After 3 years volunteering as founder/coordinator of North West England Fibreshed and working solo to build awareness of Fibershed principles amongst textile professionals in the region and beyond, I’m happy […]
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The Flax Map

Are you part of the linen revival in the U.K.? Are you wondering how we can create midscale processing equipment without costing the earth? Do you believe collaboration rather than […]
Read MoreHomegrown Homespun: Field to Fabric

A lot has happened since August 13th when a group of around 30 volunteers came to Higher Audley St in Blackburn to help pull and lay out our flax. It […]
Read MoreHomegrown Homespun Textile Crafts: the bridge between farming and fashion

This article is a celebration of natural materials, the environment that produced them and the people who’s skills transformed them into a beautiful banner, on site at the Homegrown Homespun […]
Read MoreHomegrown Homespun – Sowing Regenerative Fashion

Growing Jeans On Friday 23rd April 2021, the Homegrown Homespun project planted it’s first textile crop of flax and woad on disused land beside the historic Leeds to Liverpool canal, […]
Read MoreNorth West England Fibreshed announces project in collaboration with Patrick Grant and the British Textile Biennial

I’m thrilled to announce North West England Fibreshed’s collaboration with fashion designer Patrick Grant and the British Textile Biennial. Our idea seems simple: grow flax for linen and woad for […]
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