TIME TO GET WRAPPING

Elevate your gifting this season and wrap up something lovely in one of our beautiful tea towels. Click HERE for a ‘how to’ reel. Choose your wrap from our collection of joyful tea towels This Christmas we have been trying out new ways to wrap our presents. We have heard a lot about the Japanese wrapping and tying method of furoshiki and wanted to have a go. A furoshiki wrapping cloth is a single rectangular or square piece of fabric (in our case a tea towel). The wrap was originally referred to as tsutsumi and has gone through several transformations over the…

Perfect Pavlovas in 3 tasty ways

24 April 201926 April 2019 Categories: Kitchen & CooksTags: aprons · Baking · FRUIT · Inspiration · kitchen essentials · kitchen textiles · Kitchenware · London · Napkins · New Design · oven gloves · PINEAPPLE · Recipes · Screen print · tea towels · thornback & peel · thornback and peel · TROPICALLeave a comment

With their delicate, crispy outside and marshmallowy centre, pavlovas are our go-to party pudding. Once you have mastered the technique of making a good meringue, you can have fun experimenting with different toppings. In this blog post we share some meringue recipe tips, and then make three of our favourite toppings for you to try. INGREDIENTS (serves 6) MERINGUES 175g caster sugar 3 large egg whites Preheat the oven to 140ºC / Fan 120ºC / gas mark 1. Crack the egg whites into a large, clean bowl and whisk until stiff. Two points to note here: firstly you…

In conversation with Mims Heritage – the making of Wool Bunnies

11 April 2019 Categories: Friends & Family · History & MakingTags: bunny · design inspiration · Inspiration · lavender bunny · mims heritage · Pea Pod · Rabbit · Rabbit & Cabbage · tea towels · thornback & peelLeave a comment

Flora Mims of Mims Heritage is one of my oldest friends; we met on the first day of term of Norwich Art School and then went on to study Textiles at Goldsmiths College, London together. Here is a little window into her bunny making process with image captions taken from conversations with Flora. Each part is cut and sewn by hand then filled with sheepswool, lavender and rice. The bunnies are made using a beautiful brushed 100% wool fabric. Cutting the bunnies out of felt. The magic of drawing out a flat shape in order to create a three dimensional…

EDIBLE HERB CHRISTMAS WREATH

3 December 201828 November 2023 Categories: Christmas · Interiors & Designs · Kitchen & CooksTags: aprons · Christmas · christmas wreath · Coasters · design inspiration · Green · Inspiration · Screen print · Screen printed · screenprinting · tea towels · thornback & peel · thornback and peel · WreathLeave a comment

EDIBLE HERB CHRISTMAS WREATH BY THORNBACK AND PEEL

Black Forest Eton Mess

7 December 20177 December 2017 Categories: Kitchen & CooksTags: aprons · black forest cherry · black forest eton mess recipe · cherry · cherry compote · cherry kitchen textiles · cherry print · cherry recipe · Coasters · eton mess · kitchen linens · kitchen textiles · Napkins · oven gloves · Placemats · tea towelsLeave a comment

Rich dark chocolate and sweet juicy cherries have got to be one of the most delicious combinations imaginable. In this recipe for Black Forest Eton Mess, two classic desserts are combined to create the ultimate crowd-pleaser. Perfect for serving at winter dinner parties, or as an alternative to the traditional Christmas pudding. INGREDIENTS CHOCOLATE MERINGUES 3 egg whites 150g golden caster sugar 50g dark chocolate, grated 2tsp cocoa, sieved CHERRY COMPOTE 650g dark pitted cherries (fresh or frozen) 2tbsp sugar 2tbsp amaretto VANILLA CREAM 300ml double cream 1 vanilla pod 2tbsp icing sugar, sieved FOR THE MERINGUES Preheat the oven…

Design Inspiration: Pear

28 September 2017 Categories: History & Making · Interiors & DesignsTags: aprons · hand printed · home style · Interiors · Kitchenware · Napkins · new deisgn · oven gloves · pear · Placemats · Screen print · Screen printed · tableware · tea towelsLeave a comment

Introducing our newest print for autumn Embrace the changing of the seasons with our latest print, a quintessentially English design that recreates the beauty of espaliered Pear trees. Designing the print This darkly shaded two-colour illustration is something of a departure from our usual colour palette. We experimented with mixing the inks to create deeper tones of mustard yellow and golden brown which lends the design a slightly Victorian, gothic feel. Serving suggestion! The print works well as an accent colour in the dining room and kitchen and would complement the current trend for rich teals, intense blues, anthracite greys and dark wood interiors. (For…

cherry cotton tea towel on a table with a bowl of cherries

Design Inspiration: Cherry

24 July 201710 August 2017 Categories: History & Making · Interiors & DesignsTags: aprons · cherries · cherry · cherry print · Coasters · Design · design inspiration · handprinted · Inspiration · kitchen essentials · kitchen textiles · Kitchenware · New Design · Placemats · Screen printed · screenprinted · tableware · tea towelsLeave a comment

This quintessential summer fruit has always been a favourite. There is something so deliciously tempting about their plump, juicy redness you can’t help but eat the whole bowl. Cherries are an iconic image, and have long been used in everything from fashion and beauty to pop art. Hockney, Warhol and Lichtenstein have all fallen for these sweet, summer treats. So designing the new Cherry print for our range of homewares and accessories has been a particularly delicious project. We spent a long time mixing inks to get the exact shade of luscious red for the cherries and a lighter pink for the fill behind the leaves. We’ve designed this nostalgic…

Design Inspiration: Pigeon & Jelly

24 April 2017 Categories: History & Making · Interiors & DesignsTags: aprons · Coasters · cosmetic bags · Design · design inspiration · jelly · kitchen textiles · Napkins · pigeon · pigeon and jelly · Placemats · tea towels · tote bagsLeave a comment

Our best-loved Pigeon illustration has been around almost as long as Thornback & Peel. One of our original designs, it has adorned everything from deckchairs and wallpaper to a limited edition screen print, perched on top of a bowler hat. Over the years, Mr Pigeon has become something of a signature for Thornback & Peel, and featured on our business logo and shop sign. With his proudly puffed-up chest and slightly haughty appearance he has become a firm favourite with customers over the years. In 2013, when we ran a competition to name him, we were flooded with entries. The winning name was Dickin, after the medal awarded…

Patisserie Makes Perfect!

19 October 20161 February 2017 Categories: Kitchen & CooksTags: apron · Baking · Cabbage · cakes · kitchen essentials · Kitchenware · ovengloves · patisserie · Rabbit · Rabbit & Cabbage · Recipes · tea towelsLeave a comment

It’s Patisserie Week on the Great British Bake Off, so what better way to celebrate than with our favourite patisserie baker Angela, of foodie blog Patisserie Makes Perfect. We first came across Angela on social media – she’s a big fan of Thornback & Peel, but also turned out to have a rather gorgeous blog of her own. Patisserie Makes Perfect is one woman’s journey to perfect the art of patisserie, viennoiserie, cakes, biscuits and all the crème pat and buttercream you could eat. Full of delicious images and tempting recipes, we were immediately hooked! Prepare to indulge…. T&P: Hi…