Textile landscapes.

From: Arts & Activities | Date: December 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

As a child, I remember my father bringing home lots of fabric, yarn and carpet samples from his architecture office that we kids used to make arts and crafts. Thinking about those days, I contacted his office to ask if I could have any discarded samples to use in my classroom. The office donated so many boxes of samples it took me three car trips to carry them all away!

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Indeed, local architecture and interior design offices, as well as home improvement and carpet stores, can often be a great resource for textile materials needed for a project, this ...

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