This year, perhaps as a solution to the imminent depressing dismal days and long nights of winter, autumn interiors are presenting lots of colour.

Made-to-measure curtains in warm, earthy tones change a room into a warm space - making it snug and inviting.

The Artisan Collection from Montgomery echos the colours of the season - ember red, firework orange and the terracotta of turning leaves.

• Designs such as Bricks, Script, Gauguin, Morocco and Patchwork, (pictured in autumnal shades) have a traditional, ageless quality.

• The complementary colour palette means designs can be combined to create a layered look, rich in pattern and texture.

• Prices: - Patchwork 02 Red £34/m.

• Featured rolls left to right - Bricks Red £27/m, Script Terracotta £22/m, Gauguin Red £29/m, Morocco Terracotta £29/m, Tuscany Terracotta £17/m.

Montgomery is one of the UK’s leading soft furnishing brands, specialising in made to measure and readymade curtains.

A family business established over 50 years ago, it specialises in custom-made curtains and accessories, Montgomery now has over 160 retail concession departments within department stores, such as House of Fraser, Beales, Debenhams etc.

To view the complete ranges of Montgomery made to measure curtains, please visit the website.

The latest fabric from JAB Anstoetz is a charming feminine print from the Soleil Bleu par Wellmann compilation.

Cristal encompasses a distinct period feel and modern edge with large prints, making it the perfect adorning fabric.

Cristal’s lush design will inject a little Va Va Voom into your home:

• This romantic pattern features delicate blush florals and tradtitional vintage crystal vessels creating a distinctive feminine boudoir feel.

• Cristal is a vintage delight with a contemporary edge and adds a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ into an interior design – use Cristal with matching ribbon edging or piping on a chair, cushion or curtain.

• The fabric is available in two colours – grey mushroom tone and aubergine (as pictured).

• Cristal is 100% cotton, 140cm wide. Priced at £92.90 per metre.

Available at JAB Anstoetz ref. AW 2011.

View the JAB Anstoetz luxurious collections of gorgeous fabrics, by visiting the website.

Soon we will all be spending more time indoors as Autumn slowly approaches and the evenings become darker and more chilly, which may be a good time to update and add some bright and cosy colours to our home.

The bedroom might be an ideal place to start, by considering at IKEA’s latest brilliant textiles range:

New to IKEA this August is the EVIOR collection. Designed by Kajsa Aronsson; the textile range features original designs with a sense of humour, place and culture, which is seen in the EIVOR LEVA, quilt cover and pillowcases.

Below Kajsa talks about her inspiration behind the design pattern of the EIVOR LEVA bed linen. As part of the EIVOR line launching this August, Kajsa has also designed a quilt cushions and curtains.

“Sometimes I use the texts in the patterns and sometimes I keep it for myself and make the designs more as a picture of my ‘hidden’ story, I think that EIVOR LEVA is very much an image of my own life, with associations and threads to memories, people and events that I like and love.

The images of people, lamp posts, buses, plants, scooters, buildings—they are the reality I experience and see in the district of Södermalm, Stockholm, where I live and work.

I really like to sit and look out: small birds that I’m feeding, the water with sailing boats and kayaks during summertime and skaters and skiers during the winter, people walking with their dogs, etc.

One image in the pattern I particularly like, is the line of people queuing for the bus. I think that’s kind of a view of everyday life.”

To view IKEA’s stimulating new EVIOR textile range, please visit the website.

James Hare is a leading British silk specialist whose exceptional collection of silk tartans is truly a treasure trove of 73 genuine Scottish patterns.

There is a wealth of decorative possibility from the full-on splendour of Royal Stewart, to the monochrome simplicity of Erskine.

Woven in 100% silk dupion, James Hare Silk Tartans are perfect for curtains, bed drapes, cushions, lampshades and blinds.
120cm wide, they are priced at £38.00 per metre (RRP).

James Hare fabric collections are available throughout the UK and worldwide.

About
Founded in 1865, James Hare is a principal UK silk specialist. It is still owned and run by the Hare family, producing luxury textiles for fashion and

James Hare’s silks are famous globally and firm favourites with leading interior decorators, From richly coloured and embellished designs to cool contemporary neutrals, the range is just right for today’s interiors.

To view James Hare’s unique collections of luxury fabrics, please visit the website.
Tel: (01132) 431 204

Sandberg has announced the launch of Engla and Elliot, a charming collection of children’s fabrics and wallpapers, for summer 2011.

The Sandberg Studio has created an enchanting collection, inspired by the nostalgic influences of children’s storybooks from the 1950s, which tells a number of tales with-a-twist.

Engla and Elliot is a voyage of discovery for children and adults alike:

• The hand-drawn patterns are bursting with vivacity and a wonderful unbridled spirit of exploration.

• There are eight fabric designs, 13 wallpapers and four borders, all of which benefit from a suitably vivacious colour palette.

• They mix traditional with contemporary, and feature some totally charming and diverse motifs such as love-struck parrots, romantic circus horses and engaging elephants, a feast of cakes and candies, vintage cars, flower pots on parade, musical instruments, flags and letters of the alphabet; in fact something to inspire the imagination of children of all ages.

The new collection reflects Sandberg’s strong dedication to improving health and the environment: all the fabric designs are printed onto 100% organic cotton using environmentally-certified dyes, and the wallpapers are manufactured using sustainable resources from Scandinavian forests.

About Sandberg
The Sandberg design studio is located at Kungsladugård in Göteborg. Their designers, who sketch by hand, create tomorrow´s classics by combining inventive colour and style, with classical fashions that have stood the test of time. Their inspiration is drawn from books, travel, nature, exhibitions and everything else.

Please visit the Sandberg Studio website to view the new collection.

http://www.sandbergab.se/en/products/collections/overview

Sandberg is distributed exclusively in the UK by Little Greene.

To find a stockist of the Engla and Elliot collection, please visit the Little Greene website

A charming new floral collection will be launched by The Harlequin Studio in late June this year.

Floris Embroideries conjures up the spirit of typically English summers and our love of all things relating to gardens:

Suitable for drapes, blinds and accessories, Floris Embroideries consists of two designs:

• Allium, featuring - as its name suggests - flamboyant, embroidered allium heads.

• Flora, which depicts delicate flowers with finely detailed petals and stamen. The fine stitchery enhances both designs and gives them a timeless appeal.

Allium and Flora comprise a range of striking embroideries in 11 different colourways, including aqua, ecru, ivory, antiqued-parchment and indigo.

Floris Embroideries work beautifully with the Anoushka Plains range of linen-textured fabrics, which come in a palette of over 30 colours, and are also featured within the collection.

About
Harlequin is one of the foremost brands in the competitive interiors market.
With an assorted, well presented product collection, Harlequin tries hard to offer style, glamour and inspiration to its customers.

For further information and to view Harlequin’s delightful fabric collections, please visit the website.

Tel: +44 (0)845 1236815

Early Summer is an ideal time to renew your décor at home, with some brand new lightweight curtains and blinds.

The Natural Curtain Company presents over 300 natural fabric choices such as Luce (£30 per metre), to the neutral toned Monsoon (£30 per metre), to ensure you will find one to suit your personal approach and taste.

So brighten up your home and let the sunshine in with skilled assistance from The Natural Curtain Company:

Featured here are the Cotton lined pencil pleat curtains in ‘White’ lightweight linen W180cm x D277cm.

Priced at approx. £328.

David Adeane, Co-founder of The Natural Curtain Company says, “Lightweight linens, cottons and sheers, care great for summer as they offer a clean, contemporary finish and a lighter alternative. to heavy curtains for the warmer months. They enhance natural light on those bright spring days and soften the harsh glare of high summer sun”,
About - The Natural Curtain Company offers high quality made to measure curtains, blinds and accessories, in a wide range of beautiful fabrics.

All of the company’s products are made in the UK and they are proud of their easy to use website, reasonable prices and delivery times; all provided with a very high level of customer service.

Please visit the website to view the The Natural Curtain Company’s extensive range of natural fabric choices.

Tel: (0845) 5000 400

A sumptuously feminine, Soleil Bleu par Wellman Spring 2011 collection, which presents a profusion of Parisian chic and nautical elegance, has been introduced by JAB ANSTOETZ.

The Salon and Resort collections are a range of on-trend fabrics, colours and patterns:

The Salon collection

• Planned exclusively for interiors, takes inspiration from the salons and cabaret of Montmartre and the Belle Epoque era.

• Salon celebrates the alluring diversity of extravagant prints, beautiful embroideries and ornamental designs; whilst the turn of the century art prints capture the frolicsome flair of the cabaret.

• Luxurious velvets, elegant jacquard, exquisite silks and satins are bought to life with new sophisticated colour themes and an array of natural materials.

The Resort collection

• Designed exclusively for decoration, takes inspiration from the serenity of distant shores and casual coastal lines, inviting summer ambience into the home.

• Resort symbolises the curious lure of nautical life and magnetism of maritime rustic charm, featuring delightful coral motifs, beautiful floral patterns and unusual oceanic prints.

• Natural materials cotton, wool and linen are romanticised by light, vibrant fresh colours of navy-blue, coral-red and turquoise combined with lemons and subtle sand tones.

Both Salon and Resort collections bring passion and charming character to any interior design project - offering enchanting yet durable fabrics - a welcome addition to any home this spring.

To view the entire ANSTOETZ fabric collections, please visit the website.

Emma Bridgewater has announced that her three most iconic designs will now be offered for purchase on fabric-by-the-metre.

Made in the UK from 100% cotton, the Polka Dot (featured), Pink Hearts, and Starry Skies fabrics are now available in two finishes, coated or uncoated:

• The coated fabric is perfect for tablecloths as it is easy to wipe clean, and is priced at £19.95 per metre.

• The uncoated fabric can be used to create all kinds of home furnishings – from cushion covers to curtains, priced at £14.95 per metre.

• These new fabrics printed with Emma’s most popular designs, are sure to prove just right for many home interiors.

To order online, or to see all of Emma Bridgewater’s fabric designs, please visit the website

Tel: (0844) 243 9266

A one-stop showcase for all Vanessa’s fabrics, wallpapers, rugs and furniture, the latest brochure is an invaluable resource, packed with aspirational images and practical flat shots, as well as detailed information on all the available products - a veritable compendium!

Inspired by her love of the countryside and her rural life in the heart of the Cotswolds, Vanessa has been designing and producing enchanting fabrics and wallpapers for more than ten years:

• She currently stocks nine collections: Hand Printed (new for 2011), Meadow, Earth, Cockerel, Wildflower, Seaside, Garden, Woodland, and Sky, all designed in her relaxed signature style and understated colour palette.

• Featured here is the delightful Seaside collection. Priced at £41 per metre.

• Vanessa’s collections are responsibly sourced and produced with respect for the environment, and she uses only organic cotton.

About
Vanessa started her business on her kitchen table 10 years ago. For the first few months she worked after her 4 children (8/10/12/14 years) were tucked up and before they came down in the morning…cutting all the samples with her pinking sheers and rolling out the first orders on a table tennis table!

After some very lucky coverage in Country Living magazine and the Saturday Telegraph, followed by a Country Living Fair, business took off and she has never looked back.

To view Vanessa’s inspirational fabrics, wallpapers, rugs and furniture, please visit her new-look website.

Tel: (01285) 831437