A Hand-Embroidered Flight of Fancy

Marie-France de Crécy, a 38-year-old Parisian textile designer who once worked as a fashion stylist, creates upholstery fabrics with many of the same qualities as those found in haute couture, including hand-embroidery, hand-beading and "the idea of placement," she said, where a print appears "in a very specific place" on a piece of furniture.

Endless collection of saris

A rare collection of lehngas and salwar kameez at ‘Weaves'

Ritu Kumar to popularise hand-woven textiles

New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) She is known for her ethnic Indian designs and now celebrated designer Ritu Kumar wants to popularise hand-woven textiles in vogue through her Panchvastra collection. She says this will clear the notion that people have lost interest in such fabrics.

http://www.nedlewerkes.com

Location: 100 Cove Terrace Shopping Center, Copperas Cove, on U.S. Highway 190. The Herald recently sat down to talk with Nedlewerkes owner Lois McMaster to talk about her business, which sells a wide variety of supplies, kits and tools for handmade cross-stitch, embroidery and other crafts.

Mount Dora Arts Festival has judges on the run

A casual art lover could easily spend both days of the 37 t h annual Mount Dora Arts Festival wandering the booths to savor the dazzling array of paintings, ceramics, handcrafted jewelry and graphic prints.

Hyena Cart Experiencing a Hand-made Owl Irruption

The Snowy Owl irruption is taking the nation by storm, with an unusually large numbers of the large white bird spotted all over the U.S. The popularity of owls is increasing, with hand-made owl “irruptions” happening on sites like Hyena Cart, which houses more than 1,000 individually owned online stores that offer a broad spectrum of hand-made products for the family.Portland, Ore. (PRWEB ...