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Textiles Books
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Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,843 ratings — published 1994
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,633 ratings — published 2018
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,642 ratings — published 2020
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,235 ratings — published 2019
Worn: A People's History of Clothing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,320 ratings — published 2022
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.23 — 923 ratings — published 2021
5,000 Years of Textiles (Five Thousand Years of Textiles)
by (shelved 20 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.12 — 86 ratings — published 1993
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.12 — 494 ratings — published 1984
Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,062 ratings — published 2019
This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain's Knitted History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.15 — 687 ratings — published 2019
Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.08 — 407 ratings — published
African Textiles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.34 — 58 ratings — published 2003
Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.24 — 496 ratings — published 2015
Textiles: The Art of Mankind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.08 — 37 ratings — published 2012
The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660–1900 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.08 — 337 ratings — published 2019
World Textiles: A Visual Guide to Traditional Techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.25 — 52 ratings — published 1999
The Art of Manipulating Fabric (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.37 — 833 ratings — published 1996
The Mummies of Ürümchi (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.17 — 355 ratings — published 1999
Anni Albers On Weaving (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.62 — 141 ratings — published 1965
Textiles and Clothing, c.1150-1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)
by (shelved 10 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.61 — 88 ratings — published 1991
Embroidered Textiles: A World Guide to Traditional Patterns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.29 — 72 ratings — published 1990
Respect the Spindle: Spin Infinite Yarns with One Amazing Tool (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.43 — 953 ratings — published 2009
Indian Textiles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.39 — 36 ratings — published 2008
Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the Aegean (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.53 — 93 ratings — published 1991
World Textiles: A Concise History (World of Art)
by (shelved 9 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.69 — 65 ratings — published 2003
A History of Hand Knitting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.90 — 320 ratings — published 1987
Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.69 — 594 ratings — published 2021
Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.04 — 119 ratings — published
The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.01 — 20,979 ratings — published 2016
Mark Making In Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.04 — 28 ratings — published 2013
The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.02 — 625 ratings — published 2001
Eco Colour: Botanical Dyes for Beautiful Textiles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.34 — 245 ratings — published 2008
A Short History of the World According to Sheep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,457 ratings — published 2020
Textiles: The Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.28 — 85 ratings — published 2011
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.28 — 88 ratings — published 2007
Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1 (Medieval Clothing And Textiles)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.17 — 18 ratings — published 2005
Mastering Weave Structures: Transforming Ideas into Great Cloth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.62 — 81 ratings — published 2004
A Handweaver's Pattern Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.63 — 84 ratings — published 1944
Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.66 — 137 ratings — published 2006
Hot Textiles Inspiration and Techniques with Heat Tools (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.12 — 24 ratings — published 2007
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.87 — 5,032 ratings — published 2023
Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,001 ratings — published 2022
Fragmentation and Repair: For Mixed-Media And Textile Artists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.51 — 72 ratings — published 2021
The Spinning World: A Global History of Cotton Textiles, 1200-1850 (Pasold Studies in Textile History)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 2009
Poetic Cloth: Creating Meaning in Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.35 — 40 ratings — published 2019
Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,913 ratings — published 2019
Natural Processes in Textile Art: From Rust-Dyeing to Found Objects (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.24 — 63 ratings — published 2015
Layer, Paint and Stitch: Create textile art using freehand machine embroidery and hand stitching (Textile Artist)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.22 — 36 ratings — published 2015
Strange Material: Storytelling Through Textiles (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.05 — 65 ratings — published 2014
Unconventional & Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar 1950-2000 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.44 — 158 ratings — published 2014
“I have learned that each and every piece of cloth embodies the spirit, skill, and personal history of an individual weaver. . . . It ties together with an endless thread the emotional life of my people.”
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“. . . fabric was my first consistent contact. . . my first language, my mother tongue—tactile, animate, and entire.”
― Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir
― Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir
