by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
Wide coloured striped woven cloth that resemble the striped tapes that hold the regimental decorations of the British army ...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A historical period (14th-17th) of great cultural and artistic change and innovation in Europe, which started in Italy. Textiles first became popular as window dressing rather than as wall hangings, door hangings or as bed hangings during this period; an...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A weaving technique using a fine warp and a slightly heavier weft,producing a horizontally corded, ribbed, surface, and a strong, resilient fabric. Rep can be in cotton, silk, wool, viscose or mixed fibres and comes in medium to heavy weights. A true rep(p) has the...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A printing and dyeing technique, in which certain areas of cloth are treated in such a way that they ‘resist’, the dye that colours the rest of the cloth. Prior to dying, the areas of resist are either treated with a substance, such as wax, or knotted,...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
Blinds made of fabric that pleat up as they are raised and fall out as they are lowered.. Meanwhile sit above, or at the top of, the window. * They can be made in almost any fabric and lined, interlined or unlined. The edges need to be hemmed, bound or finished...
