What does textile design mean?

Textile Design means, creating design for woven, knitted or printed fabrics. Creating the structure of the fabric or it's surface decoration.

Textile means, cloth or fabric, from Latin textum, woven.

Design means, draw a design or plan, from Latin de and signare, completely and mark out.

So to design textiles is to completely mark out fabric!

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Contemporary furnishing fabric design by Kirsteen Lyons.

Here is some furnishing design I have worked on recently. I'm really loving being beck to designing furnishing fabrics and wallpaper.

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Textile design by Kirsteen Lyons. Print and lace design.

Textile design by Kirsteen Lyons BA (Hons)

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New collection! And keeping up with the kid/work balance.

I've finished a furnishing fabric and wallpaper collection for my design studio, to start selling this month. In order to get it done and be a mum, I admit to being a pretty slack housewife - I'm so behind there are Christmas decorations still up in my daughter's room! But everyone gets fed and cleaned!

Do you balance a career with family responsibilities? I'd love to know anything that helps you get work done at home with kids?

My top tip is to photo your artwork when you get interrupted by baby waking up or whatever, photo it with your paint and pencils still out the boxes so you can quickly find the colours you were using when you get back to it, as I find I have to put them away to keep them from becoming toys!

Perhaps you have tips for getting work done while self employed!

Doing what you love.

You know that you do what you love when you can't wait for your meeting next week, with your design house so you can get on and design exactly what they need because your new paper is "burning a hole in your portfolio!"

I'm very exited be back to designing for interiors.

I'm very excited to be working with a new design house with such a long record for artistry.

Did I mention I'm excited!

I'm designing fabrics/wallpapers for interiors again and loving it!

I'm so excited to be back to the artistry of designing for interiors.

Why do I love them so much?

• More colours get used in interior fabrics.
• People keep them longer so they are more eco-friendly.
• They command a higher price, so you can put more of your heart, and time, into each.
• The industry is less cutthroat.
• No one ever starved themselves to fit into their couch!

New Design From Enchated Textile Design By Kirsteen Lyons

New Design From Enchated Textile Design
By Kirsteen Lyons