Setting up an online shop

advice from royal mail here

set up a paypal account here

website/shop construction

big cartel here

etsy here

folksy here

remote manufacture

laser cutting here

vinyl cutting here

digital fabric printing (spoonflower) here

book printing at lulu and blurb

artists that sell online

rob ryan

cornelia o donovan

the new english

decorative ceramics

http://www.the-new-english.com/

Fashion and Textiles Museum, London

http://www.ftmlondon.org/

Founded by Zandra Rhodes, and based in Bermondsey Street just below London Bridge Station, this place looks great. It has a rolling exhibition programme and organises short courses and demonstrations too. Nearby is the Design Museum too.

True Up

True Up is a blog devoted to fabric.

Neville Trickett

has wonderful sets on flickr- this one is of images of insects

shops

colette (Paris) http://www.colette.fr/

Vincon (Barcelona) http://www.vincon.com/

Dover Street Market (london) http://www.doverstreetmarket.com/

Japanese Prints

http://www.japaneseprints.net/

Japanese sensibility to nature and the seasons finds expression in the textile designs of traditional clothes, often worn at particular times of year.

Margaret Kilgallen

referencing folk typography and working on a large scale, Kilgallen brought a street art mentality to her work in galleries, and assembled imagery in a collage-like decorative way.

Olaf Hajek

Spoonflower

flickr pool

http://www.spoonflower.com

custom, print on demand fabrics in a variety of weights and finishes, very easy to upload imagery and a good way to publicise your work.