A bespoke braid to complement a modern twist on a very traditional fabric. Beautiful colours in a lovely horsehair fabric from John Boyd Textiles.
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Braids & Colour Matching & Uncategorised, 29th January 2016
Key tassel inspired by a winter sky
Tassels, 23rd November 2015
Norfolk is often referred to as the county with “big skies”…
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Braids & Colour Matching, 22nd November 2015
This Manuel Canovas fabric has beautiful embroidery
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Braids & Contemporary & Design, 29th September 2014
Recently I made some for Roman blinds for a garden room, here is a video of the wide picot braid I made to bring them to life
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Looms, 23rd September 2014
After 6 months of planning and reorganising here is my new workspace
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Buttons and Rosettes & Inspiration, 7th November 2013
Traditionally parchment, made from animal skin, was used to construct three dimensional shapes such as collars for tassels or leaf shapes
Continue ReadingMaking Bullion Fringe
Fringes & Ropes and Cords & Traditional, 15th October 2013
Making bullion fringe is quite a laborious process – but I do get to spend the day in a fantastic old building
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Braids & Colour Matching & Tassels, 29th September 2013
Choosing to commission hand crafted bespoke trimmings opens up a huge number of choices
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Braids & Ropes and Cords, 26th September 2013
The problem with cords is that you can only have 2 or 3 ply, which means the number of colours is limited
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Buttons and Rosettes & Contemporary, 15th September 2013
Hand crafted, bespoke, colour matched, buttons are one way to add a beautiful, individual, detail to interiors
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