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A Trove of Antique European Textiles
2010-07-29
Jo-Ann Fabric eyes 2nd Roanoke store
2010-07-29
Crafty consumers may have an additional source for purchasing sewing, fabric and craft supplies. Jo-Ann Stores, a national fabric, craft and home decor retailer, apparently plans a second area hub at Towers Shopping Center in Southwest Roanoke. The Ohio-based chain that...
MIT-made fabric can hear, make sounds
2010-07-29
Shhhh! Your bikini might hear you. And someday, your beach towel may talk. Thanks to remarkable acoustic fibers created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists, the fabrics of the future may be able to detect and produce sound. The fibers could be made into...
Drop move to allow export of waste cotton, textile forum urges Centre
2010-07-29
Staff Reporter 'Commerce Ministry contemplates resumption of export due to pressure'...
Training for textile workers
2010-07-29
M. Soundariya Preetha COIMBATORE: AISECT, a Bhopal-based Information and Communication Technology training company, is implementing a programme on pilot basis to train textile mill workers in Madhya Pradesh. Depending on the success, the company proposes to extend it to...
A sale to remember: JoAnn Fabric and Craft Store Grand Opening in St. Peters
2010-07-29
Flowers can be used in many craft projects. Photo/Sherrie Giddens...
FCT Customs Impounds Textiles, Fake Drugs at Abuja Airport
2010-07-29
OPERATIVES of the Federal Capital Territory...
The living fabric of our world is destroyed �ro" and saved �ro" piece by piece
2010-07-28
The Rospuda valley, Poland. The natural world is destroyed and saved piece by piece. Photograph: PR We are floating down the Rospuda river through what is thought to be the last primeval fenland in Europe. My friend, the Polish environment journalist and campaigner Adam...
