Shopping: Crewelwork & Embroidered Fabrics
Ruth Sleightholme pegs out a selection of skirts in the new season's folksy crewel-work and embroidered fabrics
Clockwise from top left: sash in 'Frenzy' (multi on white), by Jed Johnson Home, wool on cotton, £484, from Tissus d'Hélène; skirt in 'Huberta Crewel' (original), by Clarence House, wool on cotton, £338.20, from Turnell & Gigon. 'Giverny Crewel' (original), by Clarence House, wool on cotton, £466.60, from Turnell & Gigon. 'Maya' (pivert), wool on linen, £213.60, from Pierre Frey.
On floor: 'Palatine' (02), by Lorca, polyester on linen, £125, from Osborne & Little. Apron in 'Medallions' (001), by Neisha Crosland, cotton on linen, £251, from Chelsea Textiles; skirt in 'Frida' (charcoal), polyester on linen, £130, from Nobilis.
Clockwise from top left: 'Santa Caterina' (fuchsia/leaf), by Brunschwig & Fils, viscose on linen/cotton, £149, from G P & J Baker. 'Araminta' (hot pink/lemon), by Kit Kemp, viscose on wool, £310, from Christopher Farr Cloth. Skirt in 'Jacobean' (multi), cotton on linen, £199, from Nobilis; pocket in 'Atlas' (fuchsia/chartreuse), cotton on silk, £1,700 a square metre, from Vanderhurd. 'Tampico' (blanc), wool on linen, £213.60, from Pierre Frey. 'Santa Rosa' (multicolore), polyester on linen/cotton, £249.60, from Pierre Frey.
In basket: 'Zita' (red/green), by Jane Churchill, viscose on linen/cotton, £89, from Colefax and Fowler. Waistband in 'Box and Dot' (emerald/jet), cotton on silk, £1,350 a square metre, from Vanderhurd; skirt in 'Butler' (black), by Larsen, viscose on linen/acrylic, £115, from Colefax and Fowler; lining in 'Santa Caterina', as before. Willow basket, 'Ship's Plate', by Sally Goymer, £175, from The New Craftsmen.
Rope throughout, 'Magician's', £6.23 a 10-metre ball, from Rope Source. Wooden dolly pegs throughout, £1 for 8, from Hobbycraft. Paper-backed straw wallcovering throughout, 'Paille Fond Satiné' (131), 90cm wide, £201 a 7.75-metre-roll, from Nobilis.