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The Surface Design Organization


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Fiber and Textile ArtsLeave a comment

The Surface Design Organization aims to “increase awareness, understanding, and appreciation of textiles in the art and design communities as well as in the general public.” If you are feeling a little flat and looking for a bit of inspiration browse through the gallery of contemporary textiles as it always …

Bags of fun challenge


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Challenges3 Comments

There is a bit more news on the Bags of Fun challenge. Firstly Allison Aller has chopped off a pair of jeans and has an image on her works in progress blog. Arlee of Albedo Design is also excited judging by the comment she left yesterday. Beche-la-mer of Two Cents …

Design Directory


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Art and DesignLeave a comment

The Design Directory is a database of links to resources that relate to design and affiliated areas. Articles, forums, events, organizations and galleries are just a few of the areas covered. Some subject areas are stronger than others but browsing areas such fashion design should turn up a few interesting …

Bags of Fun


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Challenges6 Comments

Well I am really excited about the denim bag challenge as people are joining and the group is growing nicely. Actually I am stupidly delighted at the amount of people who are going to join. You have to visualise a plump middle aged woman singing with an Aussie accent around …

The denim bag challenge is on


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Challenges10 Comments

Yesterday I asked if anyone was interested in joining a challenge to make a bag or container of some sort from recycled jeans embellishing it using any technique available to textile practitioners. Boy did I get some responses! They are in both my mail box and left as comments. I …

A new challenge if people are interested


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Challenges / Crazy quilting / Work in Progress15 Comments

Morning all – I am a bit late but I have a really good excuse. Last night I completed another 8 inch block. As you can see it is the block started when I wrote the review for Dream a Seam templates by Carole Samples last weekend. As a side …

Pop up books


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Book and Paper arts / Resources6 Comments

I am a big kid when it comes to Pop up books. The contradiction of the 3-dimensional non bookish surprise hiding in the book has always attracted me since I was a child. So discoving this site Pop-up and Movable Books: A Tour Through Their History which illustrates this format …