Vanessa Arbuthnott

Vanessa started her business on her kitchen table over 20 years ago. For the first few months she worked after her four children were tucked up and before they came down in the morning, cutting all the samples with her pinking shears and rolling out the first orders on a table tennis table!

After some very favourable coverage in Country Living magazine and the Saturday Telegraph followed by a Country Living Fair, business took off and Vanessa has never looked back. She has swiftly become one of the most exciting names to follow when you need to buy designer fabric.