Cornflower Spring was the first floral design I launched, so I thought it would be fun to explain how it came about.

I've always loved cornflowers - I actually had them in my wedding bouquet. So when we moved to Sussex in September 2004, I was delighted during the following late spring, to discover them popping up all through the borders of the our garden!

Over the years I've often sketched and painted them - to me they're a perfect blend of vibrant colour and fascinating shape. So when I started to think about a flower to base a fabric around, it wasn't a difficult choice.

I created a palette of colours from my sketches of the flower heads and used that for the textured background and the co-ordinating 'Cornflower Silhouette' fabric - shown right in Indigo and Cream.

And here lies the beauty of 'print-on-demand'...Instead of having to choose one or two colour versions of the coordinating fabric to stock, clients can choose from any of the 6  palette colour ways below. Or we can even 'tweak' the background colour to match an existing paint scheme or piece of furniture!