Cross Stitch wallpaper shown in Jewel
The Temple team is always excited for new work from Helene Blanche, and the Au Fil Du Temps Collection is no exception to this rule.
We recently loved getting to chat with Helene about her new work, design ethos, and creative process in celebration of her new collection.
Translated from French to English, ‘au fil du temps’ simply means ‘over time.’ This collection features three new fabric, wallpaper, and grasscloth patterns: Cross Stitch, Painted Thread, and Silvia's Cloth. The work overall reflects Helene's deep admiration for traditional crafts and the inherent beauty of simple materials.
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Detail of Cross Stitch Porcelain fabric
Temple Studio: What is the inspiration behind your new collection, Au Fil Du Temps?
Helene Blanche: Au Fil Du Temps is about textile heritage. It is inspired by time-honored embroidery and traditional needlework, which I have reinterpreted through hand-painted designs.
The collection introduces Cross Stitch, Painted Thread, and Silvia’s Cloth, patterns inspired by the quiet splendor of centuries past. Hand-painted with care, these patterns translate artisanal needlework into both printed fabrics and wallpapers, allowing the language of thread to unfold across interiors in layered harmony
Cross Stitch is available as a fabric, wallpaper, and grasscloth.
Clockwise from top left: Cross Stitch shown in fabric colorways, Poppy and Jewel and the two grasscloth options, Indigo Plum and Green Ochre
Clockwise from top left: Cross Stitch shown in fabric colorways, Poppy and Jewel and the two grasscloth options, Indigo Plum and Green Ochre
How do you create designs that are both modern yet remain so timeless?
I am instinctively drawn to simplicity, to materials with texture, and to organic sequences and forms, for example, a line, a dot, or a brushstroke, and how such small gestures, like fine yarns, can grow into a pattern.
All of my collections are born from a love of old crafts and the beauty of transformation of raw materials finding new life in a contemporary form.
My eye is naturally drawn to traditional crafts, art, history, and decorative styles of the past. I source from history. I am drawn to the idea of breathing new life into traditional, handcrafted techniques, while keeping my mind and senses open to the present and the time I live in.
Painted Thread in Porcelain shown as a window treatment
The color palettes across your collections are striking and unique, yet they remain soothing and restrained. How do you achieve this particular balance?
For years, I have painted on small remnants of old, heavy silk paper, exquisite materials that carry their own history and character. I am drawn to organic, imperfect surfaces; they respond, breathe, and evolve beautifully with color. My palettes are deeply influenced by historic tones, colors that have softened and faded over time. They hold a simple complexity and depth that I find endlessly inspiring. Rather than creating contrast through intensity, I work with nuance, allowing colors to settle into one another in a more restrained, harmonious way.
It is in this dialogue between material and color that the balance emerges. something expressive, distinctive, and enduring.
Left to Right: Painted Thread fabric shown in Sage, Burgundy, and Porcelain
Left to Right: Painted Thread wallpaper rolls shown in corresponding colors Sage, Burgundy, and Porcelain
Do you have a design process or rituals that you maintain when you’re working on something new?
Color, texture, and pattern have always been deeply intertwined with my memories and life journey. They are not separate from my work; they are the foundation of it.
For me, it has never been about the process, but about returning to something essential. The beauty of creating, often with very simple tools, is at the heart of how I begin. I try not to complicate, but to simplify. This is also why traditional crafts continue to fascinate me. They carry stories, patience, and a knowledge that resonates deeply with my way of working.
Every new piece begins with my thoughts and reflections, before it slowly takes form through the hands.
Silvia’s Cloth is available as a fabric, wallpaper, and grasscloth. Shown here, Silvia's Cloth Gold Grasscloth
There are three patterns—Silvia’s Cloth, Cross Stitch, and Painted Thread—that make up this collection. Is there a particular way you imagine these fabrics and wallpapers being used?
I see this collection bringing new life to both contemporary and traditional interiors. Subtle in expression and guided by a devotion to minimalism, the designs are created to endure, evolving gracefully and adapting to interiors over time.
Left to Right: Silvia’s Cloth wallpaper rolls shown in Teal, Plum, and Porcelain
