Textile


Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
Worn: A People's History of Clothing
Textilepedia: The Complete Fabric Guide
Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art
Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool
Indian Textiles: The Karun Thakar Collection
This Long Thread
Fray: Art and Textile Politics
Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art
Many Hands Make A Quilt: Short Histories of Radical Quilting
Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide: Natural and Man-made Fibres
Gathering Blue by Lois LowryUprising by Margaret Peterson HaddixNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellHomeless Bird by Gloria WhelanDreams in the Golden Country by Kathryn Lasky
Garment and Textile
229 books — 72 voters
Softness by Jean OberlanderMarimekko by MarimekkoKnitLit (too) by Molly WolfFrom Gritty to Knitty by C.G. BrillHaken  by Unknown
Textile and Fiber Art
24 books — 8 voters

Jamestown by Joyce CrawfordBread and Roses, Too by Katherine PatersonHoliday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Zoë FrançoisCity in Amber by Jay AtkinsonThe Cry of the Street by Mabel Farnum
Bread and Roses
14 books — 5 voters
North and South by Elizabeth GaskellLyddie by Katherine PatersonThe Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate AlcottSo Far From Home by Barry DenenbergThe Blue Door by Ann Rinaldi
Textile Mill Fiction
105 books — 32 voters

Gabrielle Zevin
A great textile, like the William Morris Strawberry Thief, is a piece of art, but it takes a lot of time to make a piece of art. It isn't simply design either. You have to understand the fabrics and what they can bear. You have to understand the dyeing process and how to achieve certain colors and what will make the color last through the ages. If you make a mistake, you might have to begin again." "I don't think I know Strawberry Thief," Sadie said. "One moment," Mrs. Watanabe said. Mrs. Watana ...more
Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin
A great textile, like the William Morris Strawberry Thief, is a pice of art, but it takes a lot of time to make a piece of art. It isn't simply design either. You have to understand the fabrics and what they can bear. You have to understand the dyeing process and how to achieve certain colors and what will make the color last through the ages. If you make a mistake, you might have to begin again." "I don't think I know Strawberry Thief," Sadie said. "One moment," Mrs. Watanabe said. Mrs. Watanab ...more
Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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Fiber Artists A group for artists who love sewing, dying, weaving, or anything textile related!
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