Directory of Textiles Resources

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This category lists sites offering information, resources, instruction and exhibits relating to fabric, yarn, and to textile crafts including spinning, weaving, dyeing, felting, braiding, and multi-media textile arts.

Subcategories

• Artists
• Associations
• Braiding
• Dyeing
• Handspinning
• Lacemaking
• Macrame
• Museums
• Weaving

Resources in This Category

• Alexandria Textiles

  http://www.alextex.com/
  Resource center for the fiber arts community specializing in spinning, weaving and dyeing.

• All Fiber Arts

  http://www.allfiberarts.com/
  Informational site for weaving, spinning and other fiber arts. Articles, forum.

• Arts of Africa

  http://www.africancrafts.com/
  Artisans producing traditional and contemporary artifacts and clothing. Gallery images, list of artisans, exhibits, articles on textiles.

• Atelier Marin

  http://atelieryarns.com/
  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.

• Beetle Felt

  http://www.beetlefelt.co.uk/
  Provides workshops using textiles, particularly felt and also runs a craft shop based in Chorlton, Manchester, United Kingdom. Contains workshop information, gallery and online shop.

• Birgitte Krag Hansen

  http://www.feltmaking.com/
  Information about feltmaking, felt courses and exhibitions. Includes picture gallery.

• Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution

  http://www.cooperhewitt.org/
  The only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design.

• Dalton Textile Tours

  http://www.daltontours.com/
  Information on up and coming tours to China to discover the secrets of Chinese embroidery. Pictures and information on previous tours is provided.

• Dana's Textile Travels

  http://www.textiletravels.com/
  Dana McCown shares pictures and notes from her travels to see traditional textiles around the world. Also "guest traveller" submissions.

• Descendants of the Incas

  http://www.incas.org/
  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

  http://ewasoszko.republika.pl/
  Textiles from different epochs, and methods of textile conservation and restoration. Photos of the artist's work in ecclesiastical textiles and iconographic paintings.

• Fiberarts.org

  http://fiberarts.org/
  Listing of guild contacts, calendar of events and articles.

• FiberLink

  http://www.fibergypsy.com/
  Information and resources for knitters, spinsters, weavers, and other fiber artists.

• Interweave Press

  http://www.interweave.com/
  Producer of weaving and other fiber arts publications. Includes book descriptions, magazine contents, subscription information and special event registration.

• John C. Campbell Folk School

  http://www.folkschool.org/
  Teaching traditional crafts, music and dance in the mountains of North Carolina.

• Maine Fiberarts

  http://www.mainefiberarts.org/
  Promoting the enjoyment and quality of Maine fiber work. Includes background, membership and contact information.

• Mexican Textiles

  http://www.mexicantextiles.com/
  Dedicated to the presentation of indigenous costume, the people, their location and their traditions.

• Michigan Fiber Festival

  http://www.michiganfiberfestival.info/
  Show and workshop schedule, list of vendors, registration forms.

• Phiala's String Page

  http://www.stringpage.com/
  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

  http://www.puchkaperu.com/
  Textiles and folk art tours for those interested in Peruvian art and craft.

• Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon and Viking Crafts - Sprang

  http://www.regia.org/sprang.htm
  The history, origins, construction and use of thread twisting.

• Rose Tinted Creations

  http://www.rosetintedcreations.co.uk/
  One day craft courses in felt making, jewellery making and rag rug making. Artwork and upholstery commissions also undertaken. Contains course information and gallery. Cheshire, North West England.

• Rug Hooking Online

  http://www.rughookingonline.com/
  Features how-to articles and patterns, a gallery of full-color rugs, and links to related sites.

• Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins

  http://www.shuttlesspindlesandskeins.com/
  Focus on classes and workshops. List of yarns offered.

• Spinners', Weavers' & Knitters' Housecleaning Pages

  http://www.kbbspin.org/
  Provides a forum and free marketplace.

• Textile Center of Minnesota

  http://www.textilecentermn.org/
  A coalition of the textile community, dedicated to promoting and preserving textile excellence. St. Paul.

• Textile Conservation Services

  http://www.caringfortextiles.com/
  Service for care, restoration, and presentation of antique and contemporary textile arts.

• Textile Repair Studio

  http://www.quiltrepair.com/
  Repair, restoration and appraisal. List of services, contact information.

• TextileLinks

  http://www.textilelinks.com/
  A compilation of textile-related words, phrases and links to other sites, by Rosemary Brock.

• The Art Of Batik Painting

  http://lepaonac.tripod.com/
  Mrs. Leong, batik teacher in Singapore, provides illustrated instructions for batik and photos of students' work.

• The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA)

  http://www.tafta.org.au/
  Providing publications, conferences and workshops for textile craftspeople. Contains conference and magazine subscription information, editor background, news and events.

• The Fabric Museum

  http://www.fabricmuseum.org/
  Virtual museum presenting exhibits on fabric art, design and history.

• TLD Design Center and Gallery

  http://www.tlddesigns.com/
  Art gallery in Westmont, Illinois offering classes in weaving, spinning and other arts and crafts.

• World of Threads Festival

  http://worldofthreadsfestival.com/
  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.

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