Makepiece Sample Sale at Heart Gallery

Sample Sale at Heart Gallery

Before Heart Gallery officially launches the fabulous Spring/Summer knitwear collection from Makepiece we are holding a Sample Sale.

Woven dress

Designed for Makepiece and made in Wigan, these are mainly samples and lines Makepiece have now discontinued.  They’re great quality and use some amazing fabric finds so they are absolute bargains and not to be missed.

Woven shirt

Fabrics Makepiece use for their woven collection are:

Mallelieu’s of Delph woven fabric, made near Holmfirth,  which is a wool herringbone – a fab blend of wool, linen and silk suitable for summer.

Wool crepe dyed and finished in Keighley.

Eco-friendly cotton alternatives like hemp and tencel.

Woven trousers

Makepiece then trim their woven pieces with vintage fabric bias bindings, vintage buttons and natural wooden and shed antler buttons.

Herringbone tweed woven skirt

Make sure you get down to Heart Gallery early on Monday 25th April as prices are starting at only £10 so these garments will not hang around for long!

Makepiece – truth and beauty

After much anticipation the new Spring/Summer range from Makepiece has now arrived in Heart Gallery, and boy was it worth the wait! Beautiful clothes with ethics. For hundreds of years, farmer makers in our Pennine valley have produced wool, spun it and created fabric pieces. Makepiece has taken their legacy and created a collection of clothes for the future. Natural yarns from sustainable farming. Undyed and natural dyed options. Low impact manufacture. Fair employment. Working to be carbon neutral. 

The story of the yarns Makepiece use starts with sheep. Our landscape is shaped by centuries of ovine grazing, from bleak Lakeland peaks to the beaches of northerly Hebridean islands to lush southern pastures. Makepiece use the cream of fibre produced in the UK through their association with Prestige Fibres. Their wool is accredited by the British Wool Marketing Board.

Spinning is traditional to West Yorkshire. The best wool is collected and cleaned to remove grease, combed into tops which are then spun. Most of their yarns are spun locally, by specialist mills in Bradford and Halifax, within 20 miles of the Makepiece studio. These yarns are highly unusual and very special, the produce of years of experience and expertise.

Makepiece love colour, but colouring processes can be unkind to the environment and to the yarn. Makepiece choose their palette from undyed yarn – some of it from sheep with naturally black, brown or grey fleece, organic dyestuffs, natural dye and environmentally monitored chlorine free synthetic dye processes.

Makepiece’s collections are designed in the Makepiece studio by Nicola. Garments are knitted by specialist knitters and by a small traditional lace knitting factory. Some garments are felted after knitting to create a textured knitted fabric. All Makepiece clothes are hand finished. Makepiece make all their pieces in the UK.