Recommended websites:
ACTTAA Members' websites
Supplies
Information
Links
Galleries
Wearable Art Parades
Organisations
Craft Shows
Collage Images
Fashion
Hat links & blogs
Techniques & Patterns
Sales Opportunities
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| Heather Aspinall's site | www.heatheraspinall.id.au | ACTTAA Member's site |
| Marlene Greenwood's site |
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| Carole Griffiths' site | ACTTA Member's site | |
| Fiona Hammond's site | chiatanyadesigns.com.au | ACTTAA Member's site
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| Bernadette Thomas's site |
www.needlewitch.com.au
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| Thelma Winroe's site | www.thelmagillianscarves.com.au | ACTTAA Member's site |
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| A&E Metal | www.aemetal.com.au | Jewellery findings etc. |
| All Eco | www.alleco.com.au | Natural & organic fibres & fabrics |
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Althea’s Needles & Threads Online |
Big range including unusual supplies |
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Batik Oetoro |
Dyeing supplies |
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| Bee Crafty | www.beecrafty.com.au | Quilting fabrics |
| Bugfabric | www.bugfabric.com | Fabrics with insect prints |
| Carole Griffiths | www.handmadeglassbeads.com.au | Handmade beads |
| Duran Textiles | www.durantextiles.com | Reproduction fabrics |
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Elsegood fabrics |
Silks, scarf blanks. |
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Empire Beads |
Extensive range of beads & findings |
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| Essential Textile Art |
http://www.essentialtextileart.com/
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Mail order textile art supplies |
| Fabrics.net | www.fabrics.net | Megasite with everything you ever wanted to know about fabric |
| Fine Wools Direct |
www.finewoolsdirect.com.au |
Mail Order Fabric supplies |
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Folkwear |
Historical & ethnic patterns |
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| JJs Jellybeads |
www.mogovillage.com.au/jjs-jellybeads.html |
Bead-tubes in a vast range of colours |
| Julie's Superior Threads | http://juliessuperiorthreads.com.au/ | Quilting Threads |
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Kraft Kolour |
Dyeing supplies |
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Lacis |
US store specializing in historical needlework tools & techniques |
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| Melworks Beads | www.melworks.com.au | Online bead store |
| Metal Clay Australasia |
www.metalclay.com.au
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Supplies and instructions for Precious Metal Clays |
| Needlewitch | www.needlewitch.com.au | Member who sells antique & vintage fabric, patterns, tools etc. |
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Perpetual Patterns |
Australian source of Folkwear patterns and other good stuff |
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The Thread Studio |
Everything for the textile artist |
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| The Wool Company |
www.thewoolcompany.co.nz
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Sells possum and merino wool for knitting |
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Trimmings & Remnants |
Trims, fringe, ribbons etc. |
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| Sanshi |
www.sanshi.com.au
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Japanese fabrics based in Perth |
| Spoonflower | www.spoonflower.com | Print your own design onto fabric |
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Ziguzagu |
Japanese textile market |
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Costumer’s Manifesto |
Everything about costume |
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International Shibori Symposium |
Everything about the Japanese art of fabric manipulation |
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| Arts & Humanities Data Service |
www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/ST.html
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Extensive Online Textile Collection |
| Embroidery designs | www.embroiderydesigns.com/threadconversionchart.aspx | Thread conversion chart for machine embroidery threads |
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Australian Silkworm Links |
100s of links for silk, textile and other artists worldwide |
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Cyberfibres |
Lots of links |
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| Fibergypsy | www.fibergypsy.com | More links |
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Canberra Museum and Gallery |
Local Museum/Gallery which often showcases local textile arts |
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Craft ACT |
Local Craft artists organisation |
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National Gallery of Australia |
Sometimes has textile/craft exhibitions |
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Powerhouse Museum |
Has extensive Textile collections |
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Fashion Fantasia |
Tasmanian Wearable Art Parade |
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Flairwear |
Local Wearable Art Parade |
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NZ World of Wearable Art |
Everything you need to know about WOW |
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The Australian Wool Fashion Award |
National Fashion Competition |
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Arts Hub |
Jobs in the arts industry |
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ATASDA |
Sydney version of TASDA |
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National Association for the Visual Arts |
Peak body for the Visual Arts in Australia |
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The Australian Forum for Textile Arts |
Home of Forum |
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| The Society of Arts & Crafts of NSW |
www.artsandcraftsnsw.com.au
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Peak body for arts & crafts in NSW |
| American Surface Design Association |
http://www.surfacedesign.org/default.asp
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American version of ACT Textiles |
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Australasian Quilt Convention |
Large quilt convention |
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Australian Craft & Quilt Fair |
Annual visiting craft fair |
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Gorman House Markets |
Local craft/arts market |
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Old Bus Depot Markets |
Local craft/arts market |
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Royal Canberra Show |
Annual Textile exhibition |
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| Fashion | ||
| Artful Bras | http://www.quiltersofsc.org/artfullbras/artfullbras.htm | Wearable Art bras with a charitable connection |
| Vogue |
http://www.vogue.com.au/ fashion/show_coverage/2007/ 2007_s_s_haute_couture_paris/ schedule/christian_dior/christian_dior_details |
Details of Dior Haute Couture 06/07 |
| Culture Shock | http://www.culture-shock.com.au/ | Bridal/Evening wear with ethnic influences |
| Gallery Serpentine |
www.galleryserpentine.com
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Gothic/Victorian Fashion |
| The Venice Carnavale | Go to www.youtube.com and search for 'le carnaval de venise' | Masque costumes from the Venice Carnavale |
| Victoria & Albert Museum | www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1486_couture/index.php | The Golden Age of Couture and Magnificence of the Tsars exhibits |
| Thelma Winroe's site | www.thelmagillianscarves.com.au | ACTTAA Member's site |
| Hat Links & Blogs | http://www.anacam.com/hats/ | Crochet hats |
| http://anavoog.livejournal.com/ | blog for above | |
| http://woollywormhead.com/ | More crochet hats | |
| http://woollywormhead.blogspot.com/ | blog for above | |
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/If_the_hat_fits/ | Hat making yahoo group | |
| http://www.knotjustknitting.com/ | Freeform crochet & knitting | |
| http://ifthehatfits.knotjustknitting.com/ | online exhibition | |
| http://www.bluehatproject.org.au/photos.html | Depression awareness | |
| http://www.hatweek.com.au/ | Hat photos | |
| Techniques & patterns | Don't forget to check out our 'Handy Hints' page under the Links & Hints button for more techniques | |
| Workshop on the Web | www.workshopontheweb.com | Lots of Textile techniques |
| Gelatine Printing | www.harborview-arts.com/kathleen_garner | How to print using natural dyes |
| Viking knitting |
www.janra-jewelry-designs.com/viking-knitting.html www.diynetwork.com/diy/na_knitting/article |
Another bead knitting technique |
| Cast adrift | http://castadrift.blogspot.com/2006/05/shibori-scarf-tutorial.html | Felting a knitted scarf with 'pebbles' |
| Free patterns | www.freepatterns.com | Free patterns for lots of different textile techniques |
| Knitty | www.knitty.com | Great knitting patterns |
| Mixed media sites |
www.rattytattypapers.blogspot.com www.stitchdistressreconstruct.blogspot.com www.purplemissus.blogspot.com www.downunderdale.blogspot.com especially Jan 8, 2009 for Dorset buttons |
Different sites with techniques for mixed media work |
| Complex Cloth |
www.artclothstudios.com www.weber.edu/jelsley/ComplexCloth.html |
Layering of techniques on fabric surface |
| Sales Opportunities | ||
| incube8r | http://incube8r.com.au/ | Melbourne Gallery with sales possibilities |
| etsy | www.etsy.com | Online sales of handmade items |
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