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Explore vintage textiles, art history, and creative upcycling through curated stories and research. From 19th-century Japanese kimono photography to Yorkshire textile mills, exhibition reviews to step-by-step DIY tutorials, join us on a journey through textile heritage, family history, and creative discovery.

Felice Beato: Capturing Japan's Textiles, Kimonos and the World In Silk

Felice Beato: Capturing Japan’s Textiles, Kimonos & the World in Silk

October 6, 2025

In the mid‑19th century, as Japan was emerging from over two centuries of isolation, a photographer named Felice Beato arrived. Having already made a name as one of the earliest... Read more...

GANNEX, My Granny and the Lost Mills of Yorkshire

May 8, 2020

How a lucky find of some vintage Gannex fabric lead to the discovery of stories that weave through exile, scandal, Royals, Prime Ministers, the lost mills of Yorkshire and eventually... Read more...

Grayson Perry - WHO ARE YOU?

May 8, 2020

My favourite textile loving transvestite Grayson Perry brings crafts to the fore in his vibrant exhibition WHO ARE YOU? at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Come and have a look... Read more...

How to transfer photos onto fabric free tutorial

How to transfer photographs onto fabric. Make your own family table runner.

May 7, 2020

Free tutorial on how to transfer photographs onto fabric and create a family table runner. Read more...

The SOMME -Remembering My Great Grandfather Walter Jordan

May 7, 2020

Discovering my Great Grandfather, the weaver Walter Jordan, who joined the Bradford Pals and began his fateful journey to the Battle of the Somme... Read more...

How to make a lightbox with an upcycled wooden crate. Step by step tutorial video.

May 7, 2020

Free video tutorial: How to make a lightbox from a vintage wooden crate. Filmed for Gok's Fill Your House For Free with Hunted and Stuffed/ Kimono Living founder Ellie Laycock. Read more...