New Product Developments
We have recently been working on some new products for launch in 2014, including heavy weight wool and linen fabrics for curtain wear and possible upholstery. This is a completely new innovation for MYB, and we are excited to showcase these new fabrics at the Proposte and Index exhibitions over the course of this month.
Above is a sneak peek of some of our new patterns in the brushed wool option.
Tartan week begins in NYC at the end of next week!!
Although we will not be attending this year, we have our fabric on the catwalk at the From Scotland With Love show with designers Judy R Clark and Mhairi McDonald. Good luck to everyone organising and participating in the show, we are sure it will be a great year!
Lots of other events in the tartan Week calender so if you are in New York, make sure to have a look: http://www.tartanweek.com/
There are employment opportunities for Architects and Urban Planners living in Glasgow through the Glasgow Commonwealth Initiative. Follow this link to register and submit an application. I have it on good authority that they have had no applications as yet and are desperate for people to fit these categories. Not often you hear that these days!
Sounds like a great opportunity with potential full time work. Good Luck!
MYB Textiles are based in Ayrshire are produce Scottish lace on machines that are over 90-years old.
This wee promo video is great; it’s shot almost like a music video.
This week, MYB’s fabrics are appearing in BBC2’s new drama Dancing On The Edge. Our Florence panels are used in the ballroom as shown above. Read the full article about the series here.
We have had some great press coverage this week, thanks to our madras fabric being used in the set of the new Lincoln film. We have been featured in the Sunday Herald, Daily Record and the Daily Mail. Also amazing to hear that Lincoln is nominated for an @TheAcademy Oscar for production design! Congratulations to them. Thank you to all those who mentioned us: @newsundayherald @Daily_Record @Centrepress @DMAILnews
(Source: mybtextiles.com)
Happy Burns Day from all of us here at MYB.
We thought this poem was quite appropriate! Enjoy…
To The Weavers Gin Ye Go - Robert Burns
My heart was ance as blithe and free
As simmer days were lang;
But a bonie, westlin weaver lad
Has gart me change my sang.
Chorus.-To the weaver’s gin ye go, fair maids,
To the weaver’s gin ye go;
I rede you right, gang ne’er at night,
To the weaver’s gin ye go.
My mither sent me to the town,
To warp a plaiden wab;
But the weary, weary warpin o’t
Has gart me sigh and sab.
To the weaver’s, &c.
A bonie, westlin weaver lad
Sat working at his loom;
He took my heart as wi’ a net,
In every knot and thrum.
To the weaver’s, &c.
I sat beside my warpin-wheel,
And aye I ca’d it roun’;
But every shot and evey knock,
My heart it gae a stoun.
To the weaver’s, &c.
The moon was sinking in the west,
Wi’ visage pale and wan,
As my bonie, westlin weaver lad
Convoy’d me thro’ the glen.
To the weaver’s, &c.
But what was said, or what was done,
Shame fa’ me gin I tell;
But Oh! I fear the kintra soon
Will ken as weel’s myself!
To the weaver’s, &c.
(Source: irvinevalleyonline.com)
Our friends at Johnstons of Elgin made an appearance on this great episode of Great British Train Journeys!! Showed amazing original documents of yarn purchases and sales trips from their archive! http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01q9yg0/
@Johnstons_Elgin #greatbritishtrainjourneys @bbc2_iplayer
MYB Textiles on screen!
Our fabrics are part of the set in the upcoming Lincoln film, released in the UK on Friday.
As most of our fabrics are from original archive drawings, we are able to supply fabrics to many film and television sets requiring designs which are historically accurate.
MYB Weaving Shed
This is a short film clip taken in the MYB weave shed to show the looms as they work and the great noise that they make!
(Source: vimeo.com)
Edinburgh based designer Judy R Clark has produced a stunning womenswear collection using MYB lace and madras fabrics.
Judy is passionate about using fabrics produced in Scotland and our lace and madras work well with the couture aesthetic of her collections:
“As soon as I visited the mill and saw the fabric, I wanted to translate it into my womenswear designs: my historic influences combined with a modern silhouette could now be brought to life using lace woven only a few hours from my studio.
The opaque nature of the fabrics, the draping qualities and unique delicate patterns gives the lace a natural feminine feel which encapsulates a timeless beauty.”
Photographs by Vincent Lamb. Shot on location at Glenarch House.
(Source: judyrclark.com)
MYB will be exhibiting at the Scottish Interiors Showcase at the end of February. We are in good company with lots of luxury Scottish and UK Interiors brands such as The Isle Mill, Voyage and Moon exhibiting alongside us.
We would like to invite all of our UK customers to join us at the event or in fact any of our customers who may be nearby on the dates.
It will be held on the 19th and 20th of February at the Doubletree Hilton, Dunblane.
You can sign up for the event here or email us directly on sales@mybtextiles.com
Only a few more days to order from our website in time for Christmas!!
Have a look at our festive tablecovers, perfect for dressing your table on Christmas Day!!
Have a Merry Christmas from all of us at MYB!
Fantastic short film about what makes Glasgow the city it is.
MYB Textiles are producers of beautifully crafted lace and madras fabrics for the luxury interiors market. Visit our website here.
