Selvedge Stories

Ghanaian Asafo Flags
Image credit: Example of a 'Pre Independence' Asafo flag (1900-1957) © Karun Thakur Antique textiles from Asia and Africa have always been a major area of interest for Textile Collector, Karun Thakar....
Ghanaian Asafo Flags
Image credit: Example of a 'Pre Independence' Asafo flag (1900-1957) © Karun Thakur Antique textiles from Asia and Africa have always been a major area of interest for Textile Collector, Karun Thakar....

Last chance for World Fair entries
All images courtesy of Selvedge World Fair 2020 exhibitors. Above, Blaudruck, Karl and Maria Wagner, Austria Applications to exhibit at the virtual Selvedge World Fair 2021 close in just over...
Last chance for World Fair entries
All images courtesy of Selvedge World Fair 2020 exhibitors. Above, Blaudruck, Karl and Maria Wagner, Austria Applications to exhibit at the virtual Selvedge World Fair 2021 close in just over...

Conserving Dye Records
Image: from the Crutchley archive - 6 dyeing recipes from the 1720s in Flemish and English In 2011, the Southwark Local History Library and Archive received a donation from descendants...
Conserving Dye Records
Image: from the Crutchley archive - 6 dyeing recipes from the 1720s in Flemish and English In 2011, the Southwark Local History Library and Archive received a donation from descendants...

Tea and Textile Chats
Are you on Instagram? Join us every other Friday afternoon where we have tea and talk textiles (virtually) with a designer or maker we admire. This Friday (5 February) at...
Tea and Textile Chats
Are you on Instagram? Join us every other Friday afternoon where we have tea and talk textiles (virtually) with a designer or maker we admire. This Friday (5 February) at...

Hand-Stitched Clothing Workshop
All images (c) Gabriela Martínez. It’s your last chance to buy tickets for our hand-stitched clothing workshop with Mexican designer and textile artist Gabriela Martínez, running Saturday 13 & Sunday...
Hand-Stitched Clothing Workshop
All images (c) Gabriela Martínez. It’s your last chance to buy tickets for our hand-stitched clothing workshop with Mexican designer and textile artist Gabriela Martínez, running Saturday 13 & Sunday...

Block Printing Talk
Image: Block Shop Textiles. Join us on 10 February at 6pm GMT for an evening of Zoom talks on block printing. We will be joined by experts: Dheeraj Chhipa, Barley...
Block Printing Talk
Image: Block Shop Textiles. Join us on 10 February at 6pm GMT for an evening of Zoom talks on block printing. We will be joined by experts: Dheeraj Chhipa, Barley...