▁the ▁craft s man . ▁He ▁p ounded ▁it ▁with ▁a ▁mal let ▁to ▁impress ▁the ▁colour , ▁then ▁he ▁lifted ▁the ▁block ▁ ▁carefully , ▁moved ▁the ▁fabric , ▁re - ink ed ▁the ▁block , ▁and ▁printed ▁the ▁next ▁section ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁colour . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁first ▁colour ▁was ▁finished , ▁the ▁finished ▁fabric ▁was ▁set ▁aside ▁to ▁dry . ▁ ▁If ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁colour ▁was ▁used , ▁once ▁the ▁fabric ▁was ▁dry , ▁a ▁block ▁with ▁the ▁next ▁colour ▁would ▁be ▁in ked ▁and ▁carefully ▁im pressed ▁over ▁the ▁image ▁left ▁by ▁the ▁first . ▁▁ ▁The ▁same ▁process ▁and ▁the ▁same ▁blocks ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁making ▁both ▁fab rics ▁and ▁wall paper . ▁ ▁Since ▁fifteen ▁or ▁more ▁colours ▁might ▁be ▁used , ▁It ▁was ▁an ▁extremely ▁labor ious ▁and ▁long ▁ ▁process , ▁sometimes ▁last ing ▁several ▁weeks , ▁and ▁the ▁cost ▁was ▁higher ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁mechanical ▁printing ▁methods . ▁ ▁T apest ries ▁Morris ▁wrote ▁that ▁making ▁t apest ries ▁was ▁' the ▁no bl est ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁we aving ▁arts ', ▁and ▁most ▁suitable ▁for ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁rev iving ▁medieval ▁arts ▁and ▁craft s . ▁He ▁set ▁up ▁his ▁first ▁t apest ry ▁lo om ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁and ▁made ▁completed ▁his ▁first ▁t apest ry , ▁was ▁' A can th us ▁and ▁V ine ' ▁in ▁( 1 8 7 9 ). ▁ ▁He ▁w ove ▁the ▁t apest ry ▁himself , ▁often