 Morris 's patterns for woven textiles , some of which were also machine made under ordinary commercial conditions , included intricate double @-@ woven furnishing fabrics in which two sets of warps and wefts are interlinked to create complex gradations of colour and texture . Morris long dreamed of weaving tapestries in the medieval manner , which he called " the noblest of the weaving arts . " In September 1879 he finished his first solo effort , a small piece called " Cabbage and Vine " . 
