George & Minnie | Minnie's Garden

Minnie's Garden is a garden floral from George & Minnie's Volume One print collection, drawn in the brand's London studio and printed on a linen and cotton union cloth. The flowers are open and loosely drawn, spaced so that the ground shows through, and the 38.5 centimetre repeat keeps the scale friendly rather than grand. It reads as a modern cottage print: pattern that is cheerful and a little irreverent rather than reverent.

The cloth is 55 per cent linen and 45 per cent cotton, 137 centimetres wide, with a 38.5 centimetre vertical and 68.5 centimetre horizontal repeat. The mill rates it for curtains, loose and fixed upholstery and bedspreads. There are 4 colourways: Aqua, Ink, Raspberry/Daffodil and Periwinkle/Emerald. The single-colour Aqua and Ink versions are the calmer ones; the two-colour Raspberry/Daffodil and Periwinkle/Emerald are the ones to choose when the room wants a bit of a party.

We would use Minnie's Garden for a pair of full-length curtains in a bedroom, for a headboard with a plain valance, or for a loose cover on a small bedroom sofa. It sits well with the woven checks from the same collection, so a George Check chair beside Minnie's Garden curtains looks intended rather than matched. Sold by the half metre; order a sample to see it in your own light.

Match the pattern across drops and allow one extra repeat, about 38.5 centimetres, per drop when calculating curtains; the 68.5 centimetre horizontal repeat means a centred motif on a headboard is worth planning on paper first. A cotton sateen lining protects the linen from sun and gives the curtains body. On upholstery, ask for the flowers to be centred on the inside back and the seat, and keep the pattern upright rather than railroading it, because the drawing has a clear top and bottom.

• Composition: 55% linen, 45% cotton
• Width: 137 cm (54 in)
• Pattern repeat: 38.5 cm vertical, 68.5 cm horizontal
• Suitable for: Curtains, loose and fixed upholstery, bedspreads
• Care: Professional dry clean only; do not wash, bleach or iron
• Collection: Volume One, George & Minnie
• Colourways: 4 (Aqua, Raspberry/Daffodil, Ink, Periwinkle/Emerald)