I visited Heals for the first time just a few years ago, having won one of their gift vouchers in a competition.

I was looking forward to spending my winnings on textiles. But when I got there, I found there wasn’t much in the way of textiles to buy.

And consequently, I left disappointed.

It has baffled me ever since why, these days Heals doesn’t really seem to do fabrics much any more. Not like it used to, anyway.

Time was, Heals was the leading supplier of home furnishing fabrics.

Back in the day, their designers such as Barbara Brown, Peter Hall, Lucienne Day and Mary White produced amazing fabrics like these…

But those glory days could be set for something of a return.

Heals at last seems to have woken up to the fact that fabrics are still fab and has, not before time, commissioned some new ones!

Their first own brand fabric collection since the 1970s,  Heal’s 1810 fabric patterns have been created by both established and emerging designers,  from Zandra Rhodes and Cressida Bell, to Malika Favre and Hvass and Hannibal.

Admittedly, not all of them are to my taste. Those pictured are my favourites.

You can see the full Heals 1810 collection of fabrics here.

Now, where did I put that gift voucher? ♥