Thank you to all those who shared and liked our new website post.
We have been really touched by the lovely feedback we have had and are delighted that you like the new look and upload system.
To celebrate the launch of the new website we offered 4m of free printing, on any of our in-stock fabrics to one lucky winner who liked and shared our post on social media.
Using a random number generator we picked the winner from all those who met the entry criteria.
••• TEXTILE DESIGNER & ILLUSTRATOR •••
We are delighted to announce the winner of our ‘Giveaway’. Hannah Weedon.
We’ve just discovered that Hannah celebrated her birthday over the weekend, so this comes as an extra special birthday treat. Many happy returns Hannah!
Hannah is a textile designer and illustrator. Her gorgeous designs are often hand-painted before being digitally turned into repeat patterns. When printed onto our luxurious silk, they bring joy to any fashion look.
Take a look at some of the designs that Hannah creates.
Hand painted flower ditsies
From illustration to printed fabric.
We can’t wait to see what she will chose to have printed on 4m of her personally selected fabric. We already know it’s going to look amazing! Check our future blogs to see for yourself, as we follow Hannah’s winning print run.
Find out more about Hannah Weedon: @han.wee.design
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The processes involved in digital textile printing causes the original fabric to shrink. If you are printing scarves, the size of the finished product will be important to you. For example, if you have square artwork, you will be expecting your finished scarf to be square!
To get the printed fabric closer to the size you need, all fabric intended for scarves must go through an extra step to reshape it. Please allow extra time on your deadlines to allow for this process.
Let us introduce you to the …
The stenter is an enormous piece of machinery that has many uses, including coating our fabrics and reshaping scarf orders.
After travelling through a solution to soften the fabric, it then passes over a flat bed, gripped on the selvedge edges to pull it back into shape.
It’s a long and precise process that needs to be carefully monitored.
If you have selected to use our hemming service, we will check the stentered fabric for you before we begin to finish your scarves. If you are not using our service, it’s up to you to check the size BEFORE you cut out the individual scarves from the fabric length. We cannot re-size after your scarves have been cut out.
