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Category: Textiles of the World

Textiles of the World: Tekhelet
Hi Sewcialists! My name is Meira, and today we’ll learn about tekhelet (pronounced, teh-KHEH-let, with a “kh” like the sounds …

Textiles of the World: Harris Tweed
Hi Sewcialists, I’m Emma Capponi @emmacponysews, and as someone who has adopted Scotland as her home, I thought I’d write …

Textiles of the World: Irish Linen
Hi Sewcialists, I’m Stephen Conway, son of Jim Conway, the founder of Emblem Weavers Irish Linen. My father was a …

Textiles of the World: Ankara Fabrics
Hi sewcialists! I am happy to share my first post here with you! How cool is it that we get …

Textiles of the World: Jamdani Handloom Weaving
All too often, textiles of the world are something we see only in pictures, they are not physical things forming …
Textiles of the World: Khadi
Hi Sewcialists! This is a post written as part of the series “Textiles of the World”, which aims to explore …

Textiles of the World: Paithani
INTRODUCTION Paithani is a sari textile dating back 2,000 years. It is from the Western state of Maharashtra, India. This …

Textiles of the world: shweshwe
Isishweshwe – the denim of South Africa. Growing up, I always thought of isishweshwe (Zulu for Shweshwe fabric) as something …

Textiles of the World: Oaxacan Tapetes
My first trip to Oaxaca, Mexico was just shy of 10 years ago. I took this trip with my sister-in-law …