Would you like some lace with that designer?

Charles Locke Eastlake

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Frank Lloyd Wright

Charles and Henry Greene

Gustav Stickley

Charles Voysey

All these and more at Cooper's Cottage Lace.

Kid Quilts

These complicated quilts were made by a 14 year old.....my very own May Morris, now in college.

Another post about quilts you might like.

Divine Lion Design

My spring Lion Design yarn catalog arrived recently on my doorstep.  The photographs are so seductive it's hard to resist the temptation to pick up the phone and start new projects.  This is especially true as they cleverly package kits so you get that great all-in-one project feel that is so nice with needlepoint for instance.

a nice cashmere sweater to snuggle up to?

yum, raspberry, butterscotch, hazelnut and apricot....with your fisherman

Here are the two crochet projects I like.....both "easy" (but must resist new needle projects till finished with Morris Peacock tapestry).

Voysey's Alice in Wonderland

With Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland now in theatres it seems a good time to post a photo of designer and architect Charles Voysey's beautiful Alice wallpaper designed about 1930.  How perfect would this be in a nursery?  You can buy it from he of all things Voysey, David Bermen at Trustworth Studios.

click to enlarge, the detail is gorgeous

And if you'd like a few pillows to throw around the room, Marie at William Morris Cushion Covers (link in left sidebar) has found some vintage material from The Habitat V&A Collection printed in 1988 which she has sewn up.

And if you are a huge Lewis Carroll fan and have a ridiculous amount of money to spend on something fascinating, check out the celestial constellation globes below (and a more detailed description here).

Tweedledum and Tweedledee as Gemini twins along zodiac
 

William Morris meets my artistic Aunt....

Result:  more pretty dresses!

 

 

I'm liking the winter outfit.   It might be time to order some fabric and fire up the sewing machine.  You can see more of Anne's work here.

Seeking The Scarlet Pimpernel

Or pink?  Pierangelo, a Morris fan in Italy, is scouring the world for Pimpernel wallpaper in this particular colorway.  Please leave a comment if you can help.   Ciao!

....later....I found the fabric here!   In cotton, $10 per yard.

Morris! V&A Pattern, Part 3

 From the Victorian & Albert Museum archives.....the only volume in the set dedicated to a single person......of course!

Wild Tulip wallpaper, 1884, block-printed paper

 

Acorn wallpaper, 1879, block-printed paper

 

Tulip textile, 1875, block-printed cotton

 

Cray textile, 1884, block-printed cotton

  

Rose wallpaper, 1877, block-printed paper

 

Fruit wallpaper, 1866, block-printed paper

Garden Tulip wallpaper, 1885, block-printed paper

Marigold wallpaper, 1875, block-printed paper

Pictures from the four volume book set "V&A Pattern".

Related Posts:

Part 1, Mughal Empire Florals at the V&A 

Part 2, The Fifties

The Fifties, V&A Pattern, part 2

Wright was obviously a fan.  I wonder if the others were?

Frank Lloyd Wright, "Design 706", 1956, wallpaper

Bent Karlby, "Haelderne", 1951, wallpaper

Pablo Picasso, cotton fabric, 1956

 

Joan Miro, cotton fabric, 1956

Joan Miro, "People and Birds", 1956, cotton fabric

Shinkichi Tajiri, "Louisiana", 1954, wallpaper

Gigi Tessari, "Spago", 1957, cotton fabric

Pictures from the book "V&A Pattern".

Related Post:  Part 1, Mughal Empire Florals at the V&A.