Sparkling New Textiles

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New Items

New Patterns in 48" Handwoven Cotton

New Handwoven Table Covers & Runners / Juicy!

Rosa Especial & Amarillo Suave / Electric Watermelon

Knotted Fringe

Feathery Light Cotton Scarves from Ethiopia 

Re: Arranged

Dreaming In/Color

Fall Arts/The Muse of Inspiration

Morada/Morado

Hand-dyed Silk Textiles
on Linen Panel

Colorful Blankets & Handwoven
Fabrics/ Corinto & Rosa Clavel

Golden Ratios/Handwoven Fabrics in
Azul Celeste, Pizarra Fuerte & Limón Pálido

Oros y Amarillos/New 48” Fabrics

Silk Textiles (Artisan Made)

Plate 18. Rio Grande Blanket, ca.1870

Excerpted from Rio Grande Textiles, Compiled and Edited by Nora Fisher

Handwoven 18" Cotton Fabric
Rosada/Slate/Brown

Modeled after 1870s era Rio Grande Blanket Design

See Plate 18 from Rio Grande Textiles:

Appliqué Curtain Panels

Appliqué (french for applied) is a needlework technique in which patterns are created by the attachment of smaller pieces of fabric to a larger piece of fabric. 

These cotton organdy panels are white with tone-on-tone hand-appliqué designs (tree pattern shown in sidebar). Panels measure approximately 42"x90" (106x228cm) with 5 tabs for hanging. Sold individually.

Trade Cloth / Fresh off the Loom

Check out these new 48" handwoven cottons in mouthwatering two tones:

Verde Aceituna/Amarillo
Verde Aceituna/Verde Aguacate
Verde Aceituna/Mostaza
Mostaza/Amarillo Suave
Mostaza/Ladrillo Fuerte

Mesoamerica/foliage colors

The Story of Lana Dura (Tap to Enlarge Frames)

Masks and Shadows

As the evening lengthens and shadows deepen

Leaves turning falling introspection

Join us at the John Dunn Shops for the 2013 Annual Halloween Ball!

Wednesday October 31 

3 pm till dark or so

Unusual customs and costumes !

An Assortment of Masks at Common Thread 

October Offerings

Hand Carved, Textile Woodblocks / New Shipment

Common Thread has received another supply of wood printing blocks from India. Retired from duty, these masterfully carved woodblocks were used for printing patterns on textiles. In their worn condition, these vintage and semi-vintage blocks are also suitable for printing on paper, or imprinting in clay. Or, they are simply beautiful, as objects for decoration.

From Wikipedia: Woodblocks for textile printing may be made of box, lime, holly, sycamore, plane or pear wood, the latter three being most generally employed. See Article: "Woodblock Printing on Textiles"

Boteh (Paisley): A droplet-shaped vegetable motif 

Each woodblock is one-of-a-kind. An endless variety of design elements.

For Your Warmth & Enjoyment

Coming Sunday.. 

Soft lambswool scarves in a variety of colors & weaves. Some are vegetable dyed.

These lightweight scarves are handwoven by a women's economic cooperative in the foothills of the Himalayas..