February 2017
While the weather outside is cold and wet and Spring still seems a long way off we have been cultivating our own Papilionaceous floral display. This is our first […]
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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 sole use of electronic textured cuboid building blocks it […]
‘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 Lee. It is a book that somehow has passed […]
December 2016 contd.
Another batch of silk ribbons have been added to the Ribbon Shop including stripes and further colourways of the popular Ross (Poldark) ribbon Save
December 2016
We now have eighteen ribbons available to buy and sample swatches can be ordered for an increasing number of those. Black silk basket weave buttons are also in the […]
November 2016
This month we opened the first department in our on-line ribbon shop. Over the coming weeks we will be adding more ribbon plus buttons, braces and bookmarks. If there […]
October 2016 contd.
Open Exhibition:Water at The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth until October 16. Two silk panels by Robert Ely on show. Very many thanks to The David Alexander Open Art Exhibition […]
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’ ‘The Girl on the Train’ caught my attention as […]
‘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 release at the moment a few of us confessed […]
‘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 keen to re-read and others that we had somehow […]
Austenland
Austenland, 2013 Delighted that our silk ribbons make an appearance in Austenland, a romantic comedy about 30-something, single Jane Hayes. Jane is a seemingly normal young woman with a […]
Poldark Season 2
Ross Poldark is back. Season 2 now showing in the UK! It has new costume designers in Susannah Buxton and Ros Little but also carries much forward from the […]
September 2016
Captain Ross Poldark is back on our screens in Season 2 and we are pleased to see he has kept hold of his best woven in the West Country […]
‘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 none of us had read and we could all […]
‘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 title selected by our newly formed Book Group. A […]
‘Us’ by David Nicolls
It was with trepidation that I sounded out a few friends about the possibility of setting up a Book Group in the village and was rather overwhelmed with the […]
June 2016
June 2016 Complexity 2016: The International Biennial Exhibition of the Complex Weavers organization is on now at the Kavanagh Gallery, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, Saint Charles, Illinois Interludes […]
April 2016
April 2016 Commemorating St George’s Day and the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death this month and with our silk bookmarks. The ‘Henry V’ design is double sided and […]
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Kitty Bennet (Suki Waterhouse) wears pale green Papilionaceous bonnet ribbon in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Photo: Jay Maidment Save In this interpretation of the Jane Austen classic, the […]
Start Point Lighthouse
50° 13′.344 N 003° 38′.539 W Start Point is one of the most exposed peninsulas on the English Coast, running sharply almost a mile into the sea on the […]
Greenways, Dartmouth
Late summer at Greenway: Agatha Christie’s holiday home on the River Dart, seen through the lush green leaves of a mulberry tree. Appears to be Morus nigra and therefore not the favourite food […]
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Flora Greysteel (Lucinda Dryzek) wears pink Papilionaceous silk bonnet ribbon in the 2015 BBC production. A limited quantity of souvenir lengths of this ribbon are now available to own […]
2456 Mole in One
One for Golf lovers! This pair of silk braces is features the text ‘Mole in One’ and is based on an original drawing by Dartmouth based artist, Simon Drew. […]