'Forever Blooms' for Lewis and Irene

I am so excited to announce my twelfth fabric collection ‘Forever Blooms,’ for Lewis and Irene will be available in shops from August 2025. Featuring poppies, cornflowers and wild flowers this collection is definitely one to brighten your stash.

When writing the poem for this collection, I had in the back of my mind a feeling which I wanted to convey, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. For a long time I put off trying to write the poem, but as soon as I sat down to do it, it flowed out of me. Initially I wanted to paint a vivid picture of a memory I had of beautiful wildflower meadow which had left an imprint on my mind. From this blossomed the idea that hope is an internal thing and it can be recalled in times of need to get us through tough times, just like me recollecting the memory of the wildflower meadow. Personally, the idea of the poppy flowers symbolising hope and the metaphor of them growing inside me much as hope does, absolutely fascinated me and I really wanted to explore this within the parameters of the poem.

Wild blooms embroider the fields blue and claret,

As if painted with a floral palette.

Ephemeral beauty, here time stands still,

This place of joy upon the hill.

A living tapestry of cornflower blue and poppy red,

Each flower tilting their face, turning their head.

Amongst the crimson petals and chick weeds,

Interlace a thousand oval heads of seeds.

Scattering their glitter upon the breeze,

Tossing it with considerable ease.

A subtle whisper, a soft poetry,

This language of flowers, speaking candidly to me.

A truth that so many before me had sought,

An epiphany which could not be bought.

For in me those very seeds have sown,

Planted here, taking root, they’ve grown.

To keep this beauty of which I saw,

Etched in my mind, forever more.

Preserved in me as time resumes,

So I can revisit the place, where hope forever blooms.

This collection's colour palette is a little different from my usual aesthetic as I have opted to use much brighter, deeper hues. I wanted to really capture the vibrancy of the poppies without them being too overbearing, and I think the depth of the various blues really balance out the reds as well as help to capture the wildflowers growing in the poppy fields. For me the reds embody the feeling of hope I wanted to convey throughout the poem and collection. Using this slightly bolder colour palette was so much fun and I really think works with this range, something I look forward to exploring more in the future.

You can find ‘Forever Blooms’ in all good fabric shops from August 2025. For a sneak preview of the full collection just click HERE.