Philip Speakman Webb, born January 1831 in Oxford, Webb is often referred to as the 'father' of the Arts & Crafts movement along with Morris....
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Philip Webb; Born on this Day
Born on the 12th January 1831, Philip Webb was born in Oxford. One of eleven children, he showed an appreciation and interest in architecture from...
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William Morris; His Life and Work
We've written quite a few blogs about William Morris over the years. We're aware though that in the eternal filing cabinet of our blog, older...
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10 Facts about William Morris
We love writing about William Morris - his life, his work and his legacy. There’s so much behind his work; from his inspirations and the...
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Red House
In Late September 1858 William Morris and Philip Webb started looking for possible sites for the new home William and Jane Morris wished to build....
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William Burges, The Smoking Room, Cardiff Castle
The winter smoking room is my favourite room at Cardiff Castle, the beautifully painted walls with birds painted around the door are just beautiful.The...
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We could never admit to how long it took us to fold our Compton napkin into a pumpkin 😮💨🎃 • • • #williammorris #williammorrisfabric #williammorrisdesign #williammorrisfabrics #fabric #floraldesign #preraphaelite #compton #napkinfolding
A very Pimpernel breakfast! 🍂 We love mix and matching Pimpernel Cream and Green 🫶🏻 • • • #williammorris #williammorrisdesign #williammorrisfabric #pimpernel #floraltable #floraldesign #florals
A pvc tablecloth is fantastic as it simply wipes clean which often makes it our top pick for meal times, they come in many Morris designs and are sold by the half metre to fit every table, it won’t fray so doesn’t need a hem 👻 keep watching to see who our tea guest was 😉 • • • #williammorris #williammorrisfabric #strawberrythief #williammorrisfabrics #pvctablecloth #autumntable #autumntablescape #halloweentable #labrador #blacklabsofinstagram #funnylabrador
This is such an easy napkin fold and so effective too! 🫶🏻 We love Willow Bough blue and green layered together ✨ • • • #williammorris #williammorrisfabric #williammorrisfabrics #fabric #florals #tablescape #napkinfolding #napkinfold #burleighpottery
NEW LAUNCH! 🫶🏻 William Morris Daisy is now available to buy as fabric by the half metre! 🌼 we’ve always been asked for this by the half metre so you can shop now, please note that it’s a narrower printed design than usual 🪡🧵 It’s such a beautiful design, Morris’ first ever design so always such a special design for fans of his work! 🫶🏻 • • • #Williammorris #williammorrisfabric #fabrics #fabricstash #ukindependentbusiness #printedintheuk
Floral fabric stack 🫶🏻 Did you know all our William Morris fabrics are sold by the half metre? So for projects big and small, we’ve got you covered 🪡 Message us for free samples if you see a design you like 🥰 • • • #williammorris #williammorrisdesign #williammorrisdesigns #fabrics #fabric #fabricdestashuk #floralfabric #preraphaelite #floralstack
We absolutely love Pimpernel Green, a timeless design it was first designed in 1876 by Morris, and is as beautiful today as it was then! 🍂 • • • #williammorrisdesign #williammorris #preraphaelites #preraphaelitebrotherhood #pimpernel #floraldesign #fabric #fabricstore #printedintheuk
Beautiful poetry by Morris 🍂 Did you know he was a writer as well as a designer? 🤎 This is his poem called “Autumn” 🍁 • • • #williammorris #williammorriscompton #compton #autumn #poetry #poems #words #morris
All month we will be staying on a Halloween theme with treats galore (preferably something yummy and baked..) 🎃 • • • #williammorris #williammorrisfabric #williammorrisfabrics #williammorrisdesign #strawberrythief #preraphaelite
Getting craft ready for Halloween with our little wool ghosts! 👻 We’re going to use them on place settings and on a Halloween tree 🎃 Super easy to make, all you need is wool, felt or googly eyes and some glue 🤎 we hope you like our first crafty video, we started with one ghost in the background and re did this video so many times we ended up with a whole ghost party- and we ended up covered in googly eyes 😂 The idea of the ghosts was from @thepomwreathcompany 🧡 featuring our William Morris Compton design 🍂 • • • #williammorris #williammorrisdesign #compton #autumncraft #autumncrafts #halloweencrafts #ghost #woolcraft #fabric
Weekend evenings warming cookies in the oven 🍪👩🍳 Using our Golden Lily oven gloves of course 🤎 • • • #autumn #autumnevenings #williammorris #cookies #goldenlily #preraphaelite
Willow Bough Blue is back in stock! ✨ Year-round this design is an incredibly popular one, isn’t it incredible that it was designed by William Morris in 1887 and remains so timeless all these years later! 🩶 • • • #williammorris #morris #willowbough #design #floraldesign #williammorrisdesign #preraphaelites #victoriandesign
🪡 Restocked!🧵 Our William Morris crafts, quilting and Archive Products Market has had a re stock! 🤎 Be quick though, there’s only one of most items! 🏃🏽♀️ • • • #williammorris #morris #morrisfabric #sale #preraphaelite #florals #independantbusiness
Cosy season is here! 🍂 we’re lighting all the candles and getting the autumnal decor out 🍁 With 100 days to go (sorry to mention but we’d do a year countdown if it were up to us!) there’s some fabulous gifts in our archive and craft sale- that we’ve been secretly restocking every day ☺️ Have you bought any prezzies yet? 🎁 also wait for our future post on how to make these pumpkin napkins! 🎃 • • • #williammorris #preraphaelite #cosytablescape #autumnaltablescape #compton #morrisfloral #florals #autumnflorals
We’ll miss the beautiful summer florals, but also can’t wait for some autumnal flowers and foliage! 🌿 Ft beautiful Strawberry Thief blue 🍓 • • • #williammorris #williammorrisfabric #preraphaelite #victorianart #strawberrythief #florals #summerflorals #autumnflowers
Beautiful wild flowers on Sweet Briar 🌾 I bet you can all imagine that a pick your own wild flower farm was right up our street! @kemps.farm 🌷 • • • #williammorris #williammorrisfabric #williammorrisfabrics #fabrics #wildflowers #wildflowerbouquet #florals #colourfulflowers #sweetbriar
✨ Launching - our William Morris Crafts, Quilting & Archive Products Market! ✨ We’ve been wanting to do a craft market to showcase some of our archive products and design colour ways for a while, but thought an online one would be fantastic so that all our online friends can come too! ☺️ Various colour ways include Mallow Forest Green and Pimpernel Terracotta! and our market also includes some fabric pieces and some products we aren’t currently producing 🥳 The link is in our bio, there’s one of everything so be quick! Price list on our stories 🥰 - - - #williammorris #williammorrisfabric #williammorrisfabrics #fabric #fabrics #craftsmarket #craftmarket #preraphaelite #quilting #quiltingmarket
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