Selvedge Stories
MARKING THE DAYS WITH SPIRITUAL STITCHES
It is difficult to imagine the place of textiles in contemporary art today without Rosie Lee Tompkins’ bold improvisational quilts. She thrived beyond the conventions of textile-making and transformed it...
MARKING THE DAYS WITH SPIRITUAL STITCHES
It is difficult to imagine the place of textiles in contemporary art today without Rosie Lee Tompkins’ bold improvisational quilts. She thrived beyond the conventions of textile-making and transformed it...
HOOKS AND EYES
When did hooks and eyes develop as a form of fastener for garments? This is the question that Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood asked recently on the Textile Resource Centre Leiden regular blog. Read on...
HOOKS AND EYES
When did hooks and eyes develop as a form of fastener for garments? This is the question that Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood asked recently on the Textile Resource Centre Leiden regular blog. Read on...
CHRISTMAS WRAPPED UP
There's certainly an art to gifting. No one explores the simple beauty, texture, pattern and household objects like our friends at Cambridge Imprint who designed a special pattern for us, ‘The...
CHRISTMAS WRAPPED UP
There's certainly an art to gifting. No one explores the simple beauty, texture, pattern and household objects like our friends at Cambridge Imprint who designed a special pattern for us, ‘The...
VISIBLE CREATIVE MENDING
In decades past, wear and tear was a source of embarrassment. Discrete repairs were prized and practised - to produce a visible mend would have been seen as wearing a...
VISIBLE CREATIVE MENDING
In decades past, wear and tear was a source of embarrassment. Discrete repairs were prized and practised - to produce a visible mend would have been seen as wearing a...
KNITTING A BETTER FUTURE
What is one of the most important socio-economic necessities of this century? According to NGO Hands on Peru, it is working towards gender equity and the empowerment of women. Aiming to...
KNITTING A BETTER FUTURE
What is one of the most important socio-economic necessities of this century? According to NGO Hands on Peru, it is working towards gender equity and the empowerment of women. Aiming to...
FREEDOM DOLLS
Did you have a favourite doll as a child? Did you immerse yourselves in fantasy stories of far away places, your doll as your friend and comrade through fascinating and...
FREEDOM DOLLS
Did you have a favourite doll as a child? Did you immerse yourselves in fantasy stories of far away places, your doll as your friend and comrade through fascinating and...
