[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] The Fibre Report with Joe Lewis Virginie Rochetti was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, and lives in Paris – by profession a stage designer, by passion an embroiderer. I saw her Tapestry of Bagnolet and met her in person the opening weekend of the Kaunas Textile Biennale in Lithuania in September 2011. […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
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[columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns] The Challenge In honour of the Royal Wedding the teams were challenged to fascinate us! When choosing her wedding dress, Kate Middleton was inspired by her favourite 1950s style icon, Grace Kelly. Each team had to choose their own style icon as their inspiration and design a […]
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[columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns] In February 2000, as new retirees, my husband and I were enticed by old friends to rent their space at an RV Resort in Tucson, Arizona. I noticed that the papers were full of articles about gem and mineral shows, which sounded like a lovely day’s entertainment! We visited the […]
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From Boy Scouts and Girl Guides earning badges to beach activities in the Caribbean to school children making gifts for friends, braids are everywhere. Most of us have created braids many times during our lives, but now an Ontario designer is adding a twist and giving the craft of braiding an elegance that we never […]
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[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] In this edition of ANPTmag, it is with great excitement to explore with you this distinctive type of Belarusan stitching technique called ‘Wicker Stitch’. I’m still in the process of discovering more about this ancient yet very popular technique adapted from the original pattern taken from my own piece of garment, […]
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Laura was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for warning British forces of an impending attack that led to the British victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams. Laura and her husband, James, were very poor. Instead of portraying her in her everyday clothes, I decided to portray her in […]
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Designer Jo Gatenby has been amazed, over the years, by the things people collect! Turtles, unicorns, dragonflies…and yes, frogs! So there may be more charts like this one coming in the future, because once she does something for one group of collectors the others inevitably say “Hey, wait a minute…” And since this seemed like […]