Textile art is the creation of textiles or creation with textiles.

Textile artists use various techniques to create works of art using threads and fibres sometimes in combination with paints or dyes.

Textile arts include:

• Crochet
• Embroidery
• Feltmaking
• Knitting
• Lace
• Needlework
• Patchwork
• Quilting
• Sewing
• Weaving
• Knotting

See also fashion design, Textile Museum

External links

• TextileArts.net textilearts.net
• Textile art by UK textile artist Mary-Clare Buckle
• A Study of the Textile Art in its relation to the development of form and ornament, by William H. Holmes, from Project Gutenberg
• website of the Textile Museum (located in Washington, DC)

Textile arts