Posts tagged ‘u.k.’

Pretty Printed Linens

Dots and stripes linen bundle at Seamstar UK. (via Donna Flower‘s Pinterest)

{ Boqueria in Granite } This is the Barcelona collection by Designers Guild. It’s printed on 53% wide, heavyweight 100% cotton. Each print is available in several colorways. See the site to get a better idea of the large scale. Available worldwide to the trade only (it looks like the London stores are retail, but [...]

Native Heath by Old Town for St. Jude’s

Last time I posted about St. Jude’s new fabrics I neglected to point to Native Heath by Old Town … because it’s my favorite and I thought I already had posted about it! Old Town is a slow clothing manufacturer — they produce approx. 50 garments per week (in classic and functional silhouettes for men [...]

Two New Fabrics From St. Jude’s

Painswick by Ed Kluz, available in two colorways. Nature Table (curtain) by Angie Lewin, available in four colorways. Both of these new fabrics are from St. Jude’s, and both are screenprinted in the UK onto a heavyweight linen union. { images from St. Jude’s }

Gabriela Larios: Cuentos from my Childhood

Gabriela Larios is a London-based designer/illustrator based in London, UK. She has designed a charming collection called Cuentos (Stories) from my Childhood, available on Spoonflower. The collection was inspired by her native El Salvador, and the main print was inspired by a book called Cuentos de Cipotes by Salvadoran artists Maya and her father Salarrué. She [...]

Laura Slater Textiles

UK designer Laura Slater screenprints her line of textiles by hand in her Wakefield, West Yorkshire studio. From her About page: Designs evolve through an interplay of colour and pattern with architectural and organic elements. Hand drawn design concepts involving line, mark and texture are developed directly onto cloth in parallel to the hand finished [...]

Scratch by Lu Summers

U.K. designer Lu Summers (Summersville) has added a new hand-screenprinted fabric to her collection, called Scratch. The design was “created from a mark making exercise in pen and ink.” It comes in four colorways currently, printed on a natural cotton and is sold by the piece (9.5 x 14″/25 x 36 cm).

Vanessa Arbuthnott

{ Nature Study } Vanessa Arbuthnott is a U.K. designer who offers fabrics, wallpapers, and home furnishings through her website and also through designer showrooms internationally. The simple, beautiful designs and soft colors sit right on the cusp between traditional cottage-style and modern. Fabrics are printed on a medium weight linen union (60% linen, 40% [...]

Herring Moon by Jonathan Gibbs

This is probably one of the best masculine fabric print I’ve ever seen, from one of my favorite hand-screenprinted, artisan fabric purveyors St. Jude’s. It’s called Herring Moon and it’s by artist Jonathan Gibbs, and it’s available in three colorways on 100% heavyweight cotton, as meterage or as pre-made cushion covers.

Herring Moon by Jonathan Gibbs

Probably the best masculine fabric print I’ve ever seen, from one of my favorite hand-screenprinted, artisan fabric purveyors St. Jude’s. It’s called Herring Moon and it’s by artist Jonathan Gibbs. It is available in three colorways on 100% heavyweight cotton, as meterage or as pre-made cushion covers.

Alice Apple: New Fabrics

Just two of the many new Spoonflower-printed fabrics from Alice Apple. I just love her! ( images from Alice Apple’s blog )

Loops by Lu Summers

Lu Summers (Summersville) has added a new hand-screenprinted fabric to her arsenal, called Loops. It’s a natural oatmeal-colored cotton with natural slubs and flecks of cotton seed. She says it’s an experiment in larger-scale designs for her. It comes in four colorways, and is sold by the 10″x14″ piece.

New Prints From Sarah Waterhouse

{ Bows } Sarah Waterhouse has some new prints and new colorways of older prints. She screenprints these designs by hand with waterbed inks on environmentally friendly fabrics like hemp and organic cotton, and offers them by the piece through both Folksy (U.K.) and Etsy. { Pods } { Knitting } { Bird Brolly }

Corita Rose

{ amor blue } Corita Rose, based in Dorset, England, makes gorgeous printed cotton velvets. They have several prints available by the meter, and also print fabrics for furniture, curtains, and cushions. { gypsy leaf } { white birds }

Sanderson Fifties Collection

{ Mobiles } Because I haven’t been sufficiently jealous of UK people in the last few days, along comes Sanderson and their new Fifties collection, which includes archival prints as well as 1950s-inspired prints by contemporary designers. Check out the interior shots on their website to get a much better idea of the scale and [...]