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  1. Aimee Betts

    Katy Cowan /

    Aimee Betts is a British Born Mixed Media Embroidery Designer and Creator of Adornments, who has an ambition to bring the traditions of embroidery to the forefront of contemporary design practice. It is crucial for Aimee to alter the appearance of the materials at every stage of production. The end result is often an intense and richly crafted object, which has evolved through Aimee’s idiosyn...

  2. Ruth Lloyd

    Katy Cowan /

    Ruth Lloyd is a third year student studying for a BA (Hons) Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern Design. She loves to print. Screen printing, Lino printing and Mono printing. She loves to work with her hands on processes, natural dyeing, etching and embossing. Ruth has a particular fascination with ethnic cultures, indigenous peoples and anything relating to African art and traditional ceremoni...

  3. Textile design competition for UK design students and recent graduates

    Katy Cowan /

    Recently launched multi-channel home décor marketer, Purvaai Pvt. Ltd. has launched a home textile design competition for all students living in the United Kingdom who are either pursuing a design degree or diploma or have recently (in the last three years) graduated...

  4. DMU designed headscarf and shawl for The Queen

    Katy Cowan /

    The Queen has been given a unique headscarf and shawl with fabric dyed and printed specifically for her visit to De Montfort University (DMU) at the start of the Jubilee tour of the UK earlier this month...

  5. ANTA opens new store in Edinburgh before guest appearance stateside

    Katy Cowan /

    ANTA, the dynamic Scottish textiles and ceramics company, opened its flagship store on Edinburgh’s George Street this week. Intent on providing customers with an ‘experience’, the shop boasts room sets based on a series of previously...

  6. Catwalk Couture Knitwear now available for needles everywhere

    Katy Cowan /

    Scottish designer Jo Storie brings catwalk knitwear to yarn lovers everywhere with the launch of her first range of knitting patterns. The newly available designs in the ‘Modern Heritage’ range come directly from the sketchbook of the international designer and can...

  7. DMU students dominate shortlist for UK Knitting Awards

    Katy Cowan /

    Seven out of nine students shortlisted for knitwear awards at one of the UK’s most prestigious fashion events are from De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester. DMU’s Fashion Design students dominate the shortlists in both the Knitter of the Year and...

  8. Antii Sullivan

    Katy Cowan /

    Antii Sullivan is a designer from Winchester, UK who has recently finished a photo shoot featuring her brand new cushions which are available at Culture Label. Her work is hugely inspired by nature and culture - a lot about her own curiosity within these subjects. Check out her work at her website.

  9. Donna Wilson exhibition opens at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

    Katy Cowan /

    Award-winning and world-renowned textile designer Donna Wilson brings her playful textiles to YSP this winter, drawing inspiration from the landscape to create an eccentric world of knitted trees and curiosities featuring...

  10. Rhea Clements

    Katy Cowan /

    Rhea Clements is a knitwear designer based in Nottingham. She studied at Nottingham Trent University and since graduating has been working on setting up her own business. Each piece is made on a domestic knitting machine and finished by hand. Texture and organic shapes play large part Rhea's designs. She loves nothing more then turning a cone of yarn in to fabric that you want to touch and wear. ...

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