Earlier this year, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Kimono Style would have been treated to a stunning example of Japanese ... sewn over with white geometric patterns using sashiko ...

Picture foam-flecked sea waves, springtime peach blossoms, leafy bamboo and geometric chrysanthemums ... and other traditional Japanese garments. With the idea of ‘reconstructing tradition,’ ...

a form of Japanese stitching that's been around for centuries. Practitioners of sashiko take clothing before it wears out, then stitch geometric patterns into the fabric to strengthen it.

the Japanese art of paper folding, but chances are you haven’t come across smocking. This technique refers to the way fabric can be bunched by stitches, often made in a grid-like pattern to ...

Dezeen Showroom: Italian textile manufacturer Dedar has released a collection of furnishing fabric, which combines graphic art and textiles. The Geometric patterns collection features abstract ...