Summer Fabrics and Colours
Looking on the brighter side of life, there are plenty of glorious warm summer days ahead, giving us the opportunity to spend time outdoors, immersed in nature and plenty of fresh air.
I thought I would celebrate this glorious English season by gathering together some of my most summery and airy fabrics.
The impact of colour on our moods has long been known and is really useful knowledge to bear in mind when choosing fabrics for a room.
Yellow is the colour of flowers, sunshine, lemons, hope and happiness. It represents freshness, positivity, clarity, energy, enlightenment and joy. I have created a wide choice of yellows (designs shown below and in the following order): Buttercup, Hay, Saffron, Ochre, Sand and Straw.
Choose luxury eco friendly upholstery, interiors, cushions and Made to Measure curtains and blinds from all of our designer summer fabric styles.
Left: Fruit Garden / Middle: Fern and Dragonfly / Right: Cow Parsley
Left: Sunflower / Middle: Stripe and Dash / Right: Plain Linen Union
Yellows mix with greys, red, creams, and greens perfectly, illustrated above in these beautiful room sets.
Pink…We often think of pink as peaceful and cheerful. Inside our houses the colour pink represents compassion and love; it relates to understanding and to the giving and receiving of nurturing.
Pink calms and reassures our emotional energies, alleviating feelings of anger, aggression, even resentment, abandonment and neglect…the power of colour is astonishing.
The names for my pinks are (designs shown below and in the following order): Lily Pink, Mallow, Sea Pink, Sweet Pea, Damson, Dusky Pink, and Soft Raspberry
Left: Berries and Leaves / Middle left: Little Fern / Middle right: Four Seasons / Right: Plain Linen Union
Left: In Full Flight / Middle: Up the Garden Path / Right: Sunflower
Get ready for your picnic! Create some colourful cushions for and extra summer feel: By the Sea by Nicholas Arbuthnott
This design is a celebration of the quintessential British seaside and one which I hope will resonate with many of you, reminding you of times spent by the sea and indeed in anticipation of new coastal adventures…
Nicholas writes: “By the Sea was inspired by my early childhood in Solva in Wales and recent visits to Mousehole and St Ives. I delight in coastal towns with their cosy harbours and brightly coloured cottages, nestling behind little pathways that snake between terraces gardens and climb up the hillside.”
If there was ever a fabric to bring the feeling of seaside villages and harbours into your homes, then this is it…
Left: Saffron, Charcoal / Middle: Teal, Charcoal / Right: Scree, Charcoal
In the Garden
If you cannot make it to the seaside this summer, these fabrics will cheer you along in your garden.
Ranging from my embroidered fabric, Malmo, through to Fern and Dragonly, you can easily add a pop of colour with any of my fabrics when hosting an alfreso lunch or evening meal!
Summer Linens
I love both the colour and texture of woven fabrics: I can’t resist the feel of individual spun yarns and the glorious handle of the cloth.
All these striped designs are unusual because the pattern is created by the traditional method of tying and dyeing. Unlike other tie dye patterns, these patterns are being made by tie dying the warp before it is woven.
Warp and weft are the two basic components used in weaving to turn thread or yarn into fabric. The longitudinal (north to south) warp yarns are held stationary in tension on a frame or loom while the transverse (west to east) weft is drawn through and inserted over-and-under the warp.
My Scandinavian Woven fabrics are beautiful, fresh 100% linens and would brighten up any home, seaside picnic or wherever your imagination leads you.
Lapland Stripes: Duck Egg, Cornflower / Cornflower, Terracotta, Damask
Soft Cornflower, Cornflower, Damson, Lily Pink / Smoke,Duck Egg, Hay / Moss, Lichen, Damson, Lily Pink
All of my Woven fabrics from my Scandinavian Collection make every room feel incredibly light and airy. All of them are multi-coloured, making it easy to pick any of the colours up in different areas in your room.
We can make all these cushions and quilts especially for you, just go to the Made to Measure section of my website and get started!
We sell fabrics exclusively designed by Vanessa Arbuthnott, along side small, bespoke collection of Made to Measure items which includes curtains, blinds, sofas, footstools, chairs, headboards, and quilts, all handmade specially for you by master crafts people.
