Sentence examples for handmade fabrics from inspiring English sources

"I wanted to make Nigerians aware of their local handmade fabrics, which are infused with meanings that have been passed down through generations," she says.

Since her first such project, executed in wool felt, she has worked with various other materials, including leather, often buying vintage chairs, refurbishing them and then reupholstering them in her handmade fabrics.

The plot is covered with snow now, but inside her studio, piles of blossoms and plants, gathered at their colorful peak, are being transformed into dyes for handmade fabrics.

"As for quality control, there are a lot of inconsistencies with the handmade fabrics.

Proenza Schouler designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez are jacked up as they talk about the handmade fabrics in their fall-winter 2012 runway collection, with its urban-warrior-trekking-the-Himalayas vibe.

They do it using a supply chain of more than 1,500 artisans in small knitting groups around the world, paying fair living wages and using organically grown fibers, low-impact dyes, and handmade fabrics.

The walls are scattered with small drawings, most of them on index cards, and a few paintings on paper; on the floor, two handmade fabric sneakers seem to be searching for each other.

This temporary Soho outpost from the Illinois-based retailer features exclusive handmade fabric dolls, silly stuffed monsters and rocking toys, as well as kid-size tepees and bowling sets -- all amid an enchanted forest setting.

"As Romney was speaking about the effects and efforts of Hurricane Sandy, a man in the crowd suddenly pulled out a handmade fabric banner that read 'End Climate Silence' and yelled out to Romney that 'climate change caused Sandy,'" she recalls.

The second was a new watch company called Azula that would create the first ever fabric-faced watch, handmade with fabrics from around the world.

The company's handmade silk fabrics, used mostly for expensive drapery, wall coverings, upholstery and other furnishings, have furnished thousands of prestigious and historic places over the decades.