Category : Inspiration

A seasonal guide to turning holly, ivy, berries and seed heads into festive motifs — from reading a plant's silhouette to building a repeating pattern.

Doors, fanlights and Victorian tile surrounds give London's streets a free pattern library. Here's how to read them and turn what you find into colour and motif ideas.

Twelve monthly British motifs — from window frost to hedgerow berries — plus a simple framework for turning a year of small drawings into one coherent pattern collection.

A field checklist of twenty UK locations and details — from cast-iron railings to coastal shingle — to keep your notebook full of pattern ideas.