by Heather Luke | Jun 20, 2015
The dull, sandy-brown colour of military uniforms (camouflage and fatigues), it is a good background colour. Military cloth–cavalry twill–is very hardwearing and excellent for walling, upholstery and curtaining in dens, children’s rooms and...
by Heather Luke | Jun 20, 2015
This is sacred cloth…. the livery of freedom (Mahatma Gandhi) Khadi or khaddar is an organic cloth woven from silk, wool or cotton by hand using khadi yarn–which is twisted as it is spun, giving the finished cloth an...
by Heather Luke | Jun 20, 2015
Mainly produced by the Asante/Ashanti tribe of Ghana (and also by the Ewe tribe), it is woven in pieces on narrow-strip looms and then embroidered together to form a 6ft x 12ft cloth. An exuberant, strikingly colourful cloth more commonly made of cotton, and sometimes...
by Heather Luke | Jun 20, 2015
An ancient and jute-like fibre, Hibiscus cannabinus is grown in various parts of world, and is the new kid on the block. It is a whole plant: grown as a forage crop for livestock, the bast fibre is used for fabric, the stalks are burned for fuel and the leaves are...
by Heather Luke | Jun 20, 2015
A vignette of kelim joy with a Rumanian hemp cart cover over the sofa and roses form the garden Scraps of worn out kelim rugs make beautiful cushions, especially when the fibres were hand dyed with vegetal materials, they age so gracefully. A flat tapestry-woven...
