrow sleeve sewn into the back so dowel rod can be slid through and it can be displayed on the wall. Msg me if interested!
"Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibres as machine washing new research"
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Here's a 30 s vid of the glue paste, screen mask application on the fabric, in stations around the room
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Reserved our spots a long while ago - for a
This is in south of but away from the other places we'd visited* a few times. So a different set of trains & a bit of a walk (nice sunny morning with cool weather).
We'd seen info on chusen and at the Sakai traditional crafts museum - that had nice displays and videos. But we wanted to dig a bit deeper, especially for the kids to see
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Here's the debut of a new made by my mom that she recently got out of storage, it is nice and large, this is it on the fence at her home in New Jersey. It is available if anyone is interested! My mom's are really durable and'll last forever. It's affordable too!
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Pushes for Locally-Made .
: River Weir 10, Wakefield
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: Photo by catseye1812 on Flickr
Geschafft! Meine, nun zum vierten Mal geflickte, Lieblingshose ist wieder tragbar. Mehr Fotos gibt es hier zu sehen:
Honestly, I prefer visible mending to stressful shopping.
Every wizard needs a magical robe, right Well, here is the origin story of mine.
Does anyone out there need a quilt to decorate their home I have ones for hanging on the wall. I also have larger ones too. These are all super affordable and my mom is tired of them being in storage and wants to get them out of there asap. Msg me if you like any of them, I have a fall sale going on right now on all her handmade quilts
This is a quilt made by my mom, measuring 52 x 58.5 in (132 x 149 cm) all made by hand, check it out, the second pic is a close-up of it. This'll last forever, my mom makes really durable and strong quilt. Perfect for taking a nap under on a cool autumn night!
"Lunch" teableau for 10/21/23
Alternate title:
"When Your Lunch Eats YOU"
"Millions of tonnes of T-shirts and dresses are dumped or burned every year. Turning old clothes into new ones is possible the question is whether it is a realistic solution"
Apart from any Rowling kerfuffle, may I just say I adore what the have done with I want them!!!
Been up since 2am to watch and I really miss achievable premiere times that don't royally f*ck me up lol
In related news, I think I need to just buy a ton of gorgeous velvet (or anything indulgently soft too) and start making all the robes and kaftans I want. It's all drapey stuff with no intense structure. I feel like I could do it-
Maybe velvet is really difficult to sew, though
masto pls weigh in I'd love some thoughts or advice
Ooooh! Look what's ready, just in time for the Maker Faire this weekend! I'll have these, and some additional designs, in my booth with the rest of my art.
Here are some pics of a gorgeous that my mom has available, it measures 41 x 41 in (104 x 104 cm) it is handmade, perfect for a wide varieties of interior styles msg me if you'd like to bring this one into your home, it's affordable!
Check out this map Threads and Words - reading through
another way to support palestinians: buy a traditional kufiya from their workshop.
Just ordered a yard of fabric on Spoonflower with all 42 Aesthetic Set pieces.
Might be finally selling stuff on it!