Selvedge Stories

Collect Week: Michelle House - Celebrating What...
“My mother was always sewing: sewing curtains, sewing clothes,” says textile artist Michelle House, known for her vibrant, brightly coloured screen prints. “The sewing machine was always on the...
Collect Week: Michelle House - Celebrating What...
“My mother was always sewing: sewing curtains, sewing clothes,” says textile artist Michelle House, known for her vibrant, brightly coloured screen prints. “The sewing machine was always on the...

Selvedge Textile Tour 2025: The Official Tour B...
The textile tour has now officially started, with Polly, Selvedge founder and editor, joined by the first group of participants. This week has been an enriching introduction to India’s cultural...
Selvedge Textile Tour 2025: The Official Tour B...
The textile tour has now officially started, with Polly, Selvedge founder and editor, joined by the first group of participants. This week has been an enriching introduction to India’s cultural...

Islamic Talismanic Shirts: Sacred Stitches and ...
Talismanic shirts, a sacred garment in Islamic culture, were believed to protect their wearers from bodily and spiritual harm. Intricately ornamented with sacred motifs and verses from the Quran, they...
Islamic Talismanic Shirts: Sacred Stitches and ...
Talismanic shirts, a sacred garment in Islamic culture, were believed to protect their wearers from bodily and spiritual harm. Intricately ornamented with sacred motifs and verses from the Quran, they...

Chris Aslan: Unravelling the Silk Road
Has the latest issue of Selvedge sparked a little wanderlust for Central Asia? If so, Chris Aslan’s Unravelling the Silk Road: Travels and Textiles in Central Asia might just tempt...
Chris Aslan: Unravelling the Silk Road
Has the latest issue of Selvedge sparked a little wanderlust for Central Asia? If so, Chris Aslan’s Unravelling the Silk Road: Travels and Textiles in Central Asia might just tempt...

Echoes of the Silk Road: Bobur Ismailov’s Theat...
Artist Bobur Ismailov is fascinated by textiles and costumes. His paintings resemble stage sets – empty houses or quiet courtyards behind city walls, inhabited by characters in ornate headdresses and...
Echoes of the Silk Road: Bobur Ismailov’s Theat...
Artist Bobur Ismailov is fascinated by textiles and costumes. His paintings resemble stage sets – empty houses or quiet courtyards behind city walls, inhabited by characters in ornate headdresses and...

From Madrasa to Cinema to Suzani Embroidery
The vaulted room where Zarina Isomoa and her mother, Zaynab Murodova work used to be the cinema in Soviet times. It is a cool vaulted chamber, ideal for the blisteringly...
From Madrasa to Cinema to Suzani Embroidery
The vaulted room where Zarina Isomoa and her mother, Zaynab Murodova work used to be the cinema in Soviet times. It is a cool vaulted chamber, ideal for the blisteringly...