Helen Ruth is a luxury accessories label specialising in digitally printed silk and wool scarves, printed and hand finished in Scotland. Each scarf starts with original hand drawn illustrations, usually in pen and ink. Artworks are then converted to digital files, coloured, repeated, mirrored and collaged to create the intricate and layered prints of the scarves. Each scarf tells its own story - a well loved tale, a saying, or a personal childhood memory, giving the wearer an emotional connection the piece. Often spiking beautiful design and illustration with subtle sinister undertones, there is always more than meets the eye!

Katie Charleson is a screen printed homewares designer committed to creating sumptuous, unique textiles. In 2020, Katie introduced quilting, stitching and appliqué to her work, it becoming a key component of her practice. Combining print and stitch, Charleson makes work by collaging with fabric; using shapes and colour in an instinctual way. Katie works exclusively with natural fibres from ethical sources and many works embrace upcycling, making use of remnants and archival fabrics. She only uses water based inks in production, and is consciously introducing natural dyes while educating herself on the most environmentally positive way to continue creating textiles.

Hand dyed and hand printed fashion accessories which include a variety of styles of scarves printed on natural fabrics, silk shirts and silk covered buttons. Also commercially printed greetings cards showing my designs and hand printed limited edition wrapping paper.

Texture and pattern have always held a lifelong fascination for me. Studying Textiles at Ravensbourne and then Camberwell College of Arts gave me a further opportunity for research and insight into surface design and construction of cloth. I Began to develop a wide interest in applied arts and design. However, print has been my enduring passion since graduating. Etching, Collagraph, monoprint and relief techniques and more recently a return to screen printing. I have worked in Contemporary Galleries; CCA Galleries, Cambridge. Edinburgh Printmakers, Dovecot Studios, all of which contributed to my interest and development in working with contemporary artists either through installation of exhibitions or organising events & educational programmes. This has in turn brought me full circle to return to teaching and making and designing Art Textiles.

Michaelson Design printed textiles have previously been inspired by my photography of the built environment. Since moving to rural Fife, however, the history and archaeology of its linen industry have become more influential. For CLOTH#21 I am offering my ‘Ceres’ collection of bags and aprons in Fife linen, with printed designs derived from images of flax fields, the weaving process and the archaeological evidence of past industry. My original collection of silk scarves and squares will also be available. Sadly, the local weaving of Fife linen has been discontinued, so this will be the last of the ‘Ceres’ collection.

My work is driven by my passion for colour and unique print. I create small themed collec-tions of unique clothing and jewellery. Most of my work is screen printed or digitally printed onto natural fibres. The pieces of clothing created are fun, stylish and allow the wearer to stand out from the crowd! The designs are often inspired by my travels in Asia where I have had the privilege to learn Batik from local artists. There are always new additions to the col-lections throughout the year. It would give me great pleasure to show you my latest pieces

Bedding and sleepwear for sartorial extroverts. Designed in Glasgow, manufactured in Portugal. Organic ∆ Ethical ∆ Fabulous!

Celebrating colour, culture and diversity is the Taisir Gibreel brand philosophy. The collections are tailored to all aspects of everyday life, bringing the unique and striking to the individual. Taisir’s sense of colour and pattern and her fearless approach to design lead to highly distinctive and elaborate combinations of colour and print; creating bold and abstract designs. Taisir’s collections are based on original hand drawings of rural and urban Scottish landscapes. Taisir Gibreel creates beautiful pure silk, and wool, scarves of bewitching and bold abstract design and intense colour; stunning, luxurious silk shift dresses kaftans and tops.

Clarabella Christie is a Fife based awarded design studio specialising in luxury colourful design-led homewares and accessories. Established in 2007 the brand is an ever growing collection of playful printed pieces which draws inspiration from the studio’s surrounding architecture. In the summer of 2021 Claire launched her first ever clothing line Claire launched her first ever clothing line, this handmade small collection of Made-to-Order garments focus’s on craftmanship, sustainability and simple versatile silhouettes.

Ailish classifies herself as a research-based practitioner within the arts. She serves as editor-in-chief for Mr X Stitch. She has had two large solo exhibitions and has written for a number of publications, including Selvedge and Embroidery. She is represented by Handmade in Britain, Craft Design House and CRAFT, having developed her own luxury print design label; producing wearable items and those suited for interiors. It is important to her that each product is made using small producers. Her focus lies in telling a visual tale, allowing the purchaser to carry on the narrative.

I’m a printed textile designer who specialises in the traditional method of screen print to create a range of contemporary prints for a range of products. Intrigued by the shapes and patterns that surround us in the everyday, I draw my inspiration from these to create graphic and abstract surface pattern prints. I enjoy experimenting with a whole variety of colour combinations, from sophisticated and subtle palettes, to bold and bright. Each one of my products is unique as they are all hand made from start to finish and no two prints are ever exactly the same.

Ursula Bevan Hunter has an MA in Illustration from the University of Edinburgh. Specialising in hand block printing, she produces pattern design for papers and textiles. Inspired by nature, she focusses on native species, that are beginning to disappear from our landscape. For Cloth#21 Ursula produced a new print inspired by the flower and seed of the Flax plant. After weaving Linen for hundreds of years, the closure of last mill in Kirkcaldy compounded the sense of loss of this once vital industry. Ursula is interested in working on commissions for private / public spaces, healthcare, hospitality and published books.

Hungarian-born designer Zita Katona founded interior textile design business Zitozza in 2020 by after a decade-long career zig-zagging between graphic and textile design. During the pandemic lockdown, she decided to unite the two skillsets in the form of surface pattern designs for interiors - the result is a modular block printing system of with combinable, uniform printing blocks organised in two collections with an immense variety of designs on the coarse natural jute fabric. The elements combine Zita's Eastern European heritage of modernist, or brutalist architecture and the influence of Scotland’s textile industry with more traditional, botanical motifs. 

Inga is a Printed Textile Designer based in North Queensferry, Fife. Using a Vintage colour palette, her design inspiration comes from pattern, colour, texture, nature, and the Arts & Crafts movement. She carves her unique designs from Lino blocks and then, using Eco-Friendly water-based inks, prints onto Scottish Linen fabric woven locally in Fife, which she then creates into her range of sustainable Homewares and Accessories. Inga is passionate about doing what she can to help protect the Environment. Her creative process aims to be sustainable, minimising wastage, and she uses recycled and recyclable plastic free packaging.

My textile prints are often inspired by walks in nature, patterns in the urban environment around me and Japanese textiles. My first love is hand screen printing onto natural cloth but I also design digitally for large scale projects, delicate silks and licencing artworks. I work with photographic and hand drawn imagery, layering the motifs and patterns using opaque and transparent inks in vibrant colour palettes. My distinctive patterns work beautifully across a wide range of homeware products including cushions and lampshades and fashion accessories including scarves and tote bags. Remnant cloth is repurposed as wearable art brooch badges.

Helen Chatterton Textiles makes beautiful handcrafted textiles all made in the UK. Harris Tweed collection includes Harris tweed/Velvet/Liberty scarves and smaller items, prices ranging from £8-£80. Running concurrently is Helen’s City on Cloth collection of luxurious silk map scarves, designed by Helen and made in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Also made from the left over fabric from the scarves are lavender bags and notebooks covered in the silk. Cities include four different Edinburgh maps, London, Oxford, Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Liverpool, Madrid and many more.