Bountiful – Coral

My new collection reflects the nature of such a garden with flowers a-plenty;  sequences of floral beauty sit alongside hand-drawn stripes and dancing geometrics reflecting the colours and rhythms of the year. I’ve drawn here on  gardens I know and love, my current leafy surroundings, and motifs from my own textile design history. As in the garden, ‘Parterre’ moves  from wintery Cheerfulness, sparkling on a sky-blue ground,  to the early spring of  Blossom, in both Midnight and Scarlet colourways, and on into summer’s bounty.  Lola  and  Flowerbed  are both  patterns of the prettiest little floweriness, one on a creamy ground, the other on a soft leafy geen.  Woodland Blooms  nod wistfully in the blue shade,  Bountiful , in rouge, shows a more sophisticated aspect, mysterious in its use of tonality and textures. And  Poppyfield  is just that – all those little dancing globes dotted in a grassy bank. And in this particular gardening story, all are accompanied by the geometry of  Best Friend –  a sequence of diamonds of course – and the merry stripes of Carousel, bringing us round the year.  The  more formal aspect of a parterre garden, the layout  of  the beds and paths perhaps, is reflected in  Brilliant , while Rosa makes an everlasting  journey of pinks and reds, with shadow and light playing at every turn. Happily four of these patterns, Poppyfield, Lola, Best Friend  and Bountiful, will also be offered on a cotton lawn – such a lovely  cloth to sew and wear. That dreamy summer dress can see you through sunny days, with a pieced and quilted jacket  for cooler evenings. – Sarah Campbell