Quilt & Stripes

I love this project where designer Line Sander has used remnants from the production of Nørgaard på Strøget's classic striped T-shirts for a collection of wonderful quilts. The quilts are handmade by the socio-economic sewing workshop Place de Bleu, and the project combines beautiful design, sustainable production, social responsability & old sewing traditions.

More about the project. Photos from Line Sander's blog Little Universes.

french textiles

a treasure trove & a thief of time text: french textiles

rag rugs

Beautiful Swedish rag rugs. We have them all over in our Swedish country house. I like them much - and I love to find them at flea markets and in thrift stores. They are a perfect fit for the the house.

Hannah Waldron

Hannah Waldron makes beautiful works, often with graphical patterns and structures in bright colours.
I love her maze furoshiki textile.

Via tas-ka.

patola & geringsing

I found this little book some while ago in the thrift store. I picked it up mainly because of its beautifully patterned cover, but it turned out to be a real little treasure. It's a museum catalogue from Museum für Völkerkunde in Basel (ethnographic museum) from 1975 about an exhibition of ceremonial weavings from India and Indonesia. The techniques are called Patola (India) and Geringsing (Indonesia) and are explained as a double ikat method that is very complicated and rare. My German is good enough for reading and I love to delve into something so specialized and unique as this.

The authors are Alfred Bühler, Urs Ramseyer and Nicole Ramseyer-Gygi, and the full title is "Patola und Geringsing. Zeremonialtücher aus Indien und Indonesien". The cover is redesigned from a Balinese double ikat weaving from Tenganan.

Märta Måås-Fjetterström

Two beautiful tapestries from the 1940s by Märta Måås-Fjetterström at The Apartment.
Take a look here to see more of her fantastic works.

Tove Johansson

Very nice textiles by Swedish designer Tove Johansson. I would love the little dress for the girls for this summer.

Tas-ka - new collection

Did you see Tas-ka's new collection? It all looks so good.

More on Tas-ka here.
All photos from Tas-ka's website.

Kaapo Kamu for Marimekko

Finnish photographer Kaapo Kamu makes beautiful dreamlike photos for Marimekko. The three pictures in the top are from this autumn collection, the one in the bottom is from a previous collection. All found here.

Tas-ka

Some Tas-ka favourites of mine. I love their textiles, and the folded paper lamps from Studio Snowpuppe are so beautiful.

Chestnut pink
Knitted handtowel
Slow green casserole
Tas-ka's blog - also nice.

Harper Poe

I have mentioned the site freunde von freunden before. It's a favourite of mine whenever I feel like browsing for inspiration. As for example these photos from textile designer Harper Poe's beautiful old house in Charleston. I love the colours, the porch, the dark varnished floors and the feeling of the South.

See more photos and read the interview with Harper Poe here.