by Daisy Cameron-Eveleigh | 12 Nov, 2020 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Shop News
On a quiet shelf in our showroom among an abundance of fabric rolls and remnants lies a humble pile of antique patchwork quilts. These quilts all unique with their own story in every stitch and fold, combine the intricate art of patchwork with the precise skill of...
by Phoebe Clive | 2 Jun, 2019 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Shop News
In the latest in our occasional series of posts about cloth the focus is on linen. Starting with the basics; linen is a fibre which is obtained by processing the ‘Linum’ or ‘Flax’ plant. ‘Flax’ has a pretty blue flower and is grown...
by claredelatorre | 27 May, 2019 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Ticking fabric was traditionally a very densely woven cotton herringbone or twill weave cloth used for making mattress & pillow cases. The derivation of the word ‘Ticking’, material used to cover pillows and mattresses, is from the Greek theke, “receptacle”....
by Kathleen Murphy | 29 Oct, 2015 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Picture this! 18th century Lyon and a race is on to revolutionise the production of elaborately patterned fabrics. This race, ultimately, was won by Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752 – 1834) whose name is familiar to anyone with even a passing interest in textiles and...
by Phoebe Clive | 21 Sep, 2015 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
We recently received some wonderful Pashmina shawls so light and so soft that everything else that I had ever encountered that described itself as ‘cashmere’ felt rough in comparison. I quizzed our supplier Sadhu about the softness of these Pashminas and it soon...
by Kathleen Murphy | 7 Sep, 2015 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
I can think of no other textile so quintessentially ‘English’ and ‘country’ as corduroy – think farmer, cord trousers held up with baling twine or the upper classes off for a day’s shooting. So I was surprised, after a little investigation, to discover that it is a...
