DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE...
Sometimes it seems autumn is regarded as summer's older, dowdier sister. That while summer is longed for, welcomed and jealously guarded autumn is merely accepted www.selvedge.org.
*Offer ends 31 August 2008. Subscription prices include postage, please note continuous subscriptions do not include a gift.

Silk Purses And not a sow's ear in sight... This issue we have an incredible subscriber offer - a beautiful silk clasp purse worth £25 for every new subscriber and renewal. Margo Selby is an award-winning woven textile designer with a bold approach to creating cloth. Margo Selby Gallery, 4-11 Galen Place, Pied Bull Yard, London, WC1A, T: 0207 242 6322, www.margoselby.com, designs vary and cannot be exchanged.

In theory you can have too much of a good thing but we believe we’ve found the exception that proves the rule, and no, it isn’t chocolate, it’s Sophie Digard. Her new range of scarves, hats, baby clothes and blankets have just arrived in the Selvedge offices and we can’t wait for you to see them... www.selvedge.org

Fresh pitch 15 graduates have have been invited to exhibit in the Tent "Talent Zone" during the London Design Festival. The hand-picked examples of emerging textile talent are Anri Moolman, Jason Donnell and Debbie Smyth. Tent London, 18-21 September, Truman Brewery London, www.tentlondon.co.uk

Studio line... Hundreds of artists are taking part in this year's Devon Open Studios. Nine Art Trails will run across the county. Different Perspective, a exhibition of work by Fiona Hutchinson, Jilly Edwards, Fiona Mathison and Fiona Rutherford is just one stop along the way. Devon Open Studios, 6-21 September 2008 www.devonartistnetwork.co.uk

Van the Man Tjobbe Andrews is on a mission to find the best artists and craftspeople in the UK - and then drop in for tea. He is travelling the country in a VW campervan called Harry to highlight the wealth of creative talent across the country. His craft tour is still taking requests for visits and artists who would like to show him their studio should visit www.thegreatbritishcrafttour.co.uk

Designing Women of Post War Britain; Their Art and the Modern Interior is an exhibition of works by three influential female artists. Textile design changed radically after the Second World War and three women were pivotal in this revolution; Lucienne Day, Marian Mahier and Jacqueline Groag. The distinct and innovative style of the work created by these women is still relevant to contemporary domestic interiors. 20 September - 25 January 2009, Denver Fine Arts Centre, 30 West Dale Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, T: +1 719.634.5583