Konnichiwa Stitchers! Today I’m coming to you direct from Tokyo! We’ve been here nearly 3 weeks and it just so happens to fall during Nuido it Yourself time. I’ve kept you in my mind while I’ve been wandering the streets and I’ve snapped a few photos of all the fancy…
Chiapas Textiles
Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, bordering Guatemala, is a mountainous highland with dense rainforests dotted with Mayan archaeological sites and Spanish colonial towns. It is also home to one of the largest indigenous populations in the country with twelve federally recognised ethnicities. Chiapas is well known for its textiles – vividly coloured…
The Funk Files: Embroidery Frontiers – Meet William Lathrop
Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging embroidery talent. This year, sponsors added Textile Art categories to the traditional Fashion categories. The 2016 brief challenges participants to create quality design that…