Cath Kidston built a brand on a particular kind of English nostalgia: vintage-inspired florals, scattered ditsy prints and cheerful spots that look as though they have been pulled from a 1950s haberdashery. Those prints are licensed designs, which is why you can still order a made-to-measure blind in Mews Ditsy, Summer Birds or the Cath Kidston spot, years after they first appeared on oilcloth bags and aprons.

Cath Kidston blinds are sold by 2 UK retailers we track, from £12.79, as roller and roman blinds. The same named designs turn up across these shops at near-identical prices - a strong sign it is the same licensed cloth - so the choice comes down to price, construction and fitting rather than the fabric itself.

The thing worth knowing before you buy

The Cath Kidston patterns are licensed designs, not a retailer's own range. The same print - the same artwork, at the same scale - is supplied to more than one shop, who each sell it under their own range name and pricing. That has a useful consequence for you: when you find the same Cath Kidston design at two retailers, it is almost certainly the same cloth, so the sensible thing is to compare on price, the construction (lined or unlined, blackout or not) and the fitting, rather than worrying about which shop has the "real" fabric. They both do.

Below, each pattern lists the retailers we track that currently sell it, ordered by price from low to high, with a link through to each one. The price spread on these is worth a look: across the prints here, one of the two retailers consistently lists well below the other on identical designs, so the comparison earns its keep.

Mews Ditsy

If one print sums up the Cath Kidston look, it is a ditsy: tiny flowers scattered evenly across a plain ground. Mews Ditsy is exactly that, and the small, regular repeat is what makes it so easy to live with. It reads as a gentle texture from a distance and only reveals itself as a floral up close, which is why it suits a compact room or a window where a bigger pattern would feel busy.

Cath Kidston Mews Ditsy blind
The scattered vintage florals of Cath Kidston Mews Ditsy, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

Summer Birds

Where the ditsy is quiet, Summer Birds is the print with personality - songbirds perched among roses and blossom, the kind of cheerful, storybook design that the brand is known for. It is a natural choice for a child's room, a kitchen or any window where you want a bit of charm rather than a restrained neutral.

Cath Kidston Summer Birds blind
Cath Kidston Summer Birds, songbirds among the blossom, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

Spot

The Cath Kidston spot is the brand's most recognisable design that isn't a flower: a simple, evenly placed polka dot. It is the easy option when the room already has plenty of pattern elsewhere and you want the blind to add colour and a bit of fun without competing. A spot also scales well, reading cleanly on a small window and a large one alike.

Cath Kidston Spot blind
The Cath Kidston Spot, the brand's most recognisable non-floral, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

The rest of the prints

The other Cath Kidston designs we see made to measure, each with the retailers carrying them:

Spitalfields Border

Cath Kidston Spitalfields Border blind
Cath Kidston Spitalfields Border, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

A bordered floral, with the pattern gathered into a decorative band rather than spread evenly - livelier where the lower edge of the blind shows.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

Mayfield Blossom

Cath Kidston Mayfield Blossom blind
Cath Kidston Mayfield Blossom, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

An all-over of small open blossom, light and pretty without tipping into busy.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

Millfield Blossom

Cath Kidston Millfield Blossom blind
Cath Kidston Millfield Blossom, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

A close cousin of Mayfield, scattered blossom in a softer, smaller repeat.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

Vintage Bunch

Cath Kidston Vintage Bunch blind
Cath Kidston Vintage Bunch, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

Tied posies of mixed garden flowers, a nostalgic country-cottage print.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

Wiggle Rose

Cath Kidston Wiggle Rose blind
Cath Kidston Wiggle Rose, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

Loose, painterly roses on a wandering stem - relaxed rather than formal.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

Wild Ones

Cath Kidston Wild Ones blind
Cath Kidston Wild Ones, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

A looser, sketchier floral with a hand-drawn feel.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

Tea Rose

Cath Kidston Tea Rose blind
Cath Kidston Tea Rose, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

Full-blown English tea roses, the brand's signature flower at its most generous.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

Paisley

Cath Kidston Paisley blind
Cath Kidston Paisley, as featured on Unbeatable Blinds.

A small-scale paisley, the brand's nod to the traditional teardrop motif.

Carried by 2 of the retailers we track:

How to choose between them

Because the fabric is shared, your decision is really about the room and the build. Pick the print by mood - a scattered ditsy or a small blossom for a calm, grown-up room, the birds or the spot for somewhere you want a lift of character. Then choose the construction: a roller shows the print tensioned and slightly cropped at the edges, a roman shows it flat and whole, and a blackout lining matters more than the pattern if it is going in a bedroom. Only then compare prices - and that is what the lists above are for.

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