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Tamasyn Gambell has launched a new range of hand printed accessories this winter. The collection is made from silk-screen printed linens and includes large zip pouches and wash bags ideal for travel and toiletries and smaller pouches are all available for looses change, cards, phone etc. Available exclusively from the Tamasyn Gambell shop you can see an array of patterns and colours online here

Saskia Rysenbry is a designer from New Zealand who created a textile collection called 'Memphis' for Australian company Sparkk. Saskia was born in the 1980's and was inspired by the graphic prints of one of the Memphis groups founding members Nathalie Du Pasquier. Saskia works on a variety of creative projects from textiles to web design and branding. You can find her website online here or see

And finally today on our Memphis theme today we have the 80's style work of Ellen Van Dusen. Ellen's other diverse design inspirations include Italian industrial design, mid-century resort architecture, and Scandinavian textiles. From her base in Brooklyn, NY she creates fashion collections and homewares under the studio label Dusen Dusen. Ellen makes all her designs in the USA with hand screen

If you like your patterns busy and jam packed with motifs then you will love these designs from Melli Mello. The saturated prints featured vivid florals, butterflies, jewels and patterns on a variety of products from bed linen to teacups. Melli Mello was founded in the Netherlands in 2012 by Lobna and Erdem Terzi who run the design studio La Terzi. 

Last week we featured the Ikea prints designed by Laure Girardin Vissian. Well Laure got in touch to tell us about her other activity as artistic director and textile designer for a French knitting brand for home : Néo. This high end woven and knit collection was born out of a collaboration between Ateliers de Boissiers, French Label EPV and Laure with her creative team.

Alison Ellerbrook of 'Hunky Dory Home' has just released her first design collection called 'Retro Flowers'. This is the first time Alison has produced her own fabric rather than using designer prints to create lampshades and cushions. The designs reflect her love of playful, vintage style and bright colour and says they were created to ooze nostalgia! The lamps retail for £75.00 including

When I get the time I love having a little bit of fun on google japan looking for fabrics, mainly of the Scandinavian variety. The first label I came across this time though hale from Estonia and they are Kuks & Kuttner. My next discovery was Studio Hilla who are based in Finland and feature six independent designers who all have different experiences and design

Staying down under we have another cool Australian label to showcase now : Aura by Tracie Ellis. Founded in 2000 Aura is a Melbourne-based design house, creating contemporary bed linen & homewares. The designs are modern, colourful and geometric. Tracie describes their style as a little bit Scandinavian, a little bit Indian and a whole lot of Melbourne. Here are some my picks from the website

Today's posts focus on homewares so for today's Friday eye candy I thought I would pick out a few highlights from the Anthropologie UK website. Recent arrivals include these 'Folklore' designs (above & below) on cushions and tea towels, and Saga tableware. On wall art there are prints by Molly Hatch and also standing out in rugs was a colourful tropical bird. Finally the typography on Marc

Our next post on homeware design is a preview of the new Autumn Winter trends at George. Their main themes this season include Tundra inspired by the bare beauty of Canada and the Great Plains. This rustic range features bears, moose, arrows, geometric tribal patterns, and earthy colours. The next trend is Trace - a fresh modern clean lined collection inspired by a retro Stockholm apartment.

Designer Annabel Perrin has a new home textiles collection launching this autumn. Titled Roaming thw collection marks the start of a series of sub-ranges, inspired by locations around the world. Part one titled Roaming: Uno is influenced by Annabel's exploration of Barcelona and will be available from September 2015. The range includes vibrantly patterned furnishing fabrics and coordinating

Donna Wilson have also announced their new Autumn Winter 2015 collections to the press and today we are lucky enough to get a sneak preview of what is to come. So what can we expect for the upcoming season? Well there are some new tea towels one featuring The Cat's Pyjamas (also on a china beaker) and the other a lion whose mane will help dry the dishes. The sense of fun continues with Greg and

My next home decor selection is from Scion's latest collection 'Levande' which features some fabulous prints on fabric and wallaper. The collection was inspired by hedgerows and was designed by Hannah Bowen who won the Harlequin Award at New Designers in 2013 and now works for Scion. 'Levande' is Swedish for 'living' and Scion wanted to create playful patterns that give people cosy and familar

Sanderson's latest collection is a riot of colour and bold print. Called ' Papavera' the collection is refreshing for it's simplicity of form, with geometrics such as Milla which was made from cutting paper. There are also lots of florals including poppies the flower which has the Latin name Papavera after which the collection is named. The designers have played with scale and texture across both

I love it when I see designers we have previously featured prospering in the marketplace. We last saw Rosie Moss on P&P back in July 2014 when she was at New Designers one year on. Now Rosie has been asked to create a limited edition collection of cushions for Heal's inspired by mid-century textiles and British vernacular art. Rosie was approached at New Designer's and the Heal's soft

Our final Heal's company from their Swedish Summer event is Jobs Handtryk. Jobs is a fabric brand with a timeless collection of prints, many of which were designed in the early 1940's. Many Swedes enjoy the nostalgic prints and they are synonymous with Swedish summers. Jobs Handtryk are one of 16 Swedish companies  who will be at Heal's Swedish Summer event

Last week I popped into the Heal's Autumn Winter press show. Whilst I didn't see too much print and pattern on display it was a great excuse to see what is currently on sale in the store. I really admired the cushions by Living Union featuring the mid century designs of Robert Stewart (above & below). These classic 1950's prints feature the shapes and colours that are characteristic of the era

Spira is a textile design company based in Boras in Sweden who produce bright and funky fabrics with a retro feel. Spira use only cotton and linen mixed fabrics which makes them ideal for curtains, blinds, table cloths and cushions. Here are some of their latest releases for Spring Summer 2015 with some lovely vibrant prints.

Today I wanted to post a colourful summery print as we experience a heatwave hear in the UK. Prints don't come much bolder and more colourful than those at Marimekko where you will currently find Sitruunapuu, which i believe translates from Finnish as Citrus. This watercolour pattern was designed by Aino-Maiha Metsola and features on fabrics, ceramics, bedding, kitchen textiles, paper napkins

Jemma Bell is a textile designer who has recently launched her own venture called Soda + Stitch specialising in selling hand block printed fabrics by the metre. Each fabric has been designed exclusively for Soda + Stitch and then carefully printed by the hands of block printing masters in Jaipur, India - a city Jemma now calls home. It is an incredible process that savours hand made textiles

Mini Moderns, the subject of our last two posts, are very much inspired by classic mid century modern design. So it seemed appropriate to post some vintage designs to end today's posts. We start with a few select piece by Maud Fredin Fredholm  and a few web find images from Viola Gråstens

Liz Payne is an embroidering artist based in Sydney, Australia. When I stumbled across her work online I couldn't remember seeing an embroidery that was quite so pattern inspired before. Whether creating abstract shapes, circular repeats, or sharp geometrics Liz's designs are so colourful and loaded with detail and texture. You can see more of Liz's inspirational works on Instagram and Etsy.

The latest fabric range from Skinny laMinx has been launched this month. Designer Heather Moore put together the 'Diggi Dot' collection after being inspired by a trip to India to hold printing classes. This lead to some fab designs being created using traditional block printing. The shapes are simple but the effects are striking. There are three main print designs Sway, Gridly, Block Circle

Yardage Design is an independent design business founded by Nicole James in Brisbane, Australia. Specialising in original textiles all their products are designed and handprinted by Nicole. After the birth of her first child Nicole took up sewing, and although her original aim was just to design and print 'yardage' she soon evolved into bags, tea towels, napkins, etc. Inspiration comes from

St.Judes have announced the forthcoming launch of the latest fabrics and wallpaper by Angie Lewin. Birch Tree Sun was inspired by Angie's 2006 wood engraving Five Trees and her 2010 screen print Winter Birches, the embryonic design for the new fabric, which we first saw in her 2010 book 'Plants & Places'. Birch Tree Sun wallpaper and fabrics will be available online here in late summer 2015.