by claredelatorre | 9 Feb, 2012 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Shop News
This is just the day, as it is about to snow, to talk about UK Wool. Wool is such a great fibre with very useful qualities; hard-wearing as an upholstery cloth, light and warm to wear. Natural wools are lovely in themselves and dyed fibres work well to give soft,...
by claredelatorre | 30 Jan, 2012 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Shop News
Tinsmiths have always offered free cuttings of fabrics, this really helps people to make decisions and to be sure of the qualities of the cloth. Having reviewed this recently (2012), we have decided that we will send out up five swatches without charge and up to eight...
by claredelatorre | 26 Jan, 2012 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Shop News
One of Tinsmiths’ regular suppliers of cards, Art Angels, have produced a brilliant selection of cards using textile designs from the V & A archive. The museum approached Chris Cordingly from Art Angels in advance of this Spring’s exhibition at the...
by claredelatorre | 26 Sep, 2011 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Shop News, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
Tinsmiths’ second one day Textile Print Workshop took place last Saturday. Having had very good feedback from the first course a week before, this group were equally adventurous and the outcomes were really very impressive. Thanks again to Sylvia Stiff, whose...
by claredelatorre | 23 Sep, 2011 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Just a quick mention, with more to follow, about a fantastic trip we made earlier this month, to the mill in Lancashire where Ian Mankin cloth is woven. Proving that we really ARE still making things in the UK. Sixth generation mill owner, David Collinge, was very...
by claredelatorre | 21 Jul, 2011 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
Time is racing towards our next exhibition at Tinsmiths. We’ve always shown limited edition prints in the showroom and now we move into another area, closely aligned to our core acivity as a specialist fabric retailer. Fabric lengths, cushions and curtains fill...
