by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
An oxford cotton with an ultra-fine basket weave that is soft and lustrous. It’s mostly used in the fashion world, for shirts, for interiors we use it for lovely soft, easy-on-the-eye backings and curtain linings – anything that...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
A pattern consisting of evenly spaced, thin, parallel, vertical stripes that can be woven into any cloth. In woolen fabrics it almost always comes in a light colour–white or grey–against a dark ground–grey, black, navy, though also in fine navy or...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
A small, padded cushion used in sewing for keeping pins conveniently handy and safe; they come in all shapes and guises, laid on the table or made into a wrist cushion. Keeping track of pins is always an issue as they like to disappear–we get through so many...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Also known as needlecord and pinwale. It is a corded weave fabric with very fine ribs, hardwearing and useful for piping a less sturdy upholstery or loose cover fabric, for all upholstery, curtains and for the basic and essential furnishings – meaning that...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
A plant also known as Gossypium barbadense, which produces a long, very durable and absorbent cotton staple initially developed and grown in Peru, and named after the Pima American Indian tribe that first cultivated it in the U.S. It produces a high quality cloth that...
