As Charleston, the Bloomsbury home of art and crafts, holds the exhibition 'Post impressionism living Omega Workshops' 14 Sept 2019- 19th January 2020 . I interviewed one of the designers selling in their shop, Debbie Siniska. Debbie at work in her studio I know you as a Hooked rug maker, Can you tell me did… Continue reading Meet the hooked rug designer maker, Debbie Siniska
By Kerstin Neumuller A Handbook to Repairing clothes and Textiles Kerstin Neumuller is a tailor who loves sewing with tiny stitches. With her partner Douglas Luhanko she runs a shop in Stockholm called Second Sunrise. In it they sell jeans, run craft workshops and have a repair studio. This, her second book, is a practical… Continue reading Mend and Patch
Sorry you've just missed it, as it closed the 14th January. Palm Springs art museum held a fabulous exhibition SCRAPS: Fashion, Textiles and Creative Reuse. I am posting this now as I feel it is so important that we understand the world has finite resources, and those that recognise this and try to do something… Continue reading SCRAPS an Exhibition of recycled textiles
Butterfly chairs are currently in vogue again. I saw lots of them at Maison et Objects in Paris. They were covered in a variety of fabrics and skins including leather and pony skin. I bought this old butterfly chair in a junk shop for £10. The cover was rust stained and not very nice so… Continue reading Make your own butterfly chair cover
I had a lamp shade in need of some TLCÂ at the same time i had some very nice fabric remnants left over from other projects so I decided to combine them. You will need A lampshade Half meter of silk fabric Half meter of Butterflies fabric Bondaweb Thin bendy wire Wire cutters and small… Continue reading Butterfly lamp shade
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