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Bright Threads The most colourful table linen on the planet 💚
​ I have combined my equal loves of LUXE linen with bright, and bold colour combinations.

Bright Threads is tabletop linen turned on its head - as beautiful, bright, eclectic, textured and mixy matchy as you want it to be. Fond childhood memories, and a passion for entertaining is the inspiration behind creating beautiful tablescapes while playfully mixing patterns and prints. My focus is tabletop textiles - napkins, runners, and tablecloths, aprons and tea towels - and recently I added colourful resin napkin rings.

We are getting so close to going live with our Ubud Food & Culture Retreat for October 2027, and I am genuinely so excit...
19/10/2026

We are getting so close to going live with our Ubud Food & Culture Retreat for October 2027, and I am genuinely so excited about this one.

I have spent the past few weeks writing, tweaking, rewriting and then rewriting again the copy for our day-to-day experiences. And somewhere in the middle of explaining why I have chosen each restaurant, each experience and each person I want you to meet, I have been reminded just how much I love this part of Bali.

If you are a massive foodie like me, this retreat is for you. Promise. I have been travelling to Bali for over forty years, and Ubud has one of my favourite dining scenes anywhere in the world. From tiny family-run warungs to some of the most extraordinary dining experiences I have ever had.

I have built this retreat around the places I return to, the people I have met along the way and a handful of what I call memory meals. Those rare meals that stay with you for years, long after you have forgotten what was on the menu. One of those meals is the very reason this retreat exists, and I cannot wait to share it with you.

There will be cooking, exploring, making, incredible food, a *few* cocktails and plenty of time to wander the little streets of Ubud at your own pace.

3–9 October 2027. Seven days, six nights. Just 16 guests.

Pre-registration is now open via the link in my bio.

And if you are already thinking about dinner while you are still eating lunch, I think we are going to get along just fine. Xx

Some of the best things we bring home from a week away don’t take up any room in the suitcase.There is the fabric we spe...
16/10/2026

Some of the best things we bring home from a week away don’t take up any room in the suitcase.

There is the fabric we spent far too long choosing. The pieces we made. The photographs and the recipes we are determined to cook again.

And there is also the feeling of having had a little room for ourselves. Time to sit over breakfast and finish a conversation. To make something with our hands without needing to be good at it. To wander through a fabric shop and follow our own curiosity, with no one asking how much longer we will be.

I loved sharing my Bali with the women who joined me in August. But I also loved watching everyone settle in. Getting to know each other. Laughing over dinner. Making plans together for their free afternoon.

Of course, we come home to work, families, washing and everything we left waiting. I am still thinking about how we make a little more room for those things we enjoyed while we were away. Making something simply because we want to. Taking a proper lunch break. Spending time with people who make us laugh.

That is something I hope comes home with you, alongside a very full suitcase.

Join me in Sanur, 16–22 May 2027. Details via the link in my bio. Xx

I have been thinking about her a lot lately.This is me, about 31, living in Beijing with a head full of ideas and a fair...
12/10/2026

I have been thinking about her a lot lately.

This is me, about 31, living in Beijing with a head full of ideas and a fairly firm belief that anything was possible.

I was living in Sydney when I applied for a job in Beijing. I had never even been to China, I honestly thought it would be like HK - how now I’ve I was. lol. I got the job, sold up, packed up my life and moved. I didn’t know a single human in that city. My brother was in Hong Kong, which felt reassuringly close when looking at a map. In reality, it was just me and a ginormous city.

It turned out to be two of the best and most challenging years of my life. I frickin LOVED IT.

There’s something about being young, isn’t there? The courage to take a leap without needing to know how every part of it will work. My thinking was fairly straightforward: what is the worst that could happen? I come home.

It didn’t take long to find a gang of mates, and I loved them all, still do. They became my Beijing family. My Beijing siblings. We bought these ridiculous bouquets of helium balloons for birthdays, holidays, parties or a perfectly ordinary Tuesday. There was usually something worth celebrating, and we were very good at finding it.

Looking at her now, I remember how much she had to work out as she went. The confidence got her on the plane, but there were plenty of days when living there took a bit more than that.

Years before Bright Threads was even an idea, she was already drawn to colour, people and the possibility of making something happen. I think I could do with a little more of her approach lately. Take the chance. Work it out as you go. Buy the balloons. 🎈❤️

Thank you so much to everyone who has placed a Christmas pre-order. I am so thrilled you love this collection - Sophisti...
11/10/2026

Thank you so much to everyone who has placed a Christmas pre-order. I am so thrilled you love this collection - Sophisticated Garish - as much as I do, and I cannot wait to see all your fabulous tables this year. Christmas 2026 is going to be amazing. 🎉

I keep looking at these napkin samples side by side, trying to decide which print is my favourite. Just when I think I’ve settled on one, I put them all together and realise that is what I love most. The bottles, the gingham, the big red polkas and the candy, all mixed up around the same table.

That was always the idea behind this collection. Choose your favourite, mix all four, or add a few to the pink and red Bright Threads pieces you already bring out each Christmas.

If you have been pondering your Christmas table, send me a note. I am very happy to help you put a combination together.

Are you choosing one print, or joining me in having a bit of everything this festive season?

This is Wayan. He doesn’t speak a heap of English and I barely speak any Balinese, but we have worked so well together f...
09/10/2026

This is Wayan. He doesn’t speak a heap of English and I barely speak any Balinese, but we have worked so well together for years.

Somehow, between us, we manage to turn the things in my head into the linen you put on your tables. That is what makes working with this team so fab. Years of knowing each other, figuring things out together and caring about what we make.

There is so much of Wayan’s skill and care in the linen that leaves this workshop. I get to see it being made, and I would love you to know a little more about the people making it, too.

If you would like to meet Wayan and the team and try your hand at screen printing, join me in Bali in May 2027 for the Bright Threads Textile Retreat. Link in bio Xx

I spend a lot of time deciding what other people might like to put on their tables. In August, I got to stand beside my ...
08/10/2026

I spend a lot of time deciding what other people might like to put on their tables. In August, I got to stand beside my retreat guests while they decided for themselves.

That was pure joy. Watching someone choose their colours, have a go at printing and lift the screen to see what they had made. I know that feeling well, but I still loved watching it happen for someone else.

For nearly a decade, I have been coming to this workshop to make Bright Threads linen. Bringing guests through the door meant I could finally introduce them to the people behind the pieces they have at home - and let them get their own hands a little inky.

There is a particular pleasure in spending a day with people who are just as interested in fabric as you are. Nobody needs convincing that another print is worth a look. I felt very much at home with my colour loving people.

We are doing it again in 2027, and I would love you to come.

Bright Threads Textile Retreat
Sanur, Bali · 16–22 May 2027

You can find the full itinerary and booking details through the link in my bio. And if there’s something you’d like to ask me first, please send me a message.

Alice x

September was full of movement and transition. Bigger catering orders, early morning sunlight (how divine) and the kids ...
02/10/2026

September was full of movement and transition. Bigger catering orders, early morning sunlight (how divine) and the kids moving into summer sports. There was a lot happening, often at once. Chaos - just how I like it.

Reopening wholesale felt far more vulnerable and overwhelming than I had expected. It is a big decision to put something you have worked so hard on back out into the world, and I am giving myself a moment to appreciate that.

Then the Christmas samples arrived. Seeing the collection together and imagining these linens becoming part of Christmas memories in homes all over the country (and the world) feels really very special.

As always, I am so grateful I get to create beautiful things for this wonderful community of like-minded linen lovers. Thank you so much, it means the absolute world. Xx

29/09/2026

I mean, LOOK AT THAT RED POLKA DOT. Hands down my favourite. I love her. What a stunner.

But also - look at how bloody fabulous these prints are together. And even better, how beautifully they’re going to work with the Bright Threads Christmas pieces already living in your linen cupboard.

Cherry. Candy Stripe. Cray. Pull them all out and pile them together. Add a new runner, a few napkins, maybe a tablecloth. Nothing needs to match. More is more is more at Christmas.

I am absolutely wrapped with this wild, garish, fabulous collection. It has completely stolen my Christmas heart.

Christmas 2026 pre-orders are opening this week. If you want first dibs, make sure you are on the mailing list - link in bio.

29/09/2026

I mean, LOOK AT THAT RED POLKA DOT. What a stunner. Hands down my favourite. I love her. But more importantly, look at how beautifully all of these prints work together - and how easily they will work back with the Bright Threads Christmas pieces already living in your linen cupboard.

Cherry, Candy Stripe, Cray… pull them all out. Add a new runner, a few napkins, maybe a new tablecloth. Nothing needs to match. In fact, you know me - I would prefer it if they didn’t.

The Christmas 2026 pre-order email is heading out this week. Make sure you’re on the mailing list if you want first dibs - link in bio.

I am absolutely wrapped with this wild, garish, fabulous little collection. It has completely stolen my Christmas heart.

More is more is more this Christmas. This is Bright Threads. ❤️

SOPHISTICATED GARISH. That is what I’m calling Christmas 2026.I haven’t released a Christmas collection properly since D...
27/09/2026

SOPHISTICATED GARISH. That is what I’m calling Christmas 2026.

I haven’t released a Christmas collection properly since December 2023 - Cherry and Candy Stripe were the last - and this one feels like a bit of a moment.

Between La Tavola and now Christmas, I feel like Bright Threads has finally found its feet again. After a few years of stopping, starting, stepping away and coming back, I am back. Perhaps with a bit of a glow up. And this Christmas collection might actually be my favourite yet.

I have decided the aesthetic is sophisticated garish. Ha. There’s a lot going on, but not really - and somehow it all works. And THAT was the intention. These new prints have been designed to work with the Bright Threads Christmas pieces you already own. Pull out your Cherry, Candy Stripe and Cray. Add a new runner. A few napkins. Maybe a new tablecloth. Mix them all together.

You don’t need a whole new Christmas collection. Just add to the one you already have. More is more is more at Christmas, and sophisticated garish is not only acceptable, it is fabulous.

This week I will be emailing the mailing list asking for pre-orders / expressions of interest. Nothing to pay yet - I simply need to know whether I need to print MORE because the interest already has been huge and I really don’t want anyone to miss out. First shipment is due mid-November.

Not on the mailing list? Link in bio.

Stockists - you should have received my Faire email on Friday, and if not - please let me know, happy to email it again.
My Faire link is also available in my bio.

Christmas 2026. I am VERY here for it. ❤️

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