textile nerd: Archive

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Aug 1st

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Jul 30th

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heliumtaxihometome asked: google: "national geographic sari factory" and see the first picture. I thought you might like it.

Jul 30th

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Jul 30th

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chromiumantimony asked: Hi. I saw your block printing post. I guess you do not use common dyes, but what do you use as "imprinter" (I mean the triangle. I'm sorry I do not know the specific terminology.)? Btw, you're fabric is turning out great :)

Jul 30th

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kat-dog asked: I'm trying to recreate the dye pattern of a shirt that tumblr wont allow me to share the link for but it is a very vibrant solar-system-esque shirt that was splattered and brush painted. I don't know much about fabric inks but I was hoping you had a suggestion as to a vibrant dye that will be easy to splatter but not too thin.. sorry if this is just way too vague to help me with!

Jul 28th

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Jul 26th

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Jul 26th

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Jul 20th

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Spin, Dye, Weave: 16th and 17th Century Tapestry... →

mousecouncil: “Tapestry marks were non-existent as a system until the Brussels edict of 1528 made them compulsory in that town…there are scores of known master weavers reaching up through the ages to the time when marks began. The Brussels mark was the first. It was a simple and…

Jul 20th

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