Tiddlywinks is simple, slightly absurd, and far more competitive than it first appears. It’s picked up quickly and rarely taken too seriously — even when everyone is quietly trying to win. The pattern follows that same looseness: scattered circles across the cloth, unevenly spaced and drawn by hand so nothing sits too neatly. A playful fabric that feels relaxed rather than arranged.
GAMES - Playful fabric
This collection started with a game of Tiddlywinks that went slightly off the rails.
Someone was definitely cheating flicking pieces when nobody was looking, quietly inventing rules as they went. Which is particularly embarrassing when you later discover that Tiddlywinks is an actual competitive sport, with a governing body and proper tournaments.
We had no idea. It reframed the whole afternoon.
We were laughing about it the way games develop their own house rules, their own internal logic, completely separate from whatever the official version says. And it struck me there was something in that. The rhythm of it. The way a game carries its own visual language shapes and patterns you recognise instantly, even without the box.
That became the starting point of the collection.
The collection
Games is a series of fabrics drawn from that idea of play learned or invented, structured or not.
Each design begins with a game, but isn’t a copy of it. Instead, it pulls out what sits underneath: repetition, spacing, movement, chance.
Some are immediately recognisable. Others take a second.
All are printed by hand on Irish linen, using woodcut blocks in the UK.
Chess turns up everywhere and never really changes. It’s a game that asks for attention and tends to get it. The pattern takes the contrast and repetition of the board and softens it hand-drawn, edges slightly rough, structured but not rigid. A more considered, playful fabric that holds a space without making it feel too formal.
Checkers is often the first game you learn properly. Familiar, straightforward, and easy to return to. The design echoes that a suggestion of the board rather than a copy, drawn loosely so it reads as pattern first. A playful fabric that settles into a room quietly and grows on you over time.
Ludo is all bright pieces and sudden setbacks. It’s rarely calm and rarely finished properly. The pattern takes the paths of the board and repeats them in a steady rhythm, drawn by hand so it never feels too exact. A playful fabric that feels direct, cheerful, and made for rooms that are actually used.
Shove Ha’Penny belongs to pubs coins slid carefully along marked lines, slow and precise. The design keeps that linear structure but loosens it, lines shifting slightly across the cloth. A quieter, playful fabric with a strong sense of rhythm.
Three-Legged Race is all good intentions and very little coordination. The pattern reflects that pairing shapes set side by side, slightly out of step. Ordered, but only just. A playful fabric that brings a bit of humour into a space without trying too hard.
Diablo is about repetition and persistence practising the same movement until it finally works. The pattern picks up on that sense of spin and motion, looping across the cloth with energy and a hint of showing off. A more expressive, playful fabric for rooms with a bit of character.
Curling is slow, precise, and oddly absorbing. The pattern follows that same pace rounded forms drifting through the repeat, measured but not strict. A calmer, playful fabric that brings movement without fuss.
Backgammon feels like it belongs to the house rather than the people in it. Played across generations, often slightly differently each time. The pattern takes the tapering shapes of the board and turns them into a gentle rhythm familiar, but not fixed. A playful fabric that balances structure with ease.
How they’re made
Each fabric is designed from woodblock prints and printed onto 100% Irish linen, printed to order in the UK.
In a room
These are fabrics designed to be used.
Curtains, blinds, upholstery patterns that can sit quietly or carry a space, depending on how you use them.
They work alongside our wallpapers, or comfortably on their own.
Something familiar, slightly reworked.
Made to be lived with.