Category: Fiber and Textile Arts

Fashion, Jewellery and Accessories at the Victorian and Albert Museum


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The Victorian and Albert Museum in London have been collecting Fashion, Jewellery and Accessories since the collection was started. The collection now has items dating back to 17th century up to examples of contemporary fashion. Currently they are highlighting knitting, hosting a particularly interesting article on the Regional Knitting in …

Learn to sew


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Learn to sew hosts step by step illustrated instructions for beginners. Articles range across the whole range of skills required for garment construction from taking body measurements, cutting, dealing with buttonholes, inserting zippers to understanding the bias of a fabric and dealing with linings.

Freebies from Kreinik


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Scratching your head for gift ideas, or simple projects suitable for children? This listing of freebies from kreinik.com might generate some ideas for you. Many of the craft projects are easily made and are economical. Kreinik, of course is the thread company that produces a variety of silk and metallic …

Museum Net


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Museum Net is an online resource which assists people looking for Museums in Britain. You can search by both district and keyword. I thought this one might be handy for anyone planning a holiday over there. I wish I was! I am a real museum and collection junkie and simply …

Instructions for Needlework Projects from Piecework magazine


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Piecework magazine focuses on historic and ethnic handwork. Topics cover quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidery, basketry, beadwork, lace making, and dyeing. There is an emphasis on traditional handwork that reflects textile history and culture. I noticed the other day that a listing of Needlework Projects & Articles provided online by Piecework …

A Museum of Colour


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The Society of Dyers and Colourists hosts a virtual Museum of Colour. This is a great resource site as it primarily relates to textiles and textile industry, housing online interactive projects that demonstrate aspects of how we see colour such as colour illusions and after images, colour blindness, and how …

Frances Pickering contemporary fiber and book artist


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Frances Pickering is a contemporary textile and book artist who has done and taught the City & Guilds courses and lives in Kent, Britain. Frances has produced a series of hand made books that are a personal response to battlefield landscapes and the poetry of the First World War. I …