Passementerie

Auteur

Jessica Light's colourful trims and tassels have adorned the worlds of fashion and interiors, from fringing the balcony drape at Buckingham Palace to macramé belts for Vivienne Westwood. Jessica creates bold, contemporary and design-led passementerie from her East London workshop.

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Gives practical advice on design, yarns and materials, equipment and weaving notation Explains woven techniques - how to warp up, set up and weave all the primary trim and braid structures from simple grosgrains and cut fringes to more elaborate and complicated fan edges and gimp braids Includes instructions on how to use lays, i.e. creating pattern in trim headers Covers off-the-loom passementerie skills, including tassels, tiebacks, cord spinning and decorative embellishments (such as fly tassels and pom-poms)