by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
Image form Calluna : Cushions – Heather Luke We’d picked up wo pieces of Welsh tapestry materials and a couple of Liberty print cushions for a quick coffee in the sun just outside our studio and workshop. Double sided woven fabric with a...
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
Bed quilts have been made in Wales by grandmothers, mothers and daughters for generations–Welsh girls aged around 10-11 would traditionally start working on a quilt for their trousseau, or marriage chest. These quilts come with cotton tops and undersides in...
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
Also known as wold or woald. A clear yellow dye obtained from the flower and the whole plant, in particular the flower of the wayside rocket plant Reseda luteola, also known as dyer’s rocket or dyer’s mignonette. It is the oldest known yellow dye in...
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
One of the important characteristics of fabric, i.e. the standard unit of textile measurement of grams per square metre, or gm/2, or GMS. This refers to the weight (or mass) per standard or running meter. You can always feel weight differences by handling the fabric....
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
A fabric in which the wefts have been printed prior to weaving. It makes a stunning looking cloth, but is a complex and time consuming process. At its simplest: a fabric length is fully woven with substitute warp threads, onto which the pattern is printed; the...
