All these new products (see below) are gradually being added to this website, but they are all included in our new catalogue which should be hitting your doorstep (those of you who are on our mailing list) just about now.

For those of you who aren’t on our list (shame on you) and want to see for yourselves; just go to this page and sign on or download a digital version.

Our very own supermodel is called Martha, one of three labradors, Molly, Daisy and Martha who share our office and our lives. They do feature quite regularly in tregwynt product pictures, but this is the first time one of them has made the cover.

We’re always looking for new ways to use our fabrics so this year we have created a new range of lampshades in our signature doublecloth weave. These are made for us by Innermost and they come flat packed, are easily assembled and make an ideal gift.

price: £39.00

Call us on 01348 891644 or click here to email us.

We’ve had so much interest in our fabrics for upholstery that we’ve developed a new range. This collection includes our signature double cloth designs and specially developed colour and weave tweeds. All cloths are woven by us in 100% Shetland wool or a UK spun wool boucle and are suitable for contract upholstery.

The armchair shown here is in turquoise/brown square design with alternative matching seat cushion in aqua luna fabric. Call 01348 891 644 for fabric samples or more information. The armchairs are also available direct from us. See next news entry for details.

Prices £75/metre 150cm wide.

Call us on 01348 891644 or click here to email us.

Our fabric has been used in a new collection of teardrop shaped bags by the Healthy Back Bag Company. This patented design contours to the natural curve of the spine and can be worn either on the shoulder or cross-body. Weight is distributed throughout the length of the bag rather than at one point on your shoulder, reducing pressure on neck, shoulders and back, and encouraging healthy posture.

There are clever pockets for mobile, blackberry, pens, keys, documents, cosmetics etc. There is one size of bag in a choice of five fabrics (see below).

All the fabrics are 100% lambswool with full grain leather trim; naturally weather resistant and treated with Teflon for extra durability. You can download a PDF flyer (5MB) with full information here.

The bags will retail at £95 and will be available from September both from UK and Japanese retailers, and by mail order. This will be a limited collection and if you’d like one we recommend that you book early. 

Call us on 01348 891644 or click here to email us.

ITV1 is showing a documentary tomorrow (Friday 18th July) at 8.00pm. about the making of the Waitrose picnic blanket.

They filmed the blanket being woven here at Melin Tregwynt but they also visited Schofields, our finishers in Scotland and then went to South Africa to show the finished cloth being sewn together and filmed. I’ve seen clips taken from the documentary and it looks fascinating, particularly the actual filming.

Unfortunately we never got to go to South Africa ourselves, but it will be great to see how they put it all together. Just weaving it was difficult enough, but to actually sew all the strips together, put a backing on it and then carry it up a hill and roll it down again (again and again) during filming was truly heroic. It took 40 strong men to actually lift it.

The advert was only planned to run for four weeks so if you missed it take a look here. If you want to win a smaller version Waitrose are running a competition with 30 picnic blankets to be won (see below) and click here.