Hi! Welcome to the website of Lori Davies Textiles, a professional weaver offering only the highest-quality tableware and fibre equipment.

These gorgeous tableware items were designed by Diane Mortensen, a master weaving and world class fiber expert. After working under Diane's tutelage for over three years, I purchased the tableware portion of the business from her, and opened my own studio.

Diane remains a good friend, and is still closely involved in the design and quality control. She endorses each item by allowing me to apply her own label on each product. I can't thank her enough for her on-going help and her friendship.

Like Diane, my goal is produce the best designed and highest quality hand-woven products possible. It begins with a constant search for the best materials I can find.

It continues as I blend as many as fifty shades and textures in each run. These are then wound (or "warped"), onto one of my four looms, making about one hundred and forty placemats and fourteen table runners for each warp.

During the weaving stage, I try to make every throw of the shuttle as perfect and consistent as possible! If it is not, then I undo it, and throw the shuttle again, until it is just the way it should be. This ensures that the edges stay straight, and that the tension is the same from one item to the next, and from one run to the next.

Unique Limited Editions

These are limited production, hand-woven placemats, with matching tea cozies and table runners. While the basic color schemes shown on these pages and in our brochures stay essentially the same, there are only a limited number of items made from each warp that will match exactly. For this reason, it is good to purchase all items from a particular warp, as future runs may vary slightly in shades and hues. These are very much like limited edition art prints.

Easy Care!

All of our products are made primarily from cotton, with some viscose, rayon, linen and silk added in for highlights and texture. All placemats are stitched, fringed, and pre-washed. As a result of the various shrinkage rates in different materials, sizes may vary slightly between color schemes or styles.

With the exception of the Tea Cozies, these items may be machine washed and dried. (one of our customers is a fine-dining restaurant - they have been using the placemats for several years now, washing them on a daily basis!)