Crafts Textiles
Below are some useful links about Textiles on Crafts:
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- Arts: Crafts: Needlework (458)
- Arts: Crafts: Quilting (395)
- Regional: Asia: Japan: Arts and Entertainment: Traditional: Textiles (7)
- Shopping: Crafts: Fiber Arts (477)
| Alexandria Textiles - Resource center for the fiber arts community specializing in spinning, weaving and dyeing. |
| All Fiber Arts - Informational site for weaving, spinning and other fiber arts. Articles, forum. |
| The Art Of Batik Painting - Mrs. Leong, batik teacher in Singapore, provides illustrated instructions for batik and photos of students' work. |
| Arts of Africa - Artisans producing traditional and contemporary artifacts and clothing. Gallery images, list of artisans, exhibits, articles on textiles. |
| Atelier Marin - Specializes in luxurious natural fibers and hand dyed yarns. Offers expert advise, a full class schedule and a comprehensive selection of books and accessories for knitting and crochet. |
| The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA) - Providing publications, conferences and workshops for textile craftspeople. Contains conference and magazine subscription information, editor background, news and events. |
| Australian Textile Arts and Surface Design Association - A not for profit organisation fostering ideas between fibre artists using pigments, dyes, manipulative techniques and surface decoration. Includes meeting information, workshops and member gallery. |
| Birgitte Krag Hansen - Information about feltmaking, felt courses and exhibitions. Includes picture gallery. |
| Computer Textile Design Group (CTDG) - International organization of textile crafts artists. |
| Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution - The only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. |
| Dalton Textile Tours - Information on up and coming tours to China to discover the secrets of Chinese embroidery. Pictures and information on previous tours is provided. |
| Descendants of the Incas - By the Center For Traditional Textiles of Cusco, Peru, promoting Inca weaving traditions. Contains images and stories, and descriptions of spinning, dyeing and weaving processes used. |
| Ewa Soszko: Antique Textile Conservation - Textiles from different epochs, and methods of textile conservation and restoration. Photos of the artist's work in ecclesiastical textiles and iconographic paintings. |
| The Fabric Museum - Virtual museum presenting exhibits on fabric art, design and history. |
| Fiber Arts - Suite 101 - Articles about fiber arts. |
| Fiber Arts Connection of Southern California - Internet-based group to provide support for professional fiberartists. Membership, gallery and events. |
| Fiber Guild of Greater Kansas City - Supports the local fiber arts community around Overland Park, Kansas. Gallery and program information. |
| Fiberarts - The Magazine of Textiles - Journal of modern textile art. Calendar, highlights, and subscription FAQ. |
| Fiberarts.org - Listing of guild contacts, calendar of events and articles. |
| FiberLink - Information and resources for knitters, spinsters, weavers, and other fiber artists. |
| Fibre Festival - Event on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. Information on workshops, farm, craft and mill tours, vendor displays, and fashion show. |
| Fresno FiberArts Guild - Preserving the arts of traditional needlework and other fiber forms. Includes program schedule, list of interest groups, photos and membership information. |
| Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival - British Columbia, Canada. List and status of workshops, registration, events, news. |
| HobbyDo: Screen Printing - Hobby site section including detailed step-by-step instructions for screen printing. |
| Interweave Press - Producer of weaving and other fiber arts publications. Includes book descriptions, magazine contents, subscription information and special event registration. |
| John C. Campbell Folk School - Teaching traditional crafts, music and dance in the mountains of North Carolina. |
| Maine Fiberarts - Promoting the enjoyment and quality of Maine fiber work. Includes background, membership and contact information. |
| Mexican Textiles - Dedicated to the presentation of indigenous costume, the people, their location and their traditions. |
| Mission Mill Museum - Historic woolen mill in Oregon. Includes calendar of events and classes, information on outreach to schools and facilities for rent. |
| Murml - Collection of fabrics and home furnishings. Includes a list of exhibitions and gallery of images of the textiles. |
| Online Spinning and Weaving Guild - Web-based guild for anyone interested in the textile arts. Features user-contributed photo gallery, textile discussion area, real-time chat, and events calendar. |
| Paula's Wearable Art - Includes photos of woven, knitted and beaded accessories, hand spun yarn and kits. |
| Phiala's String Page - Information on tablet weaving and non-woven textiles including naalbinding, sprang and braiding. Offers historical information, especially medieval, with techniques included. |
| Puchka Peru Cultural Tours - Textiles and folk art tours for those interested in Peruvian art and craft. |
| Rabbit Goody's Thistle Hill Weavers - Mill producing reproduction textiles. Includes information about Textile History Forum, exhibits, and photos of examples of work. |
| Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon and Viking Crafts - Sprang - The history, origins, construction and use of thread twisting. |
| Ron's Fiber Home - Offers links of resources for fiber artists. |
| Rug Hooking Online - Features how-to articles and patterns, a gallery of full-color rugs, and links to related sites. |
| Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins - Focus on classes and workshops. List of yarns offered. |
| Silk Painters Guild for Fine Artists - Promoting fine art silk painting. Members gallery, event calendar, membership requirements, and articles. |
| Spinners' and Weavers' Housecleaning Pages - A clearing house for individuals to list equipment for sale or wanted ads. |
| Spinners', Weavers' & Knitters' Housecleaning Pages - Provides a forum and free marketplace. |
| Textile Center of Minnesota - A coalition of the textile community, dedicated to promoting and preserving textile excellence. St. Paul. |
| Textile Conservation Services - Service for care, restoration, and presentation of antique and contemporary textile arts. |
| Textile Repair Studio - Repair, restoration and appraisal. List of services, contact information. |
| The Textile Society - For textile art, design and history in the United Kingdom. Information on bursaries, events calendar. |
| TextileLinks - A compilation of textile-related words, phrases and links to other sites, by Rosemary Brock. |
| TLD Design Center and Gallery - Art gallery in Westmont, Illinois offering classes in weaving, spinning and other arts and crafts. |
| Women in Textile Art - International group specializing in promoting contemporary textile art by vanguard artists. Application for and information on sponsored exhibit. |
| Wool rainbow - Several Russian artists display works in knitting, lacemaking and sprang. |
| World of Threads Festival - A biannual festival highlighting international textile art and craft. Call for submissions, gallery exhibitions in Oakville Ontario Canada. Featuring contemporary art, quilting, weaving, sewing, paper making, textiles, sculpture. |