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Textile Traditions I"m a textile loving travel loving fanatic! I offer small group tours to India with a textile theme within a moderate travel budget.

I used to take textile tours to India. Now I just like to share interesting textile information that passes my way. 'Hope you do too.

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29/09/2018

Am thinking of another tour to India 🇮🇳 in February 2019. Anyone interested?

While in Japan we learnt shibori tieing technique in Arimatsu, Nagoya
29/01/2018

While in Japan we learnt shibori tieing technique in Arimatsu, Nagoya

All good things come to an end and tomorrow it’s “Sayonara Japan”.I’ve had a wonderful time, finishing off in Tokyo with...
28/01/2018

All good things come to an end and tomorrow it’s “Sayonara Japan”.I’ve had a wonderful time, finishing off in Tokyo with fabric shopping on Fabric Street, Nippori, and twice visiting the Tokyo International Quilt Fair. Here are just a few photos:

18/01/2018

Unfolding ceremony at Kyoto Shibori Museum. 😂🤣😂

Had a great time yesterday at the Kyoto Shibori Museum. Very friendly and helpful staff eager to share skills and knowle...
18/01/2018

Had a great time yesterday at the Kyoto Shibori Museum. Very friendly and helpful staff eager to share skills and knowledge about the infinite variety of shibori techniques.

26/11/2017

Can’t wait to check out their new centres!

17/11/2017

Amazing!

04/09/2017
Had a great afternoon today learning about a few basic shibori folding techniques: Itajime, Kumo and Hachinosu.
12/08/2017

Had a great afternoon today learning about a few basic shibori folding techniques: Itajime, Kumo and Hachinosu.

10/08/2017
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02/08/2017

What a work of art!

26/07/2017
24/07/2017

Nature's Colour Workshop A 5-day residential workshop exploring Indonesia’s natural dye traditions - limited to 8 people. Saturday 21 October - Wednesday 25 October For four millennia the textile arts of Indonesia have articulated an intimate and harmonious relationship with the earth. Through t...

09/07/2017

Another fun "disappearing" block

If you get to Luang Prabang, Laos, you must visit the Weaving Sisters! Beautiful hand woven textiles with beads!
20/05/2017

If you get to Luang Prabang, Laos, you must visit the Weaving Sisters! Beautiful hand woven textiles with beads!

Thanks Lisa Edmondson for introducing us! Beautiful work!

12/05/2017
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06/04/2017

I can always use a little inspiration.

If in Melbourne Australia, you might be interested to see this:https://www.facebook.com/marg.hawker/posts/17337488066389...
26/03/2017

If in Melbourne Australia, you might be interested to see this:

https://www.facebook.com/marg.hawker/posts/1733748806638916

HOLY STITCHES

Collectors are rarely as generous as Dr. Guy Churchman, whose significant collection of embroidered ecclesiastical vestments will be on display at The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria, for 2 weeks from 25 May, 2017. HOLY STITCHES provides a rare opportunity to appreciate the rich materials, the artistic and skillful embroidering of religiously symbolic motifs used for centuries to embellish ecclesiastical garments and accoutrements.

But HOLY STITCHES is more than an exhibition of fine, antique needlework; it is a celebration of a long-standing partnership between Dr Churchman and members of the Guild’s Ceremonial Group. Textiles are fragile, subject to storage abuse and deteriorate with wear and age; and so Dr. Churchman turned to The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria, to repair and preserve some of the pieces he has collected over the past 20 years.

Under the leadership of longtime Guild member Norma Bain, a team of embroiderers has worked on many items in the exhibition; restoring and preserving the integrity of the piece by stabilising the background fabric, re-working motifs that have worn away, or reattaching loose braids and edgings. Dr. Churchman has become a frequent visitor to Embroidery House in Wattletree Road, clutching another box of pieces needing the expert attention of Norma and her team.

Dr. Churchman and Norma Bain will be guest speakers at a pre-exhibition Lecture on Wednesday 17 May, 7 pm at Embroidery House, 170 Wattletree Road, Malvern.

Interesting bit of Aussie history
08/10/2016

Interesting bit of Aussie history

The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims

Antique Ohio Amish Quilts from the Darwin D. Bearley Collection on show until 01 March 2015. Had a great day travelling...
07/12/2014

Antique Ohio Amish Quilts from the Darwin D. Bearley Collection on show until 01 March 2015. Had a great day travelling about an hour south of San Francisco to San Jose just to visit this small textile museum. Certainly worth the drive! Thanks Carla and Jenny for a lovely day!

19th Century woven wool Navaho rugs.Interesting to read the history of many of the nation's original peoples and how the...
04/12/2014

19th Century woven wool Navaho rugs.
Interesting to read the history of many of the nation's original peoples and how their native crafts changed as a result of interaction with both the southern natives from whom weaving was learnt and white settlers, who enforced relocation and took away their wool source.

03/11/2014

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