Contents:
INDULGE textiles to buy, collect or simply admire
- Wait a cotton-pickin' minute... Miscellaneous facts and anecdotes about cotton. Illustrated by Ann Carrington's demin quilt, Blue Jeans USA
- Route 41 road trip essentials You can only fit a little case (56 x 45 x 25cm) in your overhead locker so being selective when you pack has never been more important!
- How to make a vintage style swimsuit A free downloadable pattern from BurdaStyle - the online community for people who sew
- COVER STORY Stamp collector Adrian Wilson reveals his rare collection of textile trademarks salvaged from cloth merchants offices in Manchester
- COVER STORY Guiding Hand Vintage swimwear Retro bathing suits have never been more fashionable or collectable Julie Harris a dealer in vintage sportswear shows three from her collection.
- Childlike Wovenplay designer Katherine Edmonds weaves together imagination and skill in her New York studio. Photographer Rinne Allen arranged a play date to view her children's clothing line that includes costumes and imaginative play clothes
INDUSTRY from craft to commerce
- Global threads How Coats and Clark conquered the world. Regular Selvedge contributor Sarah Jane Downing traces the evolution of America's number one name in sewing and needlecraft products from family business to corporate giant
- Home office The Brahms Mount way to achieve a work/life balance. Stylish sisters Lucy and Rinne Allen visit a couple in Hallowell, Maine who can't avoid taking their work home with them
- 66 Main Street USA The best stores Stateside. Selvedge offers a wish list of shops we'd love to visit when we next cross the Atlantic, illustrated by Emily Sutton
ANECDOTE textiles that touch our lives
- COVER STORY The Lancashire Cotton Famine The impact of the American Civil War, 1861-1865, on British Industry. We explore a moving but little known part of British textile history
- The Basket Weavers Try some fried chicken, pork chops or shrimp. Charleston based artist Oscar Vick illustrates some southern delicacies
- Fly home Laura Hamilton's new company Bird in the Hand has revived the bold, bright fabrics of Textiles of Jamaica and given them new life.
- Curator's Choice Lee Talbot, Curator of Eastern Hemisphere Collections at the Textile Museum in Washington DC, selects an embroidered chair cover from 18th-century China.
- Twisted love Marlinespike Chandlery. Rinne Allen introduces us to Timothy Whitten, a craftsman keeping ropework techniques and traditions alive
- Bent into shape American baskets can hold their own. We look at the history of four classic baskets from the four corners of the states
ATTIRE critical reporting of fashion trends
- COVER STORY Golden girl San Francisco based fashion designer Erica Tanov is living the dream. Photographed by Erica Shires
- COVER STORY Life's rich tapestry Join Magnolia Pearl's caravan of love. Beth Smith is seduced by the Texan charm of this romantic fashion and interior company
COHABIT stunning interiors beautifully photographed
- COVER STORY A true original The New Orlean's home of chair caner Mary Cooper. Photographer Tara Sgroi discovered Mary Cooper's home on a fashion shoot for Peruvian Connection.
GLOBAL travel destinations and ethnographic textiles
- COVER STORY Cotton on... A history of this world-changing fibre, from field to factory. An edited extract from The History of Cotton by the South Carolina Cotton Museum with images from the Cliff Smith postcard collection
INFORM the latest news, reviews and exhibition listings
- bias/contributors A letter from the editor-in-chief and comments from contributors
- news essential textile news: Made by Tender Co, Merci, Khadi & Co, Men of Cloth, Warp and Weft, Betsy Ross, stamps, maps and European patchwork
- international listings Exhibitions, fairs and events
- read High Style Fashion from the Brooklyn Museum, Exquisite Fabrics: Chinese Weaving and Embroidery Patterns
- view American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity, Art by the Yard: Women Design in Mid-Century Britain, Jerwood Contemporary makers
- preview Museumakers: Unlocking the creative potential of museum collections - Eleanor Pritchard, Susie MacMurray and Timorous Beasties
- resources Websites and reading lists for those who want to know more about the Independence Issue
- coming next The Legacy Issue: Looking back or leaping forward
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