Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Fanny Shorter grew up in a house festooned in frothy florals by the likes of Laura Ashley and Sanderson. \u201cWe had proper 1980s-style wallpaper and textiles absolutely everywhere,\u201d says the Wiltshire-based surface pattern designer. \u201cMy mum was into embroidery and made our clothes. A love of textiles was always in the background.\u201d Fittingly, her childhood home in Winchester was briefly lived in by Jane Austen, also an avid seamstress.Today, Shorter has developed a range of fabric and wallpaper that flirts with old-school florals, yet is not overly flouncy. Patterns based around lily pads, oak leaves and fig trees lean towards cottagecore yet, in their graphic finish and bold colours, still feel contemporary.\u00a0\u201cThey\u2019re not run-away-from-it twee,\u201d she says of the designs that have been chosen by interior designers such as US-based David Netto (for a project in the Bahamas) and Firmdale Hotels founder Kit Kemp (at the Covent Garden Hotel).\u00a0Shorter trained in illustration. \u201cI wanted to be a children\u2019s book illustrator,\u201d she says. Instead, \u201cI started doing surface design for various companies \u2014 wrapping paper, greeting cards, something for Twinings\u2009.\u2009.\u2009. \u201d\u00a0Her first attempts at textiles were cushions that she screen-printed by hand. But \u201cit was such a slow burn\u201d, she admits of the process. It wasn\u2019t until three years later that she launched her first by-the-metre design: Calathea, based on the tropical Calathea Corona plant, in a choice of vibrant cobalt blue or chartreuse green. \u201cAnd it has grown gradually from there.\u201d\u00a0At the heart of the burgeoning brand is a focus on British craftsmanship and traditional printing methods. Most of the fabrics are screen-printed at Ivo Textiles in Southall, west London. Her wallpaper, launched last year, is produced by Anstey in Loughborough, an operation owned by the Sanderson Design Group that includes Morris & Co, founded by Arts and Crafts designer William Morris in 1861. \u201cIt\u2019s in the old Ladybird Books printing factory and they have a beautiful archive that includes all the old William Morris printing blocks,\u201d says Shorter.\u00a0She is currently working on prints inspired by the gardens at Mount Stewart, a 19th-century house in County Down, Northern Ireland, and Powis Castle, near Welshpool in Wales. \u201cThey\u2019re places I\u2019ve been to a couple of times and absolutely loved,\u201d she says. Often, books provide a starting point; both Margo and Fig, for example, were inspired by Gerald Durrell\u2019s autobiographical My Family and Other Animals, and a trip to the writer\u2019s home on the Greek island of Corfu.\u00a0In the hands of interior designer Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay, the vivacious pink Margo floral was used to surround a four-poster bed with extravagant swags and tassels. For a Dorset country house, designer Sarah Vanrenen chose the lemon yellow version of the print for curtains. \u201cThe attic room felt like something out of an Enid Blyton book so we wanted to embrace that whimsical feel,\u201d says her partner, Laura Hanbury. \u201cFanny Shorter\u2019s fabrics are full of fun and magic.\u201d\u00a0In his Herefordshire home, Edward Bulmer, the interior designer and the co-founder of a plant-based paint company, put Shorter\u2019s Mill Pond pattern on bedroom curtains and a headboard. \u201cIt has this big presence,\u201d he says of the print of deep-green lily pads, interlaced with pond life, including newts, dragonflies, water boatmen and frogspawn. \u201cHer designs are captivating and original.\u201d\u00a0Shorter\u2019s home, meanwhile, is far from a showcase for her fanciful aesthetic. \u201cThere\u2019s a real element of disappointment when people come into my house,\u201d she laughs. \u201cWe\u2019re currently living in a massive beige barn conversion with hideous curtains. But one day\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009\u201d\u00a0Fabrics from \u00a3135 per metre; wallpaper \u00a3159 per 10 metre roll; cushions from \u00a375; fannyshorter.comFind out about our latest stories first \u2014 follow @ft_houseandhome on Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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