Flocked Paradiso Lace Panel
A new collaboration between MYB Textiles, Annika from @maison_du_flock and Sara + Sarah @smarttextiledesign from Smart Textile Design.
Our Paradiso Lace Panel reimagines a classic Nottingham lace design with hand-printed flocked bird motifs. This bespoke lace panel combines heritage craftsmanship with contemporary innovation.
The flock is produced from clippings created during our Scottish Madras weaving process, transforming textile waste into a refined decorative feature. This creates a subtle, tactile surface that enhances the detail and depth of the Paradiso design.
Available in grey as shown, with bespoke colour options on request. Suitable for interior applications where craftsmanship and material innovation are key.
Shown in dark grey, with bespoke colour options available. Please contact us for more information on this latest innovation.
#SustainableTextiles #LaceInnovation #MaterialDesign #CircularDesign #Lace #Madras #Scottishtextiles #Innovation #WindowPanel #Madrasclippings #Flocc
What a weekend!
We spent it at @dovecotstudios - here we are Sara & Sarah @smarttextiledesign and Annika @maison_du_flock running a cotton flocking workshop. The flock fibre is made entirely from waste cotton clips, and participants got to work with handmade paper from @paper.foundation — created using the same cotton waste from @mybtextiles1900 Madras manufacture.
From screen-printing imagery inspired by MYB’s lace archive, to designing stencils and hand-painting, everyone left with a unique flocked artwork — all made from lace cotton waste!
#septembertextilelove2025 #stlday13
I’m behind again! The theme is transparency - there are so many things that come to mind for this .. but I had to share a glad back to our work with @janejaneydesigns and Alexander Whiteley Dance Company and @mybtextiles1900 ! Here we were testing how light emitting lace could be opaque and transparent with the play of light within a theatre and performance environment. We were able to conceal and reveal a dancer through the light within and on cloth. #lightemittinglace #opticalfibre #transparency #dance #immersive #stlday13
SOLD OUT - Guided Tour: MYB Textiles Mill, Newmilns, Ayrshire - if you’re interested in another date - please comment here!
Thursday 25th September · 10:30am
Duration: 1.5–2 hours
We have a few remaining places to explore the historic MYB Textiles Mill with guides Margo Graham or Sherry Campbell.
Discover the heritage lace machinery still in operation today, experience the beauty of this incredible industrial building, and get a closer look at materials from our ongoing FLOCC project. The tour also includes time to browse the charming Mill Shop.
Spaces are limited—reserve your place now and be part of this unique glimpse into Scotland’s textile traditions.
MYB Textiles Lace Design Workshop. Thursday 25th September 2025 · 1:30pm
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Join Margo Graham and Sherry Campbell for a relaxed, hands-on workshop exploring the traditions of lace and Madras design.
✨ Learn about the heritage of lace making
✨ Discover the rich MYB Textiles archive
✨ Create your own lace design
A special opportunity to connect with Scotland’s textile heritage and see the fabrics and materials from our recent FLOCC project.
Follow the linktree in the bio for booking.
Address:
MYB Textiles
14 Stoneygate Road
Newmilns KA16 9AL
Getting there:
By car – the address is easy to find using satellite navigation.
By train to Kilmarnock, followed by a short taxi ride to the mill.
If you arrive early, you might like to visit The Humble Table café, just a few minutes’ walk from the mill, for refreshments or lunch before the workshop.
Follow the link tree in the bio for booking 😀
Day 4 – #STL25Day4
Warped. #SeptTextileLove25
This takes me back to 2014–2016, when Sarah and I first worked together on Digital Lace. It all began with a small grant from Plymouth College of Art in 2014.
We wanted to bring together Sarah’s work with optical fibre, light, and weave, with my research into liquid crystal thermochromics and printed textiles. After a visit to the National Museums of Scotland’s lace archive, we set out to create digital lace samplers—works that could be programmed, that changed over time, yet held on to their unfinished and timeless qualities.
Using a weave process, we created warps to align optical fibres at precise widths, then bonded them to screen printed linen. With support from DJCAD @djcad_uod and @hwu.sotd Heriot Watt University School of Textiles and Design we developed samplers lit with bespoke LEDs and knitted heated circuits, enabling programmed shifts in light and colour.
The word warped takes me back to many hours spent making and perfecting the warps and the bonding process!
Day 3 – #STL25Day3
#SeptTextileLove25
Today’s theme is Yellow, which makes me think of light. A perfect way to introduce Sarah Taylor, the other half of Sara + Sarah. In the 90s, Sarah pioneered the integration of polymer optical fibre technology in woven cloth.
Together, we’re inspired by light and shadow play—light as colour, and the transformation of space through illuminated textiles. Light in cloth opens up possibilities to explore time, performance, and dynamic control of colour.
Yellow feels like a joyful colour, full of warmth and summer energy. The images here share glimpses of our latest experiments as collaborators on an @immersivearts_uk Funded Project, working with @fashion_led_research and @corpoveillance to translate algal data into immersive and haptic textile experiences.
Day 1 – #STL25Day1 #SeptTextileLove25 @seam_collective
A little late, but here we go! I’m Sara – a textile design researcher (or at least that’s the best way to describe what I do).
I co-run a small research-led studio, Sara + Sarah @smarttextiledesign with my friend Sarah Taylor. Together we explore the space between creative practice and industry, from leading research projects to collaborating with fashion and textile companies.
I don’t make “beautiful” textiles very often these days, but I love finding ways to bring materials and processes together so they can spark new systems, tell stories, or inspire others to create textiles.
At the moment, we’re working on FLOCC @flocc__ with the brilliant Annika @maison_du_flock in the Netherlands and @mybtextiles1900 in Scotland - transforming MYB’s cotton clips (a byproduct of madras lace production) as electrostatic flock fibres for textiles and surface design.
Day 2 – #STL25Day2
We’re excited to show the FLOCC project at Dutch Design Week 2025 in Eindhoven! It’s shaping up to be a beautiful celebration of creativity, collaboration and new ideas.
We’re excited to share that we have received Creative Scotland Crowdmatch funding… which means all donations for our crowdfunder are matched. We still need your support to share the project! And if you’d like a reward from a lace badge to a bag of cotton flock fibre please follow the link in our bio! @crowdfunderuk@creativescots #worthpartnershipproject #lace #milandesignweek #flockprint #scottishtextiles #creativescotland #crowdfunderuk #sustainabletextiles
Join a flock printing Masterclass with Annika
As part of our recently launched crowdfunding campaign we have an exciting range of rewards to help us in scaling the transformation of waste textile clips into natural electrostatic textile flock fibre — a sustainable and innovative material solution.
We’re offering a Flocking Masterclass with Annika, one half of Maison Du Flock in The Hague. It’s a unique opportunity to learn from a master and work hands-on with our natural flock fibre.
🎟️ Only 1 of the 5 workshop spots remain — don’t miss your chance to be part of this creative and sustainable journey.
Click on the linktree 🌳 in our bio for all the info.
#FLOCC #Crowdfunding #Sustainability #TextileInnovation #CircularDesign #NaturalFibre #MaisonDuFlock
We’ve just launched our crowdfunding campaign for FLOCC — and we’d love your support!
FLOCC is a Scotland–Netherlands collaboration turning MYB Textiles lace waste into natural flock fibre for textiles, paper & beyond.
With early support from the EU WORTH Partnership Project and a showcase at Milan Design Week 2025, we’re now ready to scale up — but we need your help to get there.
🎁 Supporters can enjoy unique rewards:
• A behind-the-scenes MYB Mill tour
• Lace design & cotton flocking workshops
• Your own batch of our natural fibre
… and more!
Follow the linktree in our bio for the crowdfunder!
#worthpartnershipproject #flockprint #lace #sustainabletextiles #heritagetextiles
Thank you for helping bring FLOCC to life!
What a few weeks it’s been! A little snap shot of our week in Milan - showing our Waste to Worth, transforming textile clips for flock project - follow us @flocc__ to find out more! Our lovely team - Annika @studio_yamaki of @maison_du_flock - and @mybtextiles1900 . MYB Textiles will be showcasing our cotton flock fibre and flocked lace samples @propostefair from 6th -8th May, Italy. Image 2 Grey flock, Image 3 Ecru flock, Image 4 Large Jane flocked Nottingham Lace, Image 5 Flocked Lace Shadow, Image 6 Corso Di Como, Image 7 Skyline, Image 8 Skyline, Image 9 Japan concept store, Image 10 Sarah chatting with @zoescope_ , Image 11 With the lovely @anielahoitink , Image 12 - tape Supported & funded by @worth_project
