Waterways Inspired Fabric, Home Decor & Eco Living Most Aqua by Design collections have been inspired by our love of the waterways (we sometimes get inspired by other things too). Mainly because the founder, Jane, has a partner that also builds narrrowboats, so you may see images of the canals and canal boats along the way. Jane works with some wonderful designers to create the fabric designs, who creatively reflect the wealth of marine wildlife and flora, plus the fun side of waterways living. Jane then prints all designs onto fabric to be sold by the metre or made into home interiors or gifts. Whilst Jane does sew, she really does prefer to print fabric, so all sewing is passed onto local talented makers. Sometimes they join Jane in the studio, and more recently in 2020 have been working from home. We really have harnessed a lot of talent out there to offer some fresh designs, great fabric choice and all lovingly made in the UK.
About our Fabrics All of our fabrics are printed in the UK, and made into home interiors & gifts. So you can choose from fabric by the metre, roman blinds, curtains, box seating cushions, scatter cushions, kitchen linens including tea towels, oven gloves, table runners and napkins, make-up bags, waxed coin purses and lavender bags. We are aiming for Zero Waste, so use fabric remnants for all our smaller products, plus we offer fabric and crafting subscriptions too. Once you have chosen your favourite design, then you can choose from the following home interior fabrics, all chosen for their weight, cutting and sewing and quality of print: organic cotton, eco-linen blend, retex100 (100% recycled semi sheer fabric), faux suede, outdoor waterproof fabric, velvet, Plus fire retardant (FR) upholstery fabrics such as FR velvet and FR linen look. Find out more about our fabrics
Fabric Collections
Ikat Collection
Emily Smith Designs
Highland Loch Collection
Summer Canal Collection
Stripes & Waves Collection
Geometric Flag Collection
Bespoke Service We offer a bespoke home interiors service, if you would like our designs on a bedspread, curtains or blinds, just get in touch. The lead time for our bespoke service is approximately 4-6 weeks. Here's what we can do:
Choose any of our designs or we can design an exclusive fabric for you
Change the colourway of any of our fabric designs to meet your colour scheme
Print fabric inhouse at our Derbyshire studio
Make curtains, blinds, box seating cushions and homeware
Trade & Wholesale We also sell our fabric, homeware and gifts to retail interior shops, farm shops, garden centres, interior designers, blind and curtains makers, and fabric shops. We can even work in collaboration to develop a unique design for our partner trade shops. Apply for a Trade Account