Linen for curtains & blinds
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...
Simple Pattern Pieces
When Kate isn’t greeting and helping Tinsmiths’ customers, she is sewing and, equally to our advantage, advising her colleagues on dressmaking techniques. Below: the new Dress Shirt pattern from Merchant and Mills made up by Kate Hickson in Marl (a new...
Apparel Apparently
Check our website for a new fabric category – Dressmaking Fabrics. Tinsmiths has had lightweight fabrics that are suitable for clothing for some time but the arrival of some particularly inspiring linens earlier this week have galvanised us into action. We have...
Lewis and Wood
Specialist printed textiles by Lewis and Wood