About Katie Larmour Linen

Katie Larmour, designer and founder: Irish linen has always been around me, from my childhood in Ireland right through to the present day, from unknowingly sitting on an old spinning stool as a child in my grandmother’s house to eating off her intricately patterned damask tablecloth.Growing up I could see a host of huge linen mills and factory chimneys across the city skyline. Today our studio is based in Belfast and we ship our luxury Irish Linen all over the world. Made from the flax plant, Irish Linen is also an eco-friendly, sustainable alternative to fabrics that use fertilisers and pesticides, it needs little water and the whole plant is used making it a waste free crop - basically grown as a weed it is transformed into utterly beautiful premium cloth. These unique festive ornaments and souvenirs are made in a mixture of countries, and that’s what makes them unique. As our brand has grown we have outsourced some of our making. For clarification these little beauties are a combination of the following: Irish fabric (a mixture of recycled off cuts from our cushion making, local mill deadstock, vintage finds and repurposed antique tablecloths and napkins found in local auction houses), some organic batches, designed in Northern Ireland by artist Katie Larmour (original and copyrighted), hand embroidered in India using a traditional zari technique by a small team of selected artisan makers who we work closely with, then finished and packaged in Ireland. Ethically made. Read their story