USM will be opening its new exhibition Mapping New England’s Textile Industry, on Nov.17. OSHER MAP LIBRARY AND SMITH CENTER FOR CARTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION Historic maps from the American Textile History ...

An idea that is usually geared for professional quilting clubs or fashion design schools; textile programs are designed to help adult artists perfect their craft (and their stitch.) Kim Dyer from the ...

Joanna Williams, founder of the textile library Kneeland Co., has been one of L.A.’s best-kept secrets for eight years, sourcing vintage Celia Birtwell fabrics, Mexican rebozo fringe and Pakistani ...

The Hub City Writers Project and the Friends of the Library will host a lecture series and community dialogue beginning Jan. 30 tied to the new book "Textile Town: Spartanburg County, South Carolina." ...

Though Caleb Sayan, the manager of Blue Rider Designs, has made sporadic public appearances in Portland over the years, in general the Old Town-based textile library that "houses and maintains an ...

A while back I wrote about Blue Rider Design, the astonishing textile library stashed quietly in downtown Portland. Caleb Sayan, the caretaker of the collection (most of which was first established by ...

Fashion designer and fabric expert Andrea Aranow dressed guitarist Jimi Hendrix in snakeskin bell bottoms and, a half century later, continues to inspire new looks and influence leaders in apparel, ...

Four yarn bombs have exploded on the scene at Pohick Regional Library. The name yarn bomb sounds far more incendiary than the truth. This is a community work of textile art that was made with patience ...

GOT IT COVERED: Madrid-based materials science company and cotton recycler Recover has appointed former Levi Strauss & Co. and C&A executive Hans Ploos van Amstel to its board of directors. Ploos van ...