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Haba Na Haba

Fun animal illustrations and graphic kuba cloth designs decorate these pillows covers from Haba Na Haba.

Fly Brasil: Home Accessories

I had so much fun with the Brazilian themed posts yesterday that I had to do one more. A Fly reader sent over a link to this wonderful design company called Estudio Zero, which is based out of Recife. The colors and patterns are so delicious, I want every pillow, cushion, and handbag on that site. Thanks Flavia!

Fly Brasil: Textiles

When I was getting the food together for my Fly party my mother and I were going through table napkins and runners that she had collected over the years, most of them being from her home, Rio de Janeiro. We were trying to decide which ones I could borrow for the party and she showed me some I hadn't seen before (pictured below). They are all embroidered by hand, and the ones pictured second row left were hand-painted by my surrogate grandmother (a woman who raised my mother during her teenage years). The two pictured below were given as gifts from a friend who lives in Recife.

I was so intrigued by the Brazilian craftwork that I did some research and found these wonderful videos featuring rendeiras, lace weavers, from the north of Brazil. It's so amazing!! Even if you can't understand the explanation you have to check out the process. Here's another one that you might want to check out as well.

Selvedge's Urban Jungle

Here are some wonderful textile stylings from Selvedge Magazine.

J. Ritter Designs

Beautiful prints from J.Ritter Designs. See her Etsy Shop here.

Art Quilts

This weekend I visited the Wayne Art Center just outside of Philadelphia. I was checking out the ArtQuilt Elements 2008 exhibition and it was amazing to see the exquiste work done by quilters and textile artitsts.

Wiener Werkstätte

Lovely patterns created by Wiener Werkstätte, an Arts and Crafts Movement design workshop of the early 20th century.

Ikat Robes

Museum websites are so helpful with research and information. I was browsing around the Victoria and Albert Museum site doing research on the Victorian Era and came across these beautiful ikat robes from central Asia. What great inspiration for wallpaper, stationery, textile and/or clothing designs.

Fun

I really dig these experimental textile installations by writtenafterwards.

Etsy Shop: Reethm

Here are some fun fabrics from Etsy Shop Reethm.