Nicki’s first collection celebrates the comfort and joy found in her own cottage style English garden. A place of respite and horticultural therapy, the garden is Nicki’s safe haven and a living canvas of moving colour and intricate shape.
The garden, its flowers and its many birds and insects all provide an endless source of inspiration for pattern design and illustration, and are delicately captured and preserved in this collection of enchanting prints in the pale morning shades of sky blue, blush pink and soft yellow, and the evening hues of deep emeralds, sunset oranges and dusky purples.
This collection is now available to purchase on bedding, wallpaper, fabric, and home decor in my
shades of morning.
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![Floral repeat pattern - dandelion, poppies, poppy, echinacea, hydrangea, gaura, ivy, hellebores, meadow flowers, pastel, surface pattern design]()
the meadow - pastel.
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![Rain repeating pattern, raindrop, raining, blue, pink, surface pattern, summer, surface pattern design]()
summer rain - blue.
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![Strawberry repeat pattern - strawberry vines, green, cream, pink, surface pattern design]()
strawberry picking - daylight.
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![Dahlia repeating pattern - geometric, blue, pink, cream, symmetrical, striped, dahlias, flowers, floral, surface pattern design]()
delightful dahlias - blue.
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![Striped repeating pattern - pink, purple, blue, trellis, surface pattern design]()
trellis - pink.
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![Poppy repeating pattern, yellow, poppy, summer, floral, flowers, surface pattern design]()
perfect poppies - yellow.
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![Gingham repeating pattern - check, plaid, pink, coral, stripe, surface pattern design]()
jam - strawberry.
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![Bird repeating pattern, ivy, foliage, dawn, morning, cream, blue, green, birds, birdsong]()
birdsong - dawn.
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![Floral repeating pattern, flowers, fleur, echinacea, foliage, leaves, astilbe, ivy, hydrangea, surface pattern design]()
fleur - pink.
shades of evening.
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![Meadow repeating pattern - bold, green, maroon, orange, pink, echincaea, hellebores, gaura, dandelion, ivy, hydrangea, astilbe, foliage, surface pattern design]()
the meadow - bold.
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![Rain repeating pattern, rain drops, raindrop, rainy day, droplet, water, surface pattern design]()
summer rain - pink.
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![Strawberry repeating pattern - purple, pink, maroon, cream, strawberries, surface pattern design]()
strawberry picking - moonlight.
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![Dahlia repeating pattern, purple, pink, cream, orange, plum, geometric, symmetrical, surface pattern design, stripe]()
delightful dahlias - purple.
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![Striped repeating pattern, stripey, lines, green, maroon, purple, pink, cream, surface pattern design]()
trellis - green.
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![Poppy repeating pattern, orange, poppies, flowers, floral, cream, surface pattern design]()
perfect poppies - orange.
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![Gingham repeating pattern, plaid, check, striped, stripes, line, surface pattern design, maroon, plum, burgundy, red]()
jam - plum.
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![Bird repeating pattern, birds, green, orange, purple, pink, cream, birdsong, surface pattern design]()
birdsong - dusk.
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![Floral repeating pattern, maroon, plum, burgundy, flowers, flower, foliage, echinacea, astilbe, hydrangea, leaves, surface pattern design]()
fleur - maroon.
the cottage garden collection.
A note from Nicki:
It has been a wonderful experience creating my very first pattern collection. When it came to deciding on a theme I knew immediately that my garden would be my inspiration. If ever I feel overwhelmed I just pop on my gardening gloves and potter around in the garden - whether it is deadheading the flowers, potting on my seedlings, tying in my climbing roses or even just relaxing on the bench my husband built to enjoy the sunshine and birdsong alongside my cat Henry.
The many floral motifs found in this collection were drawn from life, drawn from photographs of my own plants or drawn from my imagination inspired by my favourite flowers, and some of the effects were even achieved by scanning in photos of cuttings and foraged items.
I love that the garden changes everyday, new flowers open, others go to seed and even the time of day can change how the garden looks and feels. This is why I have created two colour palettes for this collection, one based on the shades of morning and the other for the shades of evening.
For this collection I also created a bonus print ‘the meadow - after rain’ which combines the motif shades from the morning palette and the background shade of the evening palette, a perfect harmony between the two which I think captures those typical grey cloudy English days where the rain falls and the green shades of the garden are at their brightest. I love to garden in the rain!
