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AFFILIATES
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readers who purchase a 3 year subscription are rewarded with an
enamel badge entitling them to 10% off selected items from these
fabulous textile emporiums: Loop, Twisted Thread, Concrete
Wardrobe, Livingstone Studio and Cabbages and Roses. If
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Don't
rely on the weather, create Spring indoors all year long with Tamar
Mogendorff's quirky fabric bird houses. Handmade using
bright and beautiful patterned fabrics the houses and birds are
delightfully varied. Prices from £72 available from the Selvedge
Object shop.
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Catherine
Tough Textiles Tough by name but a complete softy by nature, these happy spring chicks and ducks are made from 100% lambswool and filled with lavender and buckwheat to give a spring fresh scent. Prices start at £12.50 www.catherinetough.co.uk |
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Antarctica
An exhibition by Lucy and Jorge Orta showing the work created during
their journey to the end of the world. The materials used include
drop parachutes and survival kits, a nececessity for the extreme
living conditions they experienced. 2 April-30 June, Hangar Bicocca
spazio d'art, Italy www.studio-orta.com |
Lots
to sell? A modest £2600 was paid for this beautifully
stitched 19th Century Sampler by Ann Trusted from Milverton Quaker
School. It went on sale at the Tennants auction house in North Yorkshire
at the beginning of March. Tennants are calling for further lots
for their Summer 2008 Textiles Sale.
www.tennants.co.uk |
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| DATES FOR YOUR DIARY... | ||
| 10April-13 April | Antique Textiles and Jewellery from Africa & Asia |
7 Churton Place, London,
SW1V 2LN barbie@barbiecampbellcole.com |
| 11 April-10 May | Asking For It- Everyday Neurosis in Chinese Contemporary Art |
Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art www.gsa.ac.uk |
| 11 April | Indelible: Every Contact Leaves a Trace | Fabrica 40 Duke St, Brighton www.fabrica.org.uk |
| 26 April-31 May | Quilt Art 22 Under Construction | Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery www.quiltart.org.uk |
| 7 May | Memory and Touch- Haptic Design | The Royal Institute of British Architects W1B www.clothandculturenow.com |
| Until 10 May | Commodity Form | The Golden Thread Gallery www.gtgallery.org.uk |
| Until 31 May | Peacocks and Pinstripes: A Snapshot of Masculine Style |
Fashion and Textile Museum, London SE1 www.ftmlondon.org |
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