Kindred

 I recently designed this collection called Kindred for Makower UK. Rooted in Celtic imagery, it celebrates kinship and heritage through enduring symbols and ancient forms, such as interwoven knots, illuminated type, mini thistles and softly coloured clover. It uses a deep, muted colour palette of earthy tones softened by time, suggesting heritage and a deep connection to ancestry.

The main print is called Legend and comes in three colour choices. It includes many Celtic images such as decorative knots, illuminated type and heraldry. There is a soft tonal print in the background.

I love this illuminated type design which is called Script. Each letter has been carefully considered, using scrolls and pattern infill to elevate them.

This wouldn't be a Celtic collection without a clover design. This one is quite small in scale and is softly coloured in a moss green. Look closer and you will see that it has a gentle layering to it too.

I love this mini thistle design which is coloured on a soft blue background. It's also available in a purple background and a beige background.

Scrolls are very popular in Celtic design and this scroll design makes a great allover print. It's perfect for using as a backing for a quilt or as a lining for a bag.

Art Nouveau-inspired images were also great for this collection so I included a stylised lily design.

Heraldry was a strong influence for this foulard design, a regimented layout which comes in shades of purple, blue and cream. It's also available in rusts and greens.

Stripe designs are great for using as a binding on a quilt or for handles to a bag. This stripe design includes many Celtic motifs such as clovers and decorative knots.

And finally, a Celtic knot design! This one is on a soft green background and includes a wide variety of decorative knots in shades of green, purple and blue.

Adorn

Now that Christmas 2025 is over, look at what I've designed for Christmas 2026! These designs were created for Makower UK for a collection called Adorn. It includes decorative elements such as sarasas, scrolls and stars, combined with foliage in a rich red, cream and green colour palette, and topped off with metallic gold touches.

This beautifully decorative design is called Bloom and is inspired by traditional sarasa patterns. It also includes festive foliage elements such as holly, berries and stylised Christmas roses. This design also comes in a cream version, a red version and a burgundy version.

This Star design incorporates decorative star motifs surrounded by a decorative metallic gold scrolls which gives it a lot of bling! Also available in green and cream.

You can't have a Christmas design without a Holly print. This one includes berries and trailing leaves in a traditional Christmas colour palette. Also available on a green ground and a burgundy ground.

This Garland Stripe is a great way of adding binding to a quilting project or for using as handles for a tote bag, or edging to a table runner. Also available in cream and burgundy.

The Sparkle print is lovely and bright and a great addition to the group. There are a mixture of metallic gold stars mixed in with tonal stars and a tonal background. Also available in cream and green.

The Ornament print consists of a crowded bauble design. Each bauble is highly decorative, with metallic gold to add some drama. Also available on a green background and a burgundy background.

Deep blue sea

 I recently created a collection of Makower UK called Deep Blue Sea which included fun sea creatures in a bright colour palette. 

Within the collection was a panel design that consists of eight different ten inch images that are great for using to make cushion covers, tote bags or quilts with. I took creatures from the main design and used them in a circular shape surrounded by sea life such as seaweed and fish.

These are some of my favourite images. The seal has a happy smile and drifts through brightly-coloured sea life.

The turtle image was also used in one of the allover prints for this collection.

I couldn't resist adding an octopus and made him a pretty pink colour.

Click here to see the full panel on the Makower website.

Charmed

 I recently designed this collection for Makower UK. It's called 'Charmed' and includes black cats and celestial images in a pleasing colour palette of purples, lilacs and teals.

The main print has black cats in a variety of poses, mixed with moons, stars and suns as well as the odd butterfly and scroll design. It includes metallic gold elements to give it a bit of bling.

This crowded foliage print is a great colour carrier and I combined lilac and cream leaves in with the teal background.

Mini black cats stretch and strut on this allover print. The scroll background adds an extra element of decoration. This print also has metallic gold.

Pretty star print on a purple background.

A melange of moons, stars and other celestial images on a lilac background.

The main print also looks great on a black background.

And the cat design looks great on a purple background.

Who could resist this stunning foliage print on black?

A scroll design is a great inclusion to this collection.

It wouldn't be a celestial print without stars on a black background. This one looks extra blingy with the gold metallic detailing.

Driftwood

Driftwood is a collection that I designed for Makower UK recently. It's a nautical-inspired collection in muted colours and the perfect print for creating a beach house vibe.

The main print is called Cove and shows a pretty harbour scenic in tones of blue, cream and grey. It's inspired by the coastal villages of Cornwall with its quaint cottages and lighthouses in a lino cut style.

Beach huts are the quintessential English seaside icon so I created these quirky beach huts on a cream background. Each one is slightly different to each other with contrasting door colours and nautical items decorating their exteriors.

Seashells are a great image for a nautical group and naturally work in this Lino cut style. I've also mixed a few seagrasses and seaweeds with this crowded shells design.

These cute sealife creatures make a great spaced design and are perfect for using on smaller crafting projects or as a lining fabric for bags and purses.

This seagrass print comes in a pretty sage colour, also great as a co-ordinate to the other designs.

The Cove scenic harbour design has also been designed in a more multi colour palette, including sage green and turquoise.

You couldn't have a nautical collection without a sailboat design so I designed this one on the open sea with the odd lighthouse scattered around.

The Ripples print makes a great texture and looks like the waves on the sea. It's great for using as a binding on a quilt or a lining for a beach bag.

The Cottages design is so cute and a nod to the hillside villages around the South-west coast of the UK.

Petite fleur

Petite Fleur is the name of this collection I designed for Makower UK recently and it's inspired by spring meadow flowers. Each print has been designed to co-ordinate with each other and comes in a fresh palette or pinks, blues, greens and yellows which makes it really easy to use in quilting projects or dressmaking projects.

This print is called 'Meadow' and consists of many variations of flowers which include all colours of the collection's palette. It's on a fresh cream background which brings out the colours beautifully.

This design is called 'Posy' and shows clusters of daisy-type flowers on a pink background. The strong background colour adds a strong pop of colour to the collection and is used as a highlight in other designs to tie it in.

This little print is called 'Rose' and consists of loosely-drawn flowers on a light pink background,

This design is called 'Petals' and its loose abstract feel alludes to petal shapes. The inclusion of pink, cream and green on the light blue background helps tie the design to a wider variety of prints in the collection.

Tiny pink and blue stylised flower shapes sit on a fresh cream background in this 'Ditzy' print.

This 'Meadow' design has been created with a dark blue background to add drama to the collection.

The 'Rose' design looks great on a green background.

A sweet 'Vine' print with blue flowers.

This is the same print as the rose design but it's been created as a simple silhouette with cream flowers on a pretty blue background. We called it 'Blossom'.

See how this multi colour 'Rose' version compares to the design above. They are the same design but coloured completely differently.

You can see the whole Petite Fleur collection here.