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Making the best use of fabric scraps, rag rugs may have been born of exigency, but the creativity behind their intricately woven designs knows no bounds, discovers Matthew Dennison

There’s a photograph of me, age 4 – my pink-cheeked, chubby face is set against the marbled blue backdrop inextricably linked with school photos from the 1990s. I am wearing a frothy white wedding dre

Knotted, woven, tufted or felted, designs for carpets and rugs have developed in a wide variety of styles and fibres around the world to add comfort and sophistication underfoot

It’s the turn of William Morris’ daughter May Morris’ prints to be celebrated with Liberty’s new Craft Garden fabric collection in collaboration with the William Morris Gallery. The pioneering artist

FOR 95 YEARS, JAPANESE WATCHBAND MANUFACTURER BAMBI HAS PURSUED HIGH-PRECISION CRAFTSMANSHIP BUILT ON SKILLED ARTISANSHIP AND “MADE IN JAPAN” QUALITY. AS IT APPROACHES ITS CENTENNIAL, THE COMPANY IS PASSING DOWN ITS TRADITIONS WHILE PUSHING INTO GLOBAL MARKETS.

YOU WILL NEED ■ Medium weight canvas: 110x200cm ■ Cotton fabric for lining: 140x60cm ■ Magnetic snaps x2: 11–18 mm ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit NOTES ■ Seam allowance is 1cm, unless otherwise