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A whole day to myself is a rare treat and not one I squander lightly so when the occasion arose on Saturday, I jumped on a train to Rye to visit the recently renovated Merchant & Mills fabric store. After an easy walk from the station, I arrived at the bright airy space. stocked with a carefully curated collection

Zuri, a new New York City and Nairobi based fashion label has launched with a plan to simplify wardrobes. The label specialises in ‘Just One Dress’, a versatile shaped garment that can be worn as a dress, jacket, tunic or skirt by people of all ages and body types. The co-founders, Sandra Zhao and Ashleigh Miller, col

When you delve into the Gudrun Sjödén story – a tale of commercial success beyond the dreams of most designers and legions of fans across the globe – that phrase about “walking to the beat of your own drum” springs to mind. A little digging reveals the full line comes from the philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, who said

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Jessica Hemmings is the editor of The Textile Reader, which has just published in a second edition. She is also Professor of Craft at HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and the Rita Bolland Fellow at the Research Centre for Material Culture, the Netherlands (2020-2023). Here Professor Hemmings talks us throug

Image: Coulter Fussell. In October and November we are running workshops that will equip you with the skills to start your first abstract quilt, with lessons in piecing together a quilt top from two different artists. In October, Julius Arthur of House of Quinn will guide you through a creative approach to appliqué and

In June we are hosting a one-day workshop, Kantha Stitching with expert teacher Ekta Kaul. Kantha is a beautiful stitch technique from the Indian subcontinent with a rich heritage rooted in storytelling and upcycling. Ekta is an award-winning textile artist who creates ‘StoryMaps’- narrative cartographic textiles that

Image: Illustration by Emmanuel Pierre for Selvedge Issue 97 (crop). All images provided by the artist. The French artist Emmanuel Pierre illustrated an article for us in Issue 97: Red. Illuminated Habits looks at colours in religious clothing. For example, in western monastic clothing, neutral colours would put you fi