Sunday, 29 August 2010

The Real Thing

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This charming scene is one of the designs by Jean Baptiste HUET who drew many scenes for the original Toile de Jouy factory. He was special...
Saturday, 28 August 2010

THE LUXURY OF LINEN

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All hand embroidery On my last visit to France I had the luck to purchase the entire contents of a linen room, all from a prosperous b...
Friday, 13 August 2010

SWEET COLOURS are in good taste

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Hempolin tea towels black/white pillow case sweetie stripes on a grain sack It was time to re-stock my reserve of rustic hemp, so went off...
Thursday, 12 August 2010

Darn! It's got a hole!

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Inevitably, old materials have areas of wear and damage and it is best to do simple neat repairs before washing which will only make matter...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010

MRS. TICKING

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Illustrated first are a nice pile of old tickings, both French and German which I had in vast quantities in the 80s and the portrait was tak...
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Friday, 9 July 2010

A FLING IN FRANCE

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Went to Brittany for a real summer holiday and had a great time on a beautiful estuary at Port Le Pouldu, simple inexpensive lodging and the...
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Monday, 14 June 2010

New friends - old dreams

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A sample card of linen tapes for apron ties and a colourful ticking used for feather beds Since...
Tuesday, 8 June 2010

FLOWERS, FLASHES AND SHOOTS

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Gabi Tubbs, journalist and friend, who first wrote about my tickings 20 years ago in Country Living, was here today for a magazine feature w...