top of page


Weaving Silk Stories - research - cream in spitalfields - Part I
This post is part I of the four that are connected to the dress Suppôt des pensées "The original Priory of St. Mary Spittle was...


Weaving Silk Stories - research - Huguenots - Britain's first refugees
" As the Huguenot community settled into English life, the word ‘refugee’ entered the vernacular for the first time. It was to be the...


Weaving Silk Stories - research & making - it all began with (thread) buttons
"The word passementerie has become synonymous with a wide variety of textile trimmings, including buttons, braids, fringing, tassels and...
bottom of page