Featured Books on The Textile Directory Bookstore

With Christmas fast approaching we have the solution for what to get that special artist in your life. Whether they are looking for pattern books, fashion books, instruction books or simply something to inspire them, you will find it all in The Textile Directory Bookstore. We have highlighted some of the books available below.

Fashioning Fabrics: Contemporary Textiles in Fashion

Edited by Sandy Black

£24.95

Delivery: UK £2.75, Europe £3, Rest of World £5

From Issey Miyake’s sculptural pleats to Jessica Ogden’s salvaged and reworked vintage fabrics, from Pucci prints to conceptual play in the designs of Hussein Chalayan, Fashioning Fabrics concentrates on innovative, challenging approaches to design. Each designer is profiled in detail and their relationship with fabrics and fashion explored.

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Fabric Leftovers

By D'Arcy-Jean Milne

£12.99

Delivery: UK Free, Europe £10, Rest of World £15

Every quilter, dressmaker or crafter ends up with fabric scraps - too small to be useful but too beautiful to throw away, but inspiration is now at hand. In Fabric Leftovers D'Arcy-Jean Milne reveals some original ways to turn your fabric scraps into something special.

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Twentieth Century Textiles

By Francesca Galloway and Sue Kerry

£35

Delivery: UK £4, Europe £5, Rest of World £9

Twentieth Century Textiles presents a selection of more than 100 furnishing textiles and designs that range from a spectacular printed hanging designed by the Wiener Werkstätte artist, Dagobert Peche, between 1911 and 1918, to a series of dramatic woven, silk and metal wall coverings Les Colombes designed by Henri Stephany for the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes. The Art Deco period is well represented by the works of Raoul Dufy, Alberto Lorenzi, Robert Bonfils, Alfred Latour, Emile Alain Seguy and Paul Dumas.

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Button Jewellery & Accessories

By Tair Parnes

£12.99

DELIVERY: UK £3.09, Europe £4.60

Button Jewellery & Accessories transforms ordinary and not-so-ordinary buttons into unique necklaces, rings, accessories and home decorations. Twenty original projects combine buttons of all shapes and sizes with beads or fabric. The projects have easy step-by-step instructions with photography, and they can easily be personalised with your favourite colours and materials. This cute and colourful book will inspire crafters to run to their nearest fabric or craft store in search of the perfect buttons.

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Textile Artist Earns Contract In Oman

Stacey Harvey Brown is an artist weaver from Lower Tean in Staffordshire, who creates unique works of art using dobby and jacquard looms. She has been weaving for almost 20 years and was recently invited to Oman to set up a Weaving Workshop for 60 students. We spoke to Stacey to find out more about her fantastic opportunity.

How did you get contacted to do this workshop?

I got a phone call completely out of the blue, at first I thought they were joking! But they had seen my website and contacted some of the people I have links to on there to check me out. Then three gentlemen from the Omani government turned up unannounced on my doorstep wanting to stay at my B&B.

So where did you go from there?

Well, I agreed to do it and went out to Oman in September to set up some of the looms. At the time the building wasn’t finished so I am looking forward to going back out in December to finish setting up the looms and see it all completed. My first task will be to train some of the teachers who will be working on the project before the students arrive next September.

What will you be doing with the students?

I am writing a curriculum and training other teachers in the Middle East. Weaving is a traditional craft in Oman and the government are worried that they are losing some of their traditions, so it is important that some of the Oman weavers are able to pass on their skills to the students. As well as this I will be teaching weaving on shaft looms and also teaching the students spinning, knitting and dyeing.

Can you tell us a bit more about traditional Omani weaving?

Weaving is still a traditional activity among both men and women in some areas of Oman, and they each practice different techniques. The Bedouin women use ground looms, while the mountain men use Pit Looms. These are exactly what they sound like – the men dig a pit in the ground for their feet and the treadles to go in. I am very keen to learn some of these traditional methods while I am out there.

Will you be doing anything else during your time in Oman?

I am hoping to do some work with the The Ministry of Tourism and The Ministry of Culture and Heritage, and work on the infrastructure of textile crafts so Oman weaving is recognised by galleries. It is important to get the weaving of the Oman people recognised internationally to help them in the future.

For more information about Stacey and her project in Oman please visit www.theloomroom.co.uk or email stacey@theloomroom.co.uk

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