Selvedge Stories
FROM THE ARCHIVE: FLAX COMPOSITES
Image courtesy of NOTOXWritten by Adrian Wilson (Selvedge issue 78)During the first two weeks of June, the cool blue hue of the flax fields is a welcoming sight in the Plains...
FROM THE ARCHIVE: FLAX COMPOSITES
Image courtesy of NOTOXWritten by Adrian Wilson (Selvedge issue 78)During the first two weeks of June, the cool blue hue of the flax fields is a welcoming sight in the Plains...
FROM THE ARCHIVE: THE LURE OF WHITE LINEN
Written by Amanda Vickery (Selvedge issue 39)Imagine a sweet-smelling cupboard stacked with crisp linens – sheets, pillow cases, napkins, towels, shirts and shifts. All are snowy white, fragrant with lavender...
FROM THE ARCHIVE: THE LURE OF WHITE LINEN
Written by Amanda Vickery (Selvedge issue 39)Imagine a sweet-smelling cupboard stacked with crisp linens – sheets, pillow cases, napkins, towels, shirts and shifts. All are snowy white, fragrant with lavender...
LETTER FROM A READER: LINEN STORIES
Image courtesy of Warsaw Academy of ScienceWe want to say thank you to Joanna Skoczynska for writing to us to share her textile story, which we extend to you -...
LETTER FROM A READER: LINEN STORIES
Image courtesy of Warsaw Academy of ScienceWe want to say thank you to Joanna Skoczynska for writing to us to share her textile story, which we extend to you -...
FROM THE ARCHIVE: DEEP ROOTED - LINEN'S IRISH L...
Written by Polly Devlin (Selvedge issue 18)Linen noun. 1. cloth woven from flax 2. articles such as sheets or clothes made, or originally made, of linen. – ORIGIN originally in the...
FROM THE ARCHIVE: DEEP ROOTED - LINEN'S IRISH L...
Written by Polly Devlin (Selvedge issue 18)Linen noun. 1. cloth woven from flax 2. articles such as sheets or clothes made, or originally made, of linen. – ORIGIN originally in the...
FROM THE ARCHIVE: FLAXEN BEAUTY
Image courtesy of Växbo Lin Written by Clare de Lotbiniere inen (Selvedge issue 10)“I wish everyone could perceive daylight filtering through white linen curtains silhouetted against an open window. The entwining of weave,...
FROM THE ARCHIVE: FLAXEN BEAUTY
Image courtesy of Växbo Lin Written by Clare de Lotbiniere inen (Selvedge issue 10)“I wish everyone could perceive daylight filtering through white linen curtains silhouetted against an open window. The entwining of weave,...
TURBAN: A TRADITIONAL HEAD ATTIRE OF MANY FACETS
Images Courtesy of Balveer KumawatWritten by Brinda Gill“It takes a minute”, says Balveer Kumawat, a professional turban-tier based in Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India, of the time he takes to deftly...
TURBAN: A TRADITIONAL HEAD ATTIRE OF MANY FACETS
Images Courtesy of Balveer KumawatWritten by Brinda Gill“It takes a minute”, says Balveer Kumawat, a professional turban-tier based in Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India, of the time he takes to deftly...
