Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond

  • Tinsmiths Facebook Page

    Tinsmiths Facebook Page

    We have just put one toe in the Facebook ocean and made a Tinsmiths Facebook Page. We plan to use…

  • Apparel Apparently

    Apparel Apparently

    Check our website for a new fabric category – Dressmaking Fabrics. Tinsmiths has had lightweight fabrics that are suitable for…

  • Signs of Spring

    Signs of Spring

    We may yet be in for some more chilly weather but walking along the Loden near my home at the…

  • Cotton – the ever uncertain costs

    Cotton – the ever uncertain costs

    With floods in Australia and unrest in Egypt the price increases in cotton recently felt due to unseasonal heavy rains…

  • Curiosity Curtain

    Curiosity Curtain

    We mentioned Emily Sutton’s printed design, Old Curiosity Shop, in an earlier posting, signing off with a promise to make…

  • Moving Stuff…

    Moving Stuff…

    Having spent the period between Christmas and New Year moving stuff, decorating, re-designing, renewing and reclining (a little, after much…

  • Printmakers 2011 (16 April – 14 May)

    Printmakers 2011 (16 April – 14 May)

    Never fear, Spring will soon be here and with it Tinsmiths’ 2011 Printmaking Show. Four artists, Paul Farrell, Sarah Chrisp,…

  • New Fabrics – perfect for one another

    New Fabrics – perfect for one another

    A triumph of a fabric from St.Judes by artist Emily Sutton arrived today just as a delivery of “Ink” Irish…

  • Family Treats

    Family Treats

    Thank you all at Lewis and Wood for another fantastic day course “Block-printing” with Jenny Stringer. Bought as a birthday…

  • Print Works

    Print Works

    It is sometimes difficult to imagine how bold printed textiles will work in a given application – as curtains, blinds…