Custom Textiles https://customtextiles.net/ by Heather Taylor Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:49:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://customtextiles.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-Custom-Textiles-favicon-black-32x32.jpg Custom Textiles https://customtextiles.net/ 32 32 My Very First Shade https://customtextiles.net/first-shade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-shade Mon, 13 Apr 2020 02:35:07 +0000 https://customtextiles.net/?p=854        If I knew that some day I would sell my designs with gorgeous textiles and fine furnishings when I was pregnant, touring the states presenting exhibit concepts at hospital board meetings to CEOs, I would have had more confidence to say: “Girl, you got this! You do know what you’re talking about.”   Read More

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]]> Shows and Tours https://customtextiles.net/shows-and-tours/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shows-and-tours Sat, 17 Nov 2018 23:02:03 +0000 https://customtextiles.net/?p=443 What a great year I’ve had. Besides working with some incredible fabrics making huge drapes in stairwells, embroidered drapes to match wrought iron finials, and light blocking shades for a newborn child’s room, I traveled. I sought out companions in the trade while learning trade tricks and secrets to improve my workroom and encourage production. Read More

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]]> Handcrafts of New England https://customtextiles.net/handcrafts-of-new-england/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=handcrafts-of-new-england Thu, 01 Nov 2018 22:27:15 +0000 https://customtextiles.net/?p=623 “Essential self-reliance will come to many…through related efforts of head, hand and heart.” Custom Textiles began in my parents living room which I converted into my bedroom, office, and sewing area. I was reinventing myself with just a few bucks and the will power to strike out on my own with two elementary school children Read More

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]]> First Place Prize Winner https://customtextiles.net/first-place-prize-winner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-place-prize-winner Tue, 02 Oct 2018 20:49:20 +0000 https://customtextiles.net/?p=433 I discovered my lifetime passion for sewing could also be a full time career. I have been sewing ever since my mother permitted me to run her Singer Featherweight on my own. In 2003, after 20 years as a freelance graphic and exhibit designer, I moved back home to New England. With a very tight Read More

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