GWU Textile Museum Exhibitions: "Intrinsic Beauty", "Art Uncovered", "Textiles 101"
Despite being native to the Greater Washington DC Area AND attending George Washington University I never visited GWU's Museum museum, having recently launched their centennial celebration.
The current exhibitions, "Intrinsic Beauty: Celebrating the Art of Textiles" and "Art Uncovered: Visionary Textile Scholars and their Archives", as well as the "Textiles 101 Gallery", all offered a thoughtful and detailed yet easy to grasp take on the history and merits of the curated pieces.
Given it's cost (free) and location (near the White House and a 10 minute walk from the closest metro station), I recommend it if you're in the area or visiting, whether you have a deep interest in textiles, enjoy discovering new information on fabrics, or want to learn more about fabric. ...
Yakkeks Embroidery Diary
I decided to move all my embroidery posting into this space. That way I can wax as long as I want about my process and thoughts and all that stuff without clogging up the #DIY channel with it.
The goal of this thread is to share the thoughts I have on my projects, but absolutely feel free to ask questions, give feedback and so on....
Wardrobe Analysis 2.0
Link to analysis 1.0 from last year
https://discord.com/channels/1116793467654381685/1202997506821333002
One of the first things I did after joining here last year was to do a wardrobe analysis series of outfits. After a year on here and MFA discord I wanted to do it again. The basic idea is to do a little lookbook that features essentially everything I own (there are a few ties, a navy sweater, a hat and maybe a scarf missing but I think that’s it). I tried to do it by repeating as few items as possible, mostly just a few jeans and a couple shoes. I didn’t have time to do all new pictures so some are from fits in the last few months. ...
