Dutch artist Purr Anders creates lovely leaf and flower-shaped brooches by printing antique photos onto fabric. She brings imperfect and complex elements from nature into her art, which really complements the beauty of the photographs, which, themselves, can be somewhat imperfect and worn. Her leaf projects also bring to mind the familiar imagery of a […]
Illustrator Nancy Kers, AKA VeryCherry, is testing an upcoming design over on Spoonflower. I think a tree filled with these cuties would be spectacular. Original Image Via Flickr
If you’re planning on making handmade holiday presents, December is just around the corner! I love the hanging ornament pattern fabrics from the latest fabric design contest at Spoonflower right now. They have some other Christmas and end-of-year-themed contests coming up, like 2012 Tea Towel Calendars (November 8th) and Advent calendar fabric (November 15th).
For those of you looking for a straight-forward way to transfer images onto fabric, it doesn’t get much easier than this image transfer tutorial from Elsie at A Beautiful Mess. According to her, this method will work for both modern laser printed images and vintage magazine and newspaper prints. For you photo geeks out there, […]
If you read this blog regularly, you may have noticed that I’m obsessed with textiles and textile design. (I’m currently biting my nails for Celia Birtwell‘s book to come out.) I have attempted to learn Illustrator a few times, to no avail, so I’m delighted to see this great tutorial for learning how to design […]
I love the simplicity of this Swedish Weaving hand towel. It looks surprisingly modern and vintage at the same time.
I have a secret desire to be a textile designer, so any textile project always piques my interest. I love this hand-printed fabric tutorial on Whip Up. Using pre-cut squares of EVA foam to form your design is simply genius!
