Peter Hall Verdure fabric designed for Heals

I just love this fabric!
It was designed by Peter Hall in the sixties for the lifestyle store Heals. Peter is an artist, textile, industrial and fashion designer from New Zealand, who is still painting prolifically.
The gorgeous little chair is from the book "Flea Market Style" by Emily Chalmers (of the charmingly quirky shop "Caravan").
I really recommend this book, it is full of pictures of other people's charming houses, all of which are very eclectic, and heavily influenced by vintage.
It is one of my missions in life to acquire some of this fabric and cover a little nursing chair like the one in the photo, but it does go for a lot of money when it rarely comes up for sale on Ebay.
One way of having a little "Verdure" in your life is to buy a cushion fron Jane Foster, an artist and textile designer based in Brighton. I'm a big fan of her blog: janefosterblog.blogspot.com.

Roses are turquoise...

This cushion is made from some vintage curtain fabric that I found on Ebay.
It is nicely faded, and I love the beautiful stylised turquoise rose, and the black and white filigree pattern around the edge. Very 1950s, I can totally see it in Holly Golightly's New York apartment!

Roses are red...

This cushion is made from a vintage silk scarf.
It has a vibrant lime green velvet reverse.
I love making cushions from vintage silk scarves because they are so beautiful.
They very often have amazing designs on them, and it seems a shame to wrap them up around your neck, obscuring the design, or keeping them in your dressing table drawer.

I've always wanted a blog like this!

Hello, my name is Heather Linnitt and I have a small Boutique Upholstery studio in Leeds called Eclectic Chair.
I had a blog on my Mr Site website, but I had always wanted one with this format, I think they look so much nicer, and so here it is!
I reupholster interesting furniture in interesting fabrics. And I make cushions. I like to use vintage fabrics, from faded florals, to Lucienne Day style fifties atomic, to scandinavian folksy style, to Paul Smith stripes to seventies flowery tablecloths, you name it, as long as it appeals to my magpie eye, I'll try and make a cushion from it!
Here I will post pictures of cushions that I have made, chairs that I have reupholstered, and fabrics which I have discovered that I think might interest you, and anything else vaguely related. I will also feature the work of other upholsterers and furniture designers and cushion designers.
My first pictures are of my most recently made cushions.