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| (Image via www.voyagemaison.com) |
All the way back in February when Covid19 was a speck on the horizon of our reality, I popped in to Mavromac and chatted with the always-so-lovely Janice. I caught up on a range that they are stockists for and was literally swooning.
There's a lot to love about Voyage Maison and their gorgeous fabrics. Firstly, they are based in Scotland which appeals to my Scottish heritage and no-fuss attitude. Secondly, their fabrics all bear the same painterly, romantic fingerprint. They're elegant without being stuffy, and classic with a contemporary twist.
What I love most about their whimsical aesthetic is that's restful and naive. And, all the designs featured here are printed on lush velvet or a cotton/linen base.
Although Voyage fabrics are quintessentially British in their mood, I love that they have borrowed South Africa's much loved Proteas.
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| (Moorehaven on velvet) |
Voyage Maison's Wilderness range embraces the spirit of the great outdoors and uses a fresh palette that is applied in swathes of inky watercolour.
Every peasant adores a pheasant!
Torrington design has depth, richness and the glorious tactile quality of velvet.
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| (Torrington on Velvet) |
My dad has terrifically green fingers and we always had beautiful fuchsia's in our garden that were regularly feasted on by sunbirds.
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| (Fucshia flight left and top, Rothsay bottom right) |
Heralding the Scottish highlands! The scenery in the Wilderness design below reminds me of the expansive beauty of the scenery in the James Bond film Skyfall.
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| (Wilderness on velvet) Printed on a blend of cotton and linen, Chaffinch and Jack Rabbit have a sweet sensibility that could be beautifully applied to a nursery that can endure throughout childhood without dating. |
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| (Chaffinch on linen left, Jack Rabbit on Cotton/linen right) |
The fabrics from the Tiverton range is a nod to the arts and crafts movement from the turn of the century. Scenes from nature depicted in a the painterly style that is synonymous with Voyage Maison's fingerprint set the tone for this abundant, colour soaked range.
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| (Weycroft and Colyford on velvet) |
Birds of a feather flock to pomegranates!
Weycroft and Colyford are printed onto a sublime velvet that sturdy but soft.
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| (Colyford on velvet in Grape and Strawberry colour ways) |
Get out m'kilt! Cirsiun bears the Scottish National flower, the thistle. Like a smooth scotch, it goes down easily, it's watercolour brushstrokes very forgiving of rogue dirt that might stop by.
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| (Cirsiun) |
Azima from the Iridescence range reminds me of Australia's Rainbow Eucalyptus trees and is the perfect contemporary co-ordinate that adds some pop to the quiet Scottish landscape.
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| (Torrington and Azima col. Indigo on velvet from the Iridescence Range) |
I hope this post has been a feast for your eyes and a tonic for your soul.
To see Voyage Maison's full collection, visit https://www.voyagemaison.com/fabrics/. Better yet, if you are in SA and are dying for an outing (wink wink), pop in to Mavromac and take a look. You won't be disappointed.
Till next time nerds,
With love x
