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Links to Resources and textile information online

Art and Craft organisations . . . Assisi Embroidery . . . Beading . . . Book and paper arts . . . Braids Tassels and Kumihimo . . . Brazilian and Textured hand Embroidery . . . Buttons and Button Crafts . . . Candlewicking . . . Castelguidi Embroidery . . . Canvas work and evenweave hand embroidery . . . Charms . . . Conservation and Fabric Care . . . Costume . . . Contemporary Textiles . . . Craft . . . Crazy Quilting   . . . Crochet . . . Cross stitch . . . Cut, Drawn and Pulled work . . . Design . . . .  Directories and resource sites   . . . Dyeing, Painting and Surface design . . . Hand embroidery . . . Hardanger . . . History and Culture of Textiles . . . Huck Weaving (pattern darning) . . . Lace . . . Mountmellick Embroidery . . . Needlelace . . . Museums and Galleries. . . Quilting . . . Samplers . . . Stumpwork . . . Tatting . . . Textile Artists . . . Visual Journals

Dyeing, Painting and Surface Design

Dyeing

Colour Index Hue Indication Chart provided by the Society of Dyers and Colourists in the UK.

Dye History from 2600 BC to the 20th Century: A timeline of the use of dyes written by Susan C. Druding

Surface Application Recipes for Procion or other Fibre Reactive ("cold water" type) Dyes: by Susan Druding.

Natural dyes: An illustrated article on the use of natural dyes in India

Paula Burch's All About Hand Dyeing : A huge resource for hand dyers which includes information on different types of dyes, instructions for tee dyeing , Batik, immersion dyeing, Low water dyeing, and drip dyeing.  Also on the site are book reviews, a gallery, and a forum.

Tea Dying FAQ a compilation of QUILTNET postings

Woad page: An informative page devoted to dying with woad. Also contains links about medicinal, historical uses and cultivation.

Dharma Trading Company: A company that deals in textile printing supplies.This site also provides information on dyeing and other related subjects.

Surface Design

Blueprints on fabric An article on the technique by Valerie Campbell-Harding hosted by the Embroiderers Guild (UK)

Foiling Fabric Adding a metallic foil to fabric can turn a surface that is quite mundane into something special. This technique uses paper-backed fusible webbing to adhere the foil to fabric.