Unfolding Cloth

Inspiration from Historical Textiles

Hannah Lamb

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Batsford
11 September 2025

Textile artworks; Fashion & textiles: design; Textile & fibre technology; Quiltmaking, patchwork & applique

A guide to finding, researching and using historical textiles in your stitched work, to bring layers of meaning and a rich sense of emotional connection through place and time.

Renowned textile artist and tutor Hannah Lamb frequently uses and is inspired by old fabrics in her work, from age-worn cotton and linen sheets to delicate lace collars, vintage patchwork to snippets of colourful printed silk. In this book she explores many creative ways to incorporate historical textiles into your own work, from first conception and initial research to the finished piece. Chapters cover:

Unfolding: how to track down historical textiles in shops, markets, antiques fairs, museum collections and online, or in your own family scrap bag, and how to conduct thorough and meaningful research into them.

Connecting: how to design and plan your work with historical textiles, starting with mood boards and sketchbooks and progressing to practical creative experimentation, including old-fashioned techniques such as the 'prick and pounce' method of pattern transfer, popular in Tudor times.

Making: the practicalities of using old and fragile materials in your work, and how to combine them with newer fabrics to make cohesive and beautiful pieces that tell powerful stories. This chapter also explores alternative ideas, such as digital printing, that allow you to import the fabric's essence but leave the original piece intact.

Gathering: this chapter considers examples of contemporary artworks that respond to textile heritage and place, and studies how we tell histories and whose perspective we tell them from.

This thoughtful, imaginative book is illustrated with inspirational examples of the author's own work and that of other textile artists from around the world, and provides a valuable introduction to working with historical textiles to enhance your own pieces of textile art.

By: Hannah Lamb
Imprint: Batsford
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781849949439
ISBN 10: 1849949433
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 11 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction An A to Z of Cloth and Clothing Chapter 1: Unfolding Chapter 2: Connecting Chapter 3: Making Chapter 4: Gathering Conclusion

Hannah Lamb is an textile artist, maker and lecturer and member of the 62 Group. She is also their press and publicity officer. As well as exhibiting worldwide, she is also Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface Design at Bradford School of Art. She also teaches in Australia. She is well connected and well hooked up in social media and the web. She has 10,000 followers on all social media and her blog has 5000 views per month.

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Unfolding Cloth

Inspiration from Historical Textiles

Hannah Lamb

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