When you see the new Brit Royale collection of cushions from The Colour Union you will nod your heads in agreement.

Zara Siddiqui-Lester, Textile designer and retired University Lecturer is founder of The Colour Union. Zara has created as one of three new collections a quirky interpretation of the current powerful trend of interior accessories with the famous and sometimes infamous Union Jack: It is called Brit Royale.

“I wanted to mix the old fashioned tradition of products lovingly hand-made with state of the art digital printing to achieve an almost imperfect ‘perfect’ finish in clarity of design and production. My work is all about contradiction!”

Luxury is expressed in the richness of colour, historic imagery and iconic pattern with a hint of humour and drama.

The ‘new’ old collection of soft furnishings, poufs and footstools are created using 100% cotton velvet, organic fabrics are used where possible.

Provenance: ‘All designed, printed and made in England’ (where else!)

Creative Ethos: ‘More is more and colour truly rocks!’
Welcome to a new colourful couture culture of excess for style aficionados and colourholics alike. Poor beige may you ‘rest in peace’

Amen to that.

Are the daffodils out near you yet? Amanda judges the progress of spring on the amount of daffs flowering on her birthday. (12th March) She was sadly disappointed – and not because you forgot to send her a card!

All the Onya products are now on the site and we are trying to add an image to this blog – don’t hold yer breath! To any new followers (and you both know who you are) Amanda & I have only recently started out on this magical mystery tour of blogging. We know that it does work, as a very kind lady found our blog and made some helpful comments, one of which was that we should add some images…… (Thank you Julie)

What we should do is take some photos of Banksy (rescue lurcher now residing with Amanda) and let you see his expanding waistline. He is a very good-natured critter, considering the life he must have led, but let’s not dwell on that.

Back to Onya goodies – We have backpacks & shoulder bags made from parachute material (obviously lightweight as a heavy parachute would not be sensible!) They stow away in their own pouch, which you keep ‘On ya’. Plus brand new H2Onya reusable drinks bottles which are tough and toxin free – stainless steel doesn’t leach chemicals into your drinks.

Finally, why not take a celebrity to work with you. Have a look at our range of fun & funky Oyster/Travelcard holders, guaranteed to liven up the dullest journey!

Squeak soon
Amanda & Claudia

P.S We have suprised ourselves and not only managed to upload a photo, but have created links straight to the new products.