Fabric london

A new book celebrates seat fabric patterns that liven up London’s public transport.

As part of the Celebrating Britain’s Transport Textile project, London Transport Museum curator Georgia Morley has researched the hard-wearing and distinctively patterned fabrics that have covered Britain’s transport seating since the 1920s

As part of the Celebrating Britain’s Transport Textile project, London Transport Museum curator Georgia Morley has researched the hard-wearing and distinctively patterned fabrics that have covered Britain’s transport seating since the 1920s

A new book celebrates seat fabric patterns that liven up London’s public transport.

A highly individual woven textile design studio, established by Harriet Wallace-Jones and Emma Sewell, after graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1990.

Fun and games in London!

"Chevron" designed by Enid Marx, 1945. Used on tube stock after the Second World War. Copyright John Holdsworth and Company/Transport for London. Please do not reproduce.

A new book celebrates seat fabric patterns that liven up London’s public transport.

These may be copyright of either the fabric manufacturer and/or Transport for London. Please do not reproduce them. I had these samples from when I was working on a project. This is a 1990s pattern.

While my husband was in a work conference, i explore the fabric and pattern stores of the London sewing community.