March 24, 1834: William Morris, English textile designer and leading member of the Arts and Crafts Movement, is born.

Morris was a lifelong friend of artist Edward Burne-Jones and they collaborated on a number of exquisite tapestries, including "The Failure of Sir Gawaine". 🎨

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Everyone wanting a career in fashion and textiles MUST attend 's event on the 14th April! 😀👜

Sign you or your class up to hear speakers such as and discuss the professional world of fashion: https://t.co/mUIysujjKw

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Abstract Brushstrokes Animal Skin Splat Print by The Pattern Lane now available on our online textile studio

https://t.co/inlSQNlVTi

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Anni Albers became one of the most prominent textile and graphic artists of the 20th century. In the she creating iconic patterns for industrial textile production and became a teacher and the head of the workshop. https://t.co/WByzCgfXT9

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It was so great to be featured in a recent edition of the estimable Stitch Magazine - many thanks to them for asking me.

Look out for the current Feb/March edition of the magazine which is in the shops now.

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Laura Slater is a Textile Design practitioner based in Leeds whose practice focuses on the significance of textile and pattern design as a vehicle for engagement with art as part of the everyday.

Browse and purchase Laura's prints at https://t.co/7IGQzJfV8b

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Remember Pier One stores? I used to be amazed at the kinds of textiles and patterns they featured there that we so different than the typical American prints. This piece makes me think of that store.

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Book for our workshops: 'Stitch & Create - My Adventures on Youtube' on 1 April, 12.30pm: https://t.co/SYr2skXtCq
'Painting Trees in Watercolour' on 8 April, 7pm: https://t.co/tAsWxIFcOW
'Boro Boro Textiles' on Thu 22 April, 7pm: https://t.co/UjKpbA3B5O

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Two of the printed results of the previous post and another with digital magic

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The fabulous colour sense of Yumeji Takehisa 1884 –1934, Japanese poet and painter known mostly for his illustrations of women. He also illustrated book covers, produced newspaper illustrations in series, textile prints, postcards, and patterned washi paper.

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210 years ago, 11 March 1811, a crowd gathered in Nottingham's Old Market Square - many were local textile workers whose livelihoods were threatened by the pace of industrialisation thanks to the spreading of a new invention: the stocking frame 🪧

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Yr4-We ❤️textiles.What career might we have if we designed fabric patterns for a living?Crazy fun mark making onto calico designing our own fabric patterns themed on tropical fish/colour/scales.Drying now ready to be transformed into textile fish 🐠

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