Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Traditional Hungarian Embroidery (2) Siogard


Colourful folk costumes from Siogard in Hungary; fantastic socks, slipper shoes and brightly embroidered blouses , waistcoats and aprons with pleated skirts. Veronika Vargaine Kovacs, has written a book on the embrodiery of Siogard and the embroidery museum that has recently opened there. Typical of the embroidery from Siogard is cut work bordered by blue and purple embroidery.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Grain sack upholstery




These two images are from the October issue of The World of Interiors in a feature Anna Wintours Long Island Home. The chairs upholstered in Grain Sack fabric are good example of how a mixture of fabric can be use to good effect





Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Rare Brand Market at Goodwood


Parna will be a the Rare Brand Christmas market along with 80 or so other bijou brands . The market takes place ( indoors) at Goodwood Race Course 17 and 18 November with late night shoppping on Wednesday. Click on the title bar to take yiou to the Rare Brand website for more information.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Selvedge Christmas Fair

We will be exhibiting at the Selvedge christmas fair December 4 in Highgate London. There will be 30 or so textile related stalls, handpicked by the Selvedge team. We are honoured to have been asked and it should be a fabulous day!

For those of you not faimilar with Selvedge ; they publish a fantastically beautiful magazine- a must have for textile lovers!