When I was a teenager I cottoned onto Art Deco patterns and loved them for their symmetry and opulent glamour....
Pat Nugent is the founder and president of Patricia Nugent Design & Textiles, and a fashion and vintage textiles expert. She...
In this post Julie Gibbons explores the history of the ever popular damask pattern. You might be forgiven these days...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Shibori has been getting a bit of press lately; it...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. I never much liked Memphis style when I first came...
I am pleased to announce that Julie Gibbons of tractorgirl will be joining Pattern Observer as a regular contributor! Julie...
Woven Color Color has always been an integral part of fashion and design. Historically colors were applied to textiles with...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. I discovered Athos Bulcão (1918-2008) quite by chance, when I was...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of paper stencils, and...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. William Morris (1834-1896) is best known these days as a...
Having not received a formal degree in textile and pattern design I have read numerous books to try to develop...
As I mentioned in Part 1, there are some common themes that run through all of the Russian folk styles...
