Opposite: Moving back to her childhood county of Suffolk motivated Victoria to star t her home-based business. The flexibility has enabled her to juggle work with family life. ‘As the business grows, so does the amount of admin, so I’m careful to stay at a level where I can cope,’ she says
Clockwise from top left: Her own menagerie of hens and geese, which roam in the six acres surrounding her countr y house, have provided inspiration for some of Victoria’s designs; the higgledy-piggledy studio at the top of the house is filled with samples of her various homeware, including aprons