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CONTENTS INDULGE textiles to buy, collect or simply admire 10 HOW TO Make a patchwork placemat with Abigail Booth 13 PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR Selvedge picks this season’s perfect presents 96 SWATCH Favourite Fabric No 39: Welsh Flannel by Sarah Jane Downing, illustrated by Nina Fugi GLOBAL textiles from around the world 20 NORTHERN LIGHTS Astrid Krogh’s luminescent textile design by Bradley Quinn 64 HISTORJA Britta Marakatt-Labba’s epic embroidery Photography by Ola Petter Røe with thanks to Beatrijs Sterk, Sofia Brenner and Elisabeth Brenner Remberg ANECDOTE textiles that touch our lives 24 COLOUR THEORY We speak to Tricia Guild about her brand new book, Paint Box 26 WINDOW-SHOPPING Rachel Worth visits the John Lewis archives 28 GOLD STANDARD Toye, Kenning & Spencer, Britain’s oldest family business by Katy Bevan 42 A NARROW EXISTENCE The silk ribbon weavers of Warwickshire by Sarah Jane Downing ATTIRE critical reporting of fashion trends 16 FAKING IT The protest and politics of fashion’s faux fur by Dani Trew 51 WILD GOOSE CHASE Adventure wear from Canada Goose by Dr Marie O’Mahony, photography by Jeff Luker 58 FUR The Final Frontier by Jonathan Faiers, photography by John Cowan INDUSTRY from craft to commerce 32 PINS AND NEEDLES La Manufacture Bohin by Anne Laure Camilleri, photography by Patrick Forget 38 PIN UP The art of pinscreen animation by Susan Doll 46 COUNTING SHEEP Solidwool’s Hannah Floyd spends a day with Herdwick shepherd James Rebanks, photography by Jim Marsden 55 SLEEP TIGHT The engineering behind a good night’s sleep by Kate Myerscough COHABIT stunning interiors beautifully photographed 74 EMBROIDERING THE TRUTH At Home with Karen Nicol by Clare Lewis, photography by Dylan Thomas SELVEDGE 4 p22/23 p28/29 p36/37 p 52/53
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p16/17 p58/59 p64/65 p74/75 EVENTS dates for your diary 13 January, Darning with Tom of Holland, London, UK £180, www.selvedge.org 20 January, Stitched Pictures with Janet Bolton, London, UK £120, www.selvedge.org 27 January, Fairy-tale Embroidery with Megan Ivy Griffiths, London, UK £140, www.selvedge.org 3 February, Stitch with Julie Arkell, London, UK £120, www.selvedge.org 10 February, Painting on Unprimed Cloth with Carole Waller, London, UK £120, www.selvedge.org 17 February, Woven Tapestry with Sue Lawty, London, UK £140, www.selvedge.org 3 March, Mark Making with Rachael Howard, London, UK £120, www.selvedge.org WIN gifts and offers for our readers 83 PRIZES THIS ISSUE Twelve Days of Christmas give away Jo Gordon Geometric jacquard shawl £410 Rachel Vosper Scented candle collection £240 Anthropologie Cushion, throw and a scented candle £296 Chalk Wovens Blanket and cushion £275 Designers Guild Throw, scented candles £300 Wallace Sewell Basket weave throw £325 Cecilie Telle Sack bag £266 Quinton Chadwick Knit accessories £300 Margo Selby Iceni rug £195 Tamar Mogendorff Wall mounted swan $625 Volga Bed linen £300 The Shop Floor Project Goody bag £319 INFORM the latest news, reviews and exhibition listings 05 BIAS /CONTRIBUTORS A letter from the founder, Polly Leonard and comments from our contributors 07 NEWS Wallace Sewell celebrate 25 years, Eileen Fisher explores recycling, Uist Wool, Lucienne Day at John Lewis, Kaffe Fassett at Mottisfont 80 SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS This issue every three-year subscriber will receive a Nomad 97% India table runner and four napkins worth £75 82 BACK ISSUES Complete your collection while you still can! Many issues are sold out or have limited stock. All issues available for digital download. 84 READ Sarah Jane Downing reviews Degas, Impressionism and the Paris Millinery Trade by Simon Kelly and Esther Bell, Prestel. Sue Marks reviews World War II Quilts: Second Edition by Sue Reich, Schiffer. 86 VIEW Barbara Brown, The Golden Girl of Heal’s Fabrics in the 1960s & 1970s, Whitworth, Manchester, reviewed by Lesley Jackson. Klimt & Rodin: An Artistic Encounter, de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco reviewed by Jeffrey Meyers. Michael Brennand Wood Between Thought and Expression at The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, reviewed by Lisa Gee. 95 COMING NEXT The Craft Issue: Industry and Endeavour. Betsan Corkhill, Ptolemy Mann and more. SELVEDGE ('selnid3) n. 1. finished differently 2. the non-fraying edge of a length of woven fabric. [: from SELF + EDGE] SELVEDGE 5

CONTENTS

INDULGE textiles to buy, collect or simply admire 10 HOW TO Make a patchwork placemat with Abigail Booth 13 PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR Selvedge picks this season’s perfect presents 96 SWATCH Favourite Fabric No 39: Welsh Flannel by Sarah Jane Downing, illustrated by Nina Fugi

GLOBAL textiles from around the world 20 NORTHERN LIGHTS Astrid Krogh’s luminescent textile design by Bradley Quinn 64 HISTORJA Britta Marakatt-Labba’s epic embroidery Photography by Ola Petter Røe with thanks to Beatrijs Sterk, Sofia Brenner and Elisabeth Brenner Remberg

ANECDOTE textiles that touch our lives 24 COLOUR THEORY We speak to Tricia Guild about her brand new book, Paint Box 26 WINDOW-SHOPPING Rachel Worth visits the John Lewis archives 28 GOLD STANDARD Toye, Kenning & Spencer, Britain’s oldest family business by Katy Bevan 42 A NARROW EXISTENCE The silk ribbon weavers of Warwickshire by Sarah Jane Downing

ATTIRE critical reporting of fashion trends 16 FAKING IT The protest and politics of fashion’s faux fur by Dani Trew 51 WILD GOOSE CHASE Adventure wear from Canada Goose by Dr Marie O’Mahony, photography by Jeff Luker 58 FUR The Final Frontier by Jonathan Faiers, photography by John Cowan

INDUSTRY from craft to commerce 32 PINS AND NEEDLES La Manufacture Bohin by Anne Laure Camilleri, photography by Patrick Forget 38 PIN UP The art of pinscreen animation by Susan Doll 46 COUNTING SHEEP Solidwool’s Hannah Floyd spends a day with Herdwick shepherd James Rebanks, photography by Jim Marsden 55 SLEEP TIGHT The engineering behind a good night’s sleep by Kate Myerscough

COHABIT stunning interiors beautifully photographed 74 EMBROIDERING THE TRUTH At Home with Karen Nicol by Clare Lewis, photography by Dylan Thomas

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p28/29

p36/37

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