by Heather Luke | Oct 18, 2015 | Design, Inspiration, New from old, No machine, Patterns
Here are some of things we’ve done with our very simply worked, colourful kanthas – actually not much as it happens, but then that’s just the point !!! Bengal in the northeast of India has an embroidery tradition that we have all come to recognise. It’s called...
by Heather Luke | Oct 14, 2015 | Core techniques
Animal print at it’s best; understated, minimal and chic ! It’s always good to re-use things that have seen better days – these lampshade covers are from the non-worn side of a linen pillowcase. These are one of our #kitchentablemakes, designed so that you can...
by Heather Luke | Oct 14, 2015 | Design, Textiles
What we know as mud cloths are more correctly called Bogolanfini, or Bogolan – loosely translated as ‘by means of mud’. The mud in question is in effect a clay slip with a naturally high iron content that has been fermented for about twelve months....
by Heather Luke | Oct 7, 2015 | Kitchen Table Makes
Bread bags: the perfect touch for the dinner table. As any hostess knows, the time between oven and eating is particularly difficult to control – with any group of people, but the closer they are the least timely – plenty long enough for lovely warmed bread to...
by Heather Luke | Oct 6, 2015 | Kitchen Table Makes
Baguette bags: the perfect picnic accessory: This is just the sort of thing you expect to find in the idyllic French country house that you’ve rented – along with panier basket and bicycle, or carry basket, for the essential daily trip to bakery or...
