Monthly Archives: September 2010

Charming? Yes. Handy? And how! This delightful collection offers 225 vintage-inspired textile patterns ready to print out and craft up. The book pages feature the colorful designs from which users can choose to reproduce from the included disk. The patterns … Continue reading →

plates of the best Tunisian textile designs. Abundance of patterns for anyone working in graphics and handicrafts: special motifs (lions, soldiers, fish, birds, camels); geometrics; simple and elaborate borders and linear patterns and much more. Most patterns appear on grids … Continue reading →

This pioneering work revises our notions of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using innovative linguistic techniques, along with methods from palaeobiology and other fields, it shows that spinning and pattern weaving began … Continue reading →

Textiles were the Incas’ most prized possessions. Their first gifts to European strangers were made not of gold and silver, but of camelid fibre and cotton. They believed that the highest form of weaving was created expressly for the sun, … Continue reading →

“A valuable source of information and an inspiration for anyone interested in the decorative power of textiles.”—Antiques and the Arts Weekly No region has a textile tradition more vivid and romantic than that of Central Asia. This book provides an … Continue reading →

Anyone who stitches and designs will welcome this much-needed work from best-selling author Kim Thittichai. Kim goes to the cutting edge, looking at the latest, most experimental techniques and materials for textile design and practice. Through exercises and inspirational examples … Continue reading →

The textile works of Annemieke Mein display a rare standard of artistry. She has explored beyond the bounds of craft and developed new techniques in her use of textiles and fabric paints. The illustrations in this book show how textiles … Continue reading →

This clear and concise textiles book focuses on comprehension of the interrelationship between the components of textiles to help students understand and predict textile propertiesand performance. Intended for undergraduate programs of colleges and universities that focus on fashion merchandising, fashion … Continue reading →

This second edition of ‘Textile Conservator’s Manual’, now revised and available in paperback, provides an in-depth review of the current practice, ethics and materials used in textile conservation. Concentrating on decorative art objects from the major cultures, the book gives … Continue reading →

William Randolph Hearst’s collection of Navajo textiles is one of the most complete gatherings of nineteenth-century Navajo weaving in the world. Comprising dozens of Classic Period serapes, chief blankets, Germantown eyedazzlers, and turn-of-the-century rugs, the 185-piece collection was donated to … Continue reading →