Glenan

By: Kate Davies Designs
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, colour, design, knitting, landscape, photography, walking, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 17 Comments on Glenan

A knitted idée fixe

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the fabric of memory

By: Kate Davies Designs
books, criticism, History, memory, review, review, textile history, textiles, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 63 Comments on the fabric of memory

Do you dream in textiles?

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Cabbages & Roses

By: Kate Davies Designs
design, fabric, fashion, inspiration, interview, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , 50 Comments on Cabbages & Roses

(Peerie Flooers hat and mittens, Caller Herrin‘ Sheepheid, and Funchal Moebius, all styled with Cabbages and Roses garments from 2007 to 2011. I receive a lot of queries about the clothes I am wearing in the photographs you see here, and I generally receive the most queries whenever I am wearing clothes from Cabbages and…

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out with the old

By: Kate Davies Designs
craft, design, fabric, fashion, Politics, refashioning, sewing, textiles, thrift, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 55 Comments on out with the old

You may remember that a year ago I decided to stop buying clothes for the duration of 2008. My decision to do this was sparked by a couple of things. I had been reading a bit about darning and mending and wanted to think about what repairing and caring for one’s clothes meant. Also, since…

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