Fabric Friday

This week's Fabric Friday is brought to you from the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour. I decided to make a last minute dash there this morning as I realised it was their last day of London Design Week. They open their doors to people in the trade for the first few days, and general members of the public on the last few days, giving talks on design as well as allowing us to see inside their showrooms. It's great to dip into and I always find something juicy to inspire me, whether it's for my bag designs or for my design work. This time I gravitated towards the vibrant brights and especially loved the fabrics I saw at the Colefax and Fowler showroom.

This was my favourite design, based on an Indian sarasa design.

It is embroidered and uses hot pink and vibrant orange.

I do love a bit of kilim and why not make it hot pink?!

The pretty hot pink medallion motif in the design above is fab.

I love that it is mixed with the natural colour of the linen.

The addition of a vibrant green into the design of the cushion above really adds zest to the floral and I love the idea of pairing it with the green paisley cushion. Check out the orange piping!

Such a nice touch of contrasting colour.

The picture above and below show how these gorgeous fabrics can be made up. I love the medallion design on the cushion above and look how beautifully the fabrics work on the bag below.

Fabric Friday - Focus 2014

I'm using this Fridays fabric slot as a chance to talk about my excursion to the Design Centre in Chelsea Harbour on Wednesday. I went there to visit the Focus event which is held twice a year and offers a chance to view the latest collection from the interior design world. There are 99 showrooms at the Design Centre, a pleasingly light space consisting of three domes over a galleria. It's a great chance to see hundreds of designs under one roof and was very inspiring.

A colour scheme that I liked was the combination of putty and grey mixed with a vibrant orange.

I found this stylised leaf motif at the Jane Churchill show room.

I love the combination of geometric designs on this chair, all held together by the colour scheme.

There were quite a lot of soft pinks and greys. I liked this combination by Scion.

The Scion showroom had this soft pink chair as part of its display. It has a lovely 50s vibe to it.

Scion also had a collection of vases to illustrate how the colours could be used in home accessories. 

Throw in a touch of mustard and brown to make the pink less girly.

I like the painterly feel of this simple triangle design on furnishing fabric. 

Blue and green was a popular colour combination.

Bold lime green florals in overlapping shades were applied to big florals at Villa Nova.

Add some grey to this floral to make it cooler. It still has touches of green.

A lovely simple black and white floral.

This is a nice colour carrier and a simple way of doing a co-ordinate.