Vicky Yorke Designs

I'm delighted to finally be able to share with you that I have collaborated with  Captivate Brands Ltd.  on a new collection of beautiful licensed mugs.  ' Midwinter' is a selection of designs inspired by the forest with patterns including forest flora, oak leaves, trees and forest animals including foxes, hares and birds. It's a cosy collection that is perfect for transitional interiors between Autumn and Winter with the colour palette making it perfect for Christmas and the festive season too.  I worked closely with Captivate over a number of months to help them select some of my favourite and most on trend designs, and we have teamed these with fashionable shapes to create a fresh and stylish selection of 40 mug designs co-branded under their  Siip Fundamental  collection.  'Contoured' is a collection of continuous line drawings and here fashionable and stylish face illustrations are adorned with flower crowns in honour of female strength and unity. There a

One of my most exciting recent collaborations was the launch of my luggage collection with Halina at the end on 2018. To celebrate our partnership Halina are kindly currently giving away a Vicky Yorke Urban Jungle Cat carry-on case to one lucky winner in the USA or Europe. ( Find out more here. ) So I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to tell you a little more about the collection and my inspiration behind it! My 'Urban Jungle' collection features cats and dogs, as well pretty meadow flowers! While I do like dogs, I am most definitely a cat lover and this collection was initially inspired by watching my beautiful kitty moving around our garden with the serenity and grace of her wild big cat relatives - Our garden is definitely her jungle! She got very involved in the drawing process too, rolling all over my paper as I sketched - I think this was her seal of approval! All of my designs always begin with hand sketches. I usually start in pencil and th

Exciting news! To celebrate my collaboration with Halina  across luggage, they are offering one lucky person the opportunity to win  a Halina Vicky Yorke Urban Jungle Cats carry-on case as shown in the photo! Two steps to enter: Follow Vicky Yorke Designs and Halina on any  social media (listed below) Like this post on social media and t ag two friends in the post.   Social Media Instagram: @vickyyorkedesigns / @halina_madewithlove Facebook: @vickyyorkedesigns / @HalinaMadeWithLove Twitter: @vyorkedesigns / @halinawithlove The giveaway is for the USA and Europe. Full terms and conditions can be found here. Good luck!

    I am so happy to announce that my fourth collection for Camelot Fabrics has launched on their website. ‘Home On The Prairie’ is one of my favourite collections, showcasing a warm and earthy colour palette and focussing on my favourite theme of nature.  My inspiration comes in many forms, but the initial inspiration for this collection was a WGSN trend brief I was given while taking part in the Make It In Design Winter School at the beginning of the year. It's a great mini-course that gets the creative juices flowing and encourages you to experiment with your design process. I had some tiles in the studio (- and inspired by the theme of prairie quilts and geometric-floral patterns) I drew directly onto the tiles. I realised I would need a softer line for the final prints, so I then traced back over each of the prints to create slightly looser pen and ink drawings.  These formed the basis of my Prairie quilt design.   I always