Christina Strutt is the founder of Cabbages & Roses, a fabric company that specialises in historic rural printed fabrics for fashion, accessories, and interiors. Her books include Living Life Beautifully, the best-selling Home-Made Vintage (more than 30,000 copies sold), A Guide to Natural Housekeeping (more than 34,000 copies sold), At Home with Country, Vintage Chic and A Life in Fabric, all published by CICO Books. The author is based near Bath and in London, UK.