Textiles

[close] SPDG is a community of professionals in the textile, surface, and pattern design industry. We are a 100% volunteer run, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support our members by connecting them with networking opportunities, business resources, and continuing education, as well as offer them invaluable exposure. The Guild is open to designers, illustrators, artists, and students within our industry. The majority of our members provide commercial design services, often intended for large scale production, for a variety of markets including apparel, home furnishing, home fashion and tabletop, quilting and crafts, paper products, and even electronics. http://www.surfacepatterndesignguild.org

[close] We are book-loving sewists, sharing knowledge and inspiration through sewing books. To begin, we will choose a sewing theme. Each group member chooses a book related to the topic. This will hopefully keep us all from going mad purchasing new books! We will each post a review of the book and, hopefully, give a new technique or project a try. There is no time limit for contributing comments/projects. Grab a book and let's get sewing!

[close] Welcome to our ongoing discussion about books related to quilt history and textiles. State documentation books or books on specific styles or techniques may get us started. What's on your shelf? Share what you are reading or suggest a book for discussion. Others may choose to join you.If not, post your questions and impressions along the way. Titles will remain 'live' so when someone else reads that book they can revive the topic.

[close] A place to chat about sewing books and even form reading groups! http://textillia.com is a sewing community and project database for all manner of sewists and quilters.