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On this crisp November Friday, I thought I'd share a beautiful splattering of screen printed fabrics from Sweden based company Just Scandinavian.
The prints are bright, fun, playful, applied to 100% linen textiles, and sold by the yard. I think they're just lovely and I hope you do too.

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I found this video on YouTube on DigiFabrics from Shapeways.  While I think they're pretty cool and definitely want to touch and manipulate them, I can't really picture how they're used.  I mean, how are they applied?  Do you know?  If so, care to share?

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Who doesn't love a good contest, right?  It motivates, inspires, and promotes a healthy dose of competition.  With that in mind, someone sent me an email about a Color Contest being put on by How Design and Print Magazine and I thought I would pass it along to you.
What's it all about? Submit the ...Read More >>

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Yes, that Starbucks.  No, they haven't stopped making coffee.  What they have started doing, though, is furnishing their interiors with a revolutionary new textile made from natural and renewable materials.
Through upcycling (creating waste materials into new products), Starbucks coffee sacks are combined with wool to create a completely unique sustainable fabric called "WoJo".  The company ...Read More >>

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So, yes, it's wool week.  Interesting.  I have to say I really didn't have any inkling of the existence of the Campaign for Wool until I stumbled upon an article on the British Vogue website.  Apparently, the campaign was started by the Prince of Whales in January of this year to educate people on the ...Read More >>

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I'm not sure if you know this about me, but I really enjoy highlighting local, family-owned, generations-old companies in the fashion and textile industries.  It's these mom and pop businesses that I want to see survive in this econimc climate but which, of course, have the most difficulty doing so. One aspect of the industry ...Read More >>

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