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!
TextilesThreads 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"
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Nantong Kelin Textile expands custom bedding solutions for hotels, leveraging 20+ years of manufacturing expertise to deliver high-quality, innovative textile products worldwide.
"France wants to ban ultra-fast fashion adverts"
21.6.25 Stitch It Don't Ditch It! 15.00-17.00 "CREW are bringing their popular Stitch it, Dont Ditch session to Colonnade House for the afternoon. Join in with their supportive sessions where you can learn to repair, revamp, share skills and help make the most out of your clothes. Materials will be provided including thread, needles and buttons."
I also free-handed a grey top with in red as part of my maternity wardrobe - I love how this one turned out!
Unapologetically and a connection to my roots.
The are all from existing across based on photos I found online.
I will be going to London, UK and Paris, France from mid-to-end of August to speak at a conference and do some research for my PhD:
Does anyone have good suggestions for queer archives, design, or textile-related things to check out in and around those cities
Yesterday, I was at Oakwell Hall in Birstall for World Stitch Day & the launch of the WOVEN textile festival.
As well as workshops & demonstrations by local groups, there was a talk by Kirstie Macleod about The Red Dress: a global embroidery project, featuring work from 370 artists in 51 countries.
The dress is at Oakwell throughout June: it is stunning in person
There are 100+ other events happening in Kirklees for WOVEN too:
An art installation by acclaimed US artist Ann Hamilton celebrates Bradford's textile heritage as part of the city's year as UK City of Culture 2025. Read the story on my author newsletter...
This Saturday!
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Party Clothes Swap!
31.5.25 12:00-15.00
Rose Hill, 70 Rose Hill Terrace, Brighton BN1 4JL 2 entry
Design Milk : Take 5: Luxury Fungi Bag, Bread Paper, Geometric PJs + More +Fashion
Dev.ua: The Honchar Museum digitized 100 ancient embroidered shirts from different regions of Ukraine. The National Center of Folk Culture Ivan Honchar Museum has updated its website and added a hundred digitized ancient embroidered shirts from Zhytomyr, Volyn, Poltava, Cherkasy, and other regions.
Textil trifft Forensik: Ines Mhlmann zeigt, wie spannend textile Forensik sein kann mit echten Fllen aus dem LKA.
Wie oft helfen Textilien bei der Aufklrung von Verbrechen
Textiles meet forensics: Ines Mhlmann shows how exciting textile forensics can be with real cases from the LKA.
How do you think textiles help solve crimes
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pavilion at .Completely stunning. One of my favorites to date.
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Dans un communiqu sirupeux et qui aurait pu tre crit lencre jaune, les affids de la Confdration Europenne des Syndicats une institution europenne finance par la Commission Europenne versent des larmes de crocodiles sur la directive europenne devoir de vigilance . En sinquitant des tergiversations du rgime Macron, faisant pression pour son application
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British textile artist Louise Goult's new exhibition "Identity" opens today at BottleWorks. The exhibition includes embroidery on fabric, paper and found items with 3D sculptural textile pieces alongside wall-based 2D work, highlighting the diversity of textile art.
Open 11:00 hrs through to 20:00 hrs every day: 23rd to 26th May 2025.
"Our newest exhibition, "Empowering Threads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" will feature this 8-foot-long loom! Contemporary weavers in Los Altos de Chiapas, located in the central highlands of southern Mexico, are preserving ancient Mayan art and culture. Working on backstrap looms, these artisans are utilizing methods passed down through generations to combine old-world symbolism with new colors and designs. See "Empowering Threads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" opening next week, pre-security, in the International Terminal. " This was posted to on August 10, 2017A striking textile fragment from the Moche culture displays a serpent, snail, and raptorial bird. This survivor of ancient floods speaks to a rich artistic legacy and a lost narrative. What stories do you think it still holds
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