Heart Home magazine Issue 9 | Page 93

“I love bold, simple, happy designs, which appeal to children and adults alike.” Many of Jane’s own designs come to her in moment of spontaneity and she will often sketch out her ideas over a coffee in her local café. She says: “I don’t usually do many versions and the process happens quite quickly. At first I use a 2B pencil and then I go over the design in a black ink pen before rubbing the pencil lines out.” And if a creative rut should halt the process? “That’s normally solved by coffee and cake! A large slice of Victoria sponge cake or banoffee pie usually does the trick.” way out of my league. One goal was to get my work into  Habitat  and miraculously it happened the week I became a mum.” And on the list today? “In ten years’ time I would like to be designing fabrics for IKEA or Marimekko and also other items such as storage tins, mugs and trays." “I see myself still working in my studio,  making items from the fabrics I collect and still doing Jane is a firm believer in following your dreams the odd bit of screen printing, which I can't ever and in the early days of self-employment would imagine getting tired of.” often write her ambitions in a notebook to help Jane’s work can be seen at keep her focused. “The list included both small goals and larger ones - ones that at the time seemed www.janefoster.co.uk or www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Janefoster 93