Inga Lukauskiene, the founder of LinenMe, has been following industry trends and developments for the last 17 years, and one of the best ways of keeping your designs up-to-date is participating in trade fairs and shows. Heimtextil is one of them, and this year it will be the 7th time Inga is taking part as [...]
Heimtextil 2009: The Return of All Things Hand Made
January 4th, 2009 No Comments
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The owner of LinenMe becomes a certified interior decorator
December 2nd, 2008 1 Comment
A snapshot of Inga’s final assignment
This November ended on a lovely note - Inga Lukauskiene, the owner of LinenMe and the main creative designer of most linen products, was awarded a Certificate in Interior Decoration at world renowned KLC School of Design.
The school provides professional training in interior decoration and is highly respected among the [...]
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Planning your Christmas dinner? Start with linen napkins
November 17th, 2008 No Comments
For the first time, LinenMe took part in a traditional Christmas Fair - the Spirit of Christmas - held at Kensington Olympia in the beginning of November. It is wonderful to realise that linen as a fabric is still enjoying immense popularity, and handmade goods are appreciated as never before!
We had a corner stand with [...]
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What is a huckaback towel?
October 27th, 2008 3 Comments
A huckback weaving pattern, also known as huggabag, huck-a-back, huckabag or simply huck, is an old weave that is still used nowadays for towels. The name ‘huckaback’ may have been adapted from ‘hucksters’, known from around 1200. Hucksters were pedlars and used to sell linens in markets, after carrying goods on their backs.
According to Patricia [...]
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Explore the Spirit of Christmas with LinenMe
October 23rd, 2008 No Comments
It’s that time of the year when Christmas shopping lists are compiled and the hunt for beautiful gifts begins. We at LinenMe would like to suggest a few Christmas gift ideas too, so we decided to take part in this year’s Spirit of Christmas Fair at Kensington Olympia, London (5-9 November, 2008).
Spirit of Christmas Fair [...]
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LinenMe Exhibits Textiles at Crafts Show
October 22nd, 2008 No Comments
One of the best ways to explore the beauty of textile products is to attend (and participate in!) trade shows, exhibitions and other industry-specific events. The most recent show that LinenMe took part in was The Stitch & Creative Crafts Show in Esher, Surrey (19-21 September). The event is designed to cater for all the [...]
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Launching LinenMe News
October 5th, 2008 No Comments
We at LinenMe are very pleased to present this new section of our online linen shop, called LinenMe News. LinenMe is growing from strength to strength, and we thought it would be lovely to develop this resource to be able to share the more detailed information about upcoming LinenMe collections, home design trends and interior [...]