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  • Remodeling shows signs of improvement - Breaking News - National ...

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    26 Jan 2012 | 10:37 am
    Remodeling sentiment rose to the highest level in five years, according to the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the fourth quarter of 2011.

  • Honam to add new PP line in April - Fibre2fashion.com

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    28 Jan 2012 | 2:43 am
    Honam to add new PP line in AprilFibre2fashion.comThe erection of the new PP line will be over by February 2012 and commercial production is expected to commence in early-April, a Honam official informed fibre2fashion. He also added that Honam Petrochemical also operates PP plants in Malaysia with a

  • Switzerland:energear provides measurable performance enhancement

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  • happy new year!

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    Yuko
    8 Jan 2012 | 9:08 pm
    happy new year! hope everyone had great holidays and starting new year with joy and happiness! my christmas and new year was about family gathering. even though im back in japan and my family lives an hour away from me, i dont get to see them often. so my holidays were to spend little time with them, and it was good time. i started to grow succulent plants as my new year new hobby. they look so pretty and amazing! and super easy to care that i can handle. :D now im on the look for perfect pretty bowl, container to grow them in. my first pick was domsai terrariums. so cute! i bought perfect…

  • ComEd Takes Delivery of New Advanced Odyne Systems Plug-In Hybrid Digger Derrick

    Textile News
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:27 am
    Waukesha, WI, January 28, 2012 -- -- Commonwealth Edison Company , one of the largest utilities in the United States, has taken delivery of the first digger derrick featuring an advanced Odyne plug-in hybrid propulsion system that will lower fuel costs up to 50%, reduce emissions and help create a quiet, safe working environment with good work site ... (more)
 
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  • Honam to add new PP line in April - Fibre2fashion.com

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:43 am
    Honam to add new PP line in AprilFibre2fashion.comThe erection of the new PP line will be over by February 2012 and commercial production is expected to commence in early-April, a Honam official informed fibre2fashion. He also added that Honam Petrochemical also operates PP plants in Malaysia with a

  • Turnaround at CPL plant of Sumitomo in Oct - Fibre2fashion.com

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:23 pm
    Turnaround at CPL plant of Sumitomo in OctFibre2fashion.comHowever, a date has not been fixed yet”, a Sumitomo official told fibre2fashion. The company executes an annual maintenance shutdown, but the duration and timing of the turnaround is slightly different every year.

  • Lignite tariff rise affects Surat textile processors - Fibre2fashion.com

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:25 am
    Lignite tariff rise affects Surat textile processorsFibre2fashion.comMr. Subhash Patodia, Chairman, SGTPA's Lignite Committee told fibre2fashion, “The Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) has not increased the rates of lignite, but the transporters have formed a cartel and increased the transportation costs

  • Foreign apparel retailers wary of 30% sourcing clause - Fibre2fashion.com

    25 Jan 2012 | 7:11 am
    Fibre2fashion.comForeign apparel retailers wary of 30% sourcing clauseFibre2fashion.comSpeaking to fibre2fashion, Ms. Anku Nath, Director (Trade Policy Advocacy) at the US-India Business Council (USIBC), said, “The relaxation of FDI cap in any sector can be expected to attract additional investment, technology and expertise from global and more »

  • AP textile industry strike affects Surat traders - Fibre2fashion.com

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:54 am
    Fibre2fashion.comAP textile industry strike affects Surat tradersFibre2fashion.comMr. Devkishan Manghani, President - Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA), told fibre2fashion, “The textile industry in Andhra Pradesh has gone on strike over the implementation of VAT on its products. They have decided to stay away and more »
 
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  • happy new year!

    Yuko
    8 Jan 2012 | 9:08 pm
    happy new year! hope everyone had great holidays and starting new year with joy and happiness! my christmas and new year was about family gathering. even though im back in japan and my family lives an hour away from me, i dont get to see them often. so my holidays were to spend little time with them, and it was good time. i started to grow succulent plants as my new year new hobby. they look so pretty and amazing! and super easy to care that i can handle. :D now im on the look for perfect pretty bowl, container to grow them in. my first pick was domsai terrariums. so cute! i bought perfect…

  • december

    Yuko
    7 Dec 2011 | 9:25 pm
    hello, how are you? december is here, my favorite month of the year. i ve been cleaning up around the house. in japan, we do major cleaning end of the year to have a fresh start in new year. since im not good at cleaning, it takes time coz i take a break every 20miniuts.... i bought beautiful wool fabrics the other day, its soft and airy so i decided to make a new bedding for myself. the fabric has 2 layers but very light and soft on skin too. i used the wool on front and cotton sheets on back. duvet cover is easy to make, and sleeping in new bedding is sweeet! i cant wait to sleep tonight!

  • cotton&paper bags.

    Yuko
    6 Oct 2011 | 8:05 pm
    hi,weather is so nice out and im heading to tokyo today to see the textile art show by akemi choni met her at lillstreet in chicago where i learned screen print, she teaches japanese textile there.it will be great so see her in japan!the show will be at ginza where we have the first apple store in japan.i will stop by apple store to feel him... besides that, im working hard for the fairim doing in a couple of weeks.i printed paper bags and cotton bags.i bought a bunch of bags from muji. and i think i will give it to the customer who purchase baby blanket at the fair. friend of mine from…

  • hello!!

    Yuko
    2 Oct 2011 | 10:35 pm
    hello everyone!im sorry for long absence from blog. :pit's just that summer weather was killing me. the heat and high humidity of japans summer really put me down.the weather affects me in the big way. now, fall is here and im super happy! im ready to work!! the article about me and my work was in the local free paper " shonan beach FM 78.9 magazine".if you are in shonan area, please grab it. you can find it at shops and restaurant, convini. now im busy for the craft fair im doing on oct 22nd at kamakura.　 鎌んどいち場it seems really fun fair, so if you in kamakura area please stop…

  • アートの畑＠ISETAN

    Yuko
    3 Aug 2011 | 8:56 pm
    hi!hows your summer going?mine is hot and humid and i hate it!im having a lazy summer but i am doing a show right now.アートの畑＠ISETANim show casing and selling my embroidery piece, posters, and towels.If you are in shinjyuku area, please stop by!でも今新宿ISETANでアートの畑@ISETANというイベントに参加しています。
 
 
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  • MY COLOUR RIOT for Heimtextil trend

    all*over*print
    16 Jan 2012 | 8:32 am
    above: digital prints on fabric and paper made from watercolor originals for Heimtextil 2010 trend collection.Thanks for all clients , friends and students from allover the world for visits and "likes" !Ayelet

  • "craft industry" trend :: heimtextil 2012

    all*over*print
    16 Jan 2012 | 3:56 am
    my hand made fabrics in resist dye, mixing modern & traditional techniques at the craft industry trend presentation . Heimtextil-January 2012.

  • 1 Jan 2012 | 12:42 am

    all*over*print
    1 Jan 2012 | 12:42 am
    Heimtextil is next week !if you are visiting, come to say hello and to see new designs.stand 4.2.H44 and my fabrics at CRAFT INDUSTRY trend hall 1.1Ayelet

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    Retro Age Vintage Fabrics

  • Vintage Fabric Love : Man eating...

    Retro Age Vintage Fabrics
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:20 am
    This is a very cute piece we have had for a long time - we have sold the bolt and now we just have a little remnant for ourselves. I just adore it. This is a close up of one of the characters on the piece...

  • Fumbling through the Instagram haze...

    Retro Age Vintage Fabrics
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:26 am
    I am now on Instagram. Yep, sure am. Have no bloody idea how to use the thing, yet...have taken a couple of random shots and stuck them up somewhere on the web. Have no real idea where - or how - or what - I have done. I am sure I will work it out. From memory I am 'vintagefabrics' - or maybe not! But I plan to take random shots during the day of what we get up to etc...mainly to do with Retro Age, but other things may pop in, too...like when we decide to buy some fish and chips...as below...   You may think I have changed this photo in some way. You know - put a 70s look on it. But, no…

  • Vintage Fabric Love : Fabric names and terms 1947

    Retro Age Vintage Fabrics
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:27 am
    These terms have been taken from my American Fabrics 1947 issue two magazine...this is just the start! Some very interesting pieces here...so much to learn about vintage fabric! Above: Okay - can someone please tell me when denim was used in furniture...I had no idea! Above: I am currently researching cretonne - more information and photos on this coming soon...cretonne for beach wear?? Above: Crepe was huge in the 1940s - it's nice to know crepe is the correct term! Above: Popped in for information... Above: I can't believe they put this in the listing, but it's interesting to note. I love…

  • Business Highlights - January

    Retro Age Vintage Fabrics
    24 Jan 2012 | 3:59 am
    I feel the need to record some of my highlights this year - I have no idea why. I have tended to hide behind my business a little over the years and I have also tended to under-rate myself and what we have achieved as business owners as our competitors stalk us and love to copy anything and everything we do. But, really - I shouldn't care so much, should I? It's like internet trolls - you know they are there and when they raise their ugly heads, you just have to go about your own business and ignore them. But in 2012 I want to talk more about my business and what we can and have achieved. As…

  • A Year of Good Things - 11/366 - Conquering

    Retro Age Vintage Fabrics
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:34 am
    So...two days ago I cleared out my personal Facebook account. Yep, I messaged all of my 'friends' to tell them I would only be communicating on Facebook via the Retro Age page, so to come on over if ya'll want to chat there etc. I've been on FB for 3-4 years, I think - too long, perhaps. Some 'friends' followed. Some 'friends' didn't. But I didn't care. The power was in deleting the friend list and deleting my communication with 'friends' on Facebook. I felt like I was on a pure high. I felt elated. I felt relieved. I felt totally free. I had wanted to delete my page for a long time but was…
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  • First Strathmore Workshop

    kathy
    14 Jan 2012 | 11:24 am
    Strathmore is hosting more workshops this year.  The first one is being taught by Traci Bautista.  Here is my first week’s work…er…play. There are layers of stuff on here…Smooch Spritz inks sprayed over resists and plastic canvas, acrylic paints, acrylic inks, markers of all kinds, white-out pen, and oil pastels last.  The neat thing about these workshops for me is they help me get acquainted with different products that I have not used before.

  • More ACEO’s With Wax

    kathy
    7 Jan 2012 | 8:23 pm

  • More Wax ACEO’s

    kathy
    5 Jan 2012 | 1:48 pm
    I  “edited” some of the ATC’s from the last post.  Then I took the plunge (gulp) and made some in black and white photos to see what would happen with them.  I’m VERY pleased with the black and white.  The wax has a honey color that adds a vintage patina look to the card…I think it’s quite wonderful.

  • Loving Beeswax

    kathy
    5 Jan 2012 | 9:21 am
    I played with beeswax again with a friend this week.  We used the wax that I bought from honey producers.  My, my, what an enchanting smell!  There was a new Cloth Paper Scissors issue out with a technique using plexiglas.  Lynda wanted to try that so we did.  You can see our results here on Lynda’s blog, Bloom, Bake, and Create.  Neither one of us were terribly impressed, but perhaps that is just due to our lack of experience with the technique. However, I wanted to have a go at it again, this time using some ATC sized bristol board pieces.  I cleaned in My Room yesterday and…

  • December 31, 2011

    kathy
    31 Dec 2011 | 10:18 am
    I should blog today…well, I guess I am…sorta.  I haven’t written here since early November.  Life just gets so busy during the holidays.  I’m still cooking and preparing food for a get together at our house tonight…and cleaning.  I’m not going to share much except that, the last day of the year is always a bit poignant for me.  I look forward to the opening of a new year, but I grieve a bit about the passing of an old year.  It’s my age.  I just had a birthday.  Actually,  I’d love to be 40 again. But!  I do sincerely wish all the…
 
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    Shibori Girl

  • Considering the core of beauty

    shiborigirl
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:30 pm
    Is it seriously the end of January? I have been remiss…but busy at other things. Shibori things, indigo things, workshop things, organizing things, sales tax things (ick!), among other things. Those of you signing up for the online indigo workshop that starts in march- many thanks. You will receive an email mid February discussing what materials to begin gathering. We are also having some company this week…some busy hands who were helping me sort ribbons into color piles this morning as I stitched some shibori ribbon flowers for an order. A simple beauty as he discovered each…

  • today,

    shiborigirl
    5 Jan 2012 | 10:15 pm
    a moon appeared in the vat… this was the lime glucose (like fructose but since i had glucose…) vat i made last week. i’m experimenting and preparing for upcoming events. a reminder: - JANM (Japanese American National Museum) 2 day workshop Jan 21-22 -High Desert Silk Experience 3 day round robin workshop with Katrina Walker and June Colburn -a new online indigo 5 week workshop beginning in March -a few more things in the works and will let you know as soon as things firm up.

  • moon maker, time keeper

    shiborigirl
    3 Jan 2012 | 9:21 pm

  • a new face on balance

    shiborigirl
    3 Jan 2012 | 10:44 am
    what if the moon engendered balance? what if it did. or does? i can hardly believe this post was 2 years ago! i am still thinking the same thing. just putting a different face on it. ever since i was a little girl i have looked for that face in the moon.

  • Akemashite omedetou (あけましておめでとう)

    shiborigirl
    31 Dec 2011 | 7:56 pm
    (happy new year!) beginning with an open mind which we all have-a skylike mind. A new mind, a new year. a new beginning. a childlike mind. looking upward. looking beyond boundaries, beyond categories -just beyond. looking, seeing, and best of all-wondering. welcome to 2012! a visual “lookback” of this past here at shiborigirl… the pH of tears goodbye moon...and tigga textile therapy wendy's children recently, makiage indigo on cotton beauty within indigo mokume shibori on cotton the moon has followed me here frolicking in blue aiko while gathering sansai... see on…
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  • We are here or there depending on how you feel

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:59 pm
    What a fab flight we had from Auckland to Los Angeles. If you ever get a chance to fly premium economy on a 777 go for it. Fab service, fab wine etc and the seats are great and even better knowing we are coming back on same.Inside our cabin. -And the hostess bandaged up my finger - the ring finger on my right hand because it had swollen so much and I was worried that I might catch it in the night and rip the nail. I had to take it off though to be finger printed.Now we are at our hotel relaxing and showering and getting to explore. Surprisingly fresh as daisies Posted using BlogPress from my…

  • Silly me

    26 Jan 2012 | 10:20 pm
    We have made it to Auckland - had a little sleep - spent ages sorting out our voucher to get us from LA airport to hotel and back - taken a trip on the bus to downtown Auckland - had some lunch - back again all showered and ready for our long haul.This below is what happened to my finger on the flight from Perth when the meal tray crushed it - I need blue nail varnish so I can make everything match. Does it hurt? Yes.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

  • yippee do

    25 Jan 2012 | 10:02 pm
    Today we are off on our long brief adventure - fingers crossed we get the big black 777 from Auckland to Los Angeles and back again. We fly tonight to Auckland arriving at 5.30am - spend the day in Auckland and fly out Friday night arriving in LA Friday morning. Never mind - we get it all back on the return trip. Having been excited to get our upgrade to premium economy going over, this morning I woke up to find we have got it coming back as well. Are we excited? how can you tell?The weather is still awful here and gong to remain that way until at least when we get back next Thursday so we…

  • hot hot hot and more hot

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:16 am
    Seems the usual - record heat here for 47 years or something and floods in Qld. That's how it is folks and we can expect more of it. Harley went outside this morning and didn't come back - at 41 degrees - until Ian turned the water on tonight to give everything some relief. She is so good at hiding we will never know. She also doesn't know that tomorrow night we are off for a week.As usual I have been collecting things to take with me for a little playing - this time sticking to my Marrakesh theme. A little background for hand stitching - I have chosen my hand  threads Some…

  • good news and bad news and some help

    23 Jan 2012 | 4:42 am
    I am trying to put my new Marrakesh colours together and asked what people thought on facebook - I do love those blues but it becomes too muddled and I think this is more what I am after. What do you think?This is a little piece I started in my workshop in Melbourne. A simple transfer of a drawing and silk carrier rods with all the added extras.I didn't mask it so some colour merged in but it's all play and practice.The bad news is - it is extremely hot and getting hotter - fortunately we will be off to Los Angeles on Thursday for the CHA (Craft and Hobby Trade Show) and should miss the 42…
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  • “Home”

    Helen Cowans
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:27 am
    Its been a hugely busy week here – running DS to football and rugby four times a week, supper out, shopping, coffee, the usual housework and washing… …supervising some serious garden clearing; an old hedge has been ripped out, the fence removed, the old caravan has gone (Ian proposed to me in that caravan so it was rather emotional!), the old privy has also gone (thank goodness!), the gravel has been spread out evenly….. lots of wood burning….and planning new fences and planting. I’ve been driving Daisy all week (trips to Alnwick, Wooler and Berwick twice each around 120 miles…

  • Digital Art Journaling

    Helen Cowans
    13 Jan 2012 | 5:19 am
    I’ve never quite been clarty enough to create the loose abandoned mixed media journaling pages I so admire in CPS and Art Journaling.  Until I discovered DIGITAL art journaling. Results of the first lesson, not my usual style, but hey, lets fly outside the box today shall we?  You never know what might happen if you think outside your “usual” rules.

  • Inks and Stencils

    Helen Cowans
    10 Jan 2012 | 3:02 pm
    Following an online workshop I’ve been creating the first stage of some new backgrounds, next stage is painting with acrylics and and then doodling with pens.  Some of these backgrounds worked really well at this stage and I’ll keep them as they are.

  • Looking forward

    Helen Cowans
    9 Jan 2012 | 2:08 pm
    I’m in print so it must be true – the “Fashion & Embroidery Show” leaflet arrived on Saturday and my name is in print. The ideas I need have finally crystallised with absolute clarity.  Really could have done with starting in November, but its OK - once I know where I’m going I can push on and create. I’ve quite a large “room” at the show, 4.5x5m double sided – the idea is to take what remains of the Translations Exhibition, along with some new wall pieces, a few Towers and costumes.  I’m a long way from being a dressmaker, but I love making costumes to…

  • End of the Year

    Helen Cowans
    31 Dec 2011 | 2:11 pm
      The final pictures of 2011 – collages for December.You can see these pictures in wonderful quality at Blipfoto. Wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
 
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  • Retail sales paint too rosy a picture

    23 Jan 2012 | 8:45 am
    Heavy discounting by clothing and footwear stores in the run-up to Christmas helped UK retail sales edge up in December, according to official figures released last week. Sales volumes rose 0.6% between November and December, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, and were 2.6% higher than December last year. Sales volumes at textile, clothing and footwear stores increased 6.3% from December 2010, when demand was impacted by harsh winter weather. By value, sales in the sector were 8.2% higher. Analysts, however, warn the figures were skewed by a late rush to the shops at the end of…

  • Clothing sales driven by Christmas promotions

    16 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am
    The UK's biggest clothing retailer, Marks & Spencer, has admitted that heavy discounting in the run-up to Christmas has eaten into profit margins - and that it is now eyeing extra cost savings to try to make up the shortfall. M&S's like-for-like clothing sales rose 1.1% in the three months to 31 December, with its overall performance lifted 2.4% thanks to a stronger than expected performance in its food business. But the retailer insisted it was not discounting in a "distressed" fashion, and that the move had been a tactical one. Indeed, earlier and deeper promotions were endemic…

  • New Year, same old issues

    9 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm
    Welcome to a new year here at just-style...and one that has resumed with the same old questions over the state of the US apparel retail market. The all-important December sales results released last week shed some light on Christmas trading, with upscale and value-focused retailers the bright spots in a sector that saw weak-to-modest growth overall. According to one index, same-store sales growth levelled out at 3.6% in December, up modestly from the 3.2% gain the year before, helped by good weather in most parts of the country, and a last-minute rush by bargain hunters. But the holiday…

  • Optimism, pessimism and nudity - welcome to 2012

    4 Jan 2012 | 8:23 am
    While industry watchers wait for the US' top retailers to release their December sales tomorrow, across the pond, UK retailers began revealing their Christmas performance, with John Lewis and Next both posting positive results. US retailers are particularly optimistic, with the NRF forecasting a 3.8% sales rise in mid-December. Despite John Lewis and Next both posting gains, analysts remain concerned about the health of the UK high street. Shore Captial analyst Clive Black said that Next's "mellow" end of year trading shows the "ongoing challenges facing the UK consumer", and this "must have…

  • Happy Holidays from all at just-style.com

    23 Dec 2011 | 11:25 am
    The team here at just-style.com is now taking a well-earned break as the office shuts down for the annual Christmas and New Year celebrations. We'll be back at our desks on Tuesday 3rd January, recharged and ready to keep you in touch with all the breaking developments in the style industry in 2012. Until then, we'd like to wish all our readers a very happy Christmas and New Year, and thank you for your continued support.
 
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