200th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s death
‘I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!’ – Jane Austen. As creators of bookmarks and passionate readers […]
July 2017 – 55mm wide ribbon
After some re-threading and a not inconsiderable amount of tweaking and adjusting this month we have stripes weaving at 55mm! […]
‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ by Arundhati Roy
Although 20 years ago, I clearly remember discovering Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’ whilst browsing in Waterstones in […]
Burgh Island Hotel
Burgh Island is a small, tidal island off the coast of South Devon, only 20 miles from Dartmouth where Papilionaceous is […]
‘Evil Under the Sun’ by Agatha Christie
A visit to the Burgh Island Hotel would not be complete without a volume of an Agatha Christie novel in […]
April 2017 – Totnes pop-up shop
New Hands Totnes Pop-up shop We are very pleased that Papilionaceous is featured in the New Hands Pop-up shop hosted […]
‘Three Daughters of Eve’ by Elif Shafak
Before I even opened ‘Three Daughters of Eve’ I was struck by what an aesthetically beautiful book it was. The […]
March 2017 – Silk Boutonnière
Silk Boutonnière Spring is on the way and our Silk Boutonniere are starting to bloom! New this month in the […]
February 2017
While the weather outside is cold and wet and Spring still seems a long way off we have been cultivating […]
Libertador (The Liberator)
Maria Teresa Bolivar (María Valverde) in Libertador (The Liberator) 2013. Costume Design by Sonia Grande Silk ribbon: Papilionaceous
January 2017
With the New Year in and Epiphany passed may we wish you a colourful, ribbon bedecked 2017!
‘The Elementia Chronicles’ by Sean Fay Wolfe
It seems that all things Minecraft are taking over my house. With its Creative and Survival worlds created with the […]
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee
2016 marked the 50th anniversary of this classic American novel, as well as sadly, the death of its author, Harper […]
December 2016 contd.
Another batch of silk ribbons have been added to the Ribbon Shop including stripes and further colourways of the popular […]
December 2016
We now have eighteen ribbons available to buy and sample swatches can be ordered for an increasing number of those. […]
Favourite things
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Red ribbon
December 1st
November 2016
This month we opened the first department in our on-line ribbon shop. Over the coming weeks we will be adding […]
Winter, Slapton Sands
Stopping off at the beach on the way to work on a November morning.
Acorn quartet
Acorn silk ribbon. Autumn weaving at Papilionaceous, Devon
October 2016 contd.
Open Exhibition:Water at The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth until October 16. Two silk panels by Robert Ely on show. Very […]
October 2016
Happy 20th anniversary Papilionaceous! On the 28th October 1996 Papilionaceous shipped its first delivery of jacquard woven silk ribbon.
‘The Girl on the Train’ by Paula Hawkins
A few days away in a beach chalet on the north Cornish coast called for a ‘holiday read’. Paula Hawkins’ […]
‘Swallows and Amazons’ by Arthur Ransome
The second choice in our children’s fiction category was the classic ‘Swallows and Amazons’. With a major feature film on […]
‘The Little Prince’ by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Our next category was children’s fiction and we were spoilt for choice with many wonderful suggestions for classics we were […]
Austenland
Austenland, 2013 Delighted that our silk ribbons make an appearance in Austenland, a romantic comedy about 30-something, single Jane Hayes. […]
Poldark Season 2
Ross Poldark is back. Season 2 now showing in the UK! It has new costume designers in Susannah Buxton and […]
September 2016
Captain Ross Poldark is back on our screens in Season 2 and we are pleased to see he has kept […]
‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ by Betty Smith
The category for our third Book Group read was historical fiction and, surprisingly, we struggled to find a title that […]
‘Across Many Mountains’ by Yangzom Brauen
I was excited to receive my copy of ‘Across Many Mountains’ in the post this weekend which is the second […]
‘Us’ by David Nicolls
It was with trepidation that I sounded out a few friends about the possibility of setting up a Book Group […]
July 2016
July 2016 A busy month of production with many braces designs back in stock: