William Morris prints

Use this beautiful cotton fabric, printed with classic William Morris designs, to sew tops, dresses, shirts, overalls, pillows, cushions, sofa covers, luggage, bags, curtains, decorations and other craft or sewing projects.

William Morris (1834-1898), a founder of the British Arts and Crafts movement, sought to restore the prestige and methods of hand-made crafts, including textiles, in opposition to the 19th century tendency toward factory-produced textiles. In 1881, he opened new workshops at Merton Abbey, seven miles southwest of London, for manufacturing printed and woven textiles. The workshops were next to the River Wandle, providing a source of abundant clean water, and also had a grassy meadow where dyed clothes could be dried in the open air. He produced a number of furnishing fabrics there.