When I was a kid, my Nan and Pop created the most fabulous bathroom in their flat.  It was a shell grotto, smelling of Imperial Leather and Brut. My nan stuck shells to the side of the bath (leg scrapings were commonplace) and on the ceiling was a HUGE fishing net, filled with more shells, dried starfish and those round things which I don’t know the name of and have never actually seen anywhere else. Then, in the corner was Dolly with a loo roll up her skirt.

Notwithstanding Dolly (or maybe because of Dolly, depending on your tastes) that bathroom was pretty cool. I just tell you this story because the sewings of Kirsty from Sixty One A set me on the Nan and Pop bathroom chain of thought. Kirsty’s sealife mobile and seahorses aren’t as kitsch (too pretty!) but are just as smile-making to me as thinking of that bathroom.

… Take a look at her folksy shop for more.

Our Blueberry pack has been a hit! Thanks for the inspiration, Karen, and also to Maria for sending some pics of the gorgeous patchwork cushions she crafted from her Blueberry purchase.

And it seems things have turned full circle, because although we’ve now sold out of the Blueberry, one of Maria’s purchases has inspired this pack (hope you don’t mind us stealing  your ‘eye’ Maria - it was too striking a combination to ignore).

We had a bit of a false start with My Happy Garden from Cloud9. We ordered the whole collection, but there was a bit of a problem with Speckle Grass (damaged in transit) which meant that we couldn’t offer the whole collection.

But it’s all sorted now! Michelle and Gina were so helpful and efficient, and made sure they posted our replacement bolt right away, meaning that we can now offer the whole collection.

For those of you who want to see all of the designs we will be offering them in a My Happy Garden fabric pack as well as a few more smaller Cloud9 packs.

Enjoy your weekend!

That’s what happened to the fabric I ordered from Spoonflower before Christmas. It wasn’t their fault, and even if it was I wouldn’t have minded because this is what they sent:

If you’ve never heard of Spoonflower before, they let you upload your design, and then you can order it on a type of fabric of your choosing. I couldn’t resist trying it and was tres happy with the professional quality of the print, the weight of the fabric and the colour representation.

This will soon be a new cushion cover for the girls’ playroom. A very well-travelled one.

Thanks so much to our customers for sending in images of their makes. Of course, it’s none of our business what you make with the fabric you buy, but we always find ourselves wondering when we’re packing the orders what each bundle is destined to become. Sometimes we’re cheeky enough to ask (we’re nosy biddies and we just can’t help ourselves) and other times you’re kind enough to tell us anyway!

Today, we’re proud to give you: (cue Take Heart gallery music)

Such a sweet, unusual bag from Judith - using a U-handbag pattern (the Kyoko Frilled Pouch) and Brandon Mably’s Flora fabric. Judith says she also made it in Anna Maria Horner’s Garden Party Social Climber in Olive and she says it looks very pretty.

Colourful, pretty quilt from Letanya - and her first sewing project too! Gorgeous.

Melly & Me’s Dilbert (sold out - boo, hiss!) by Anna - isn’t he cute? Why do I feel the urge to shout ‘Dinosaur’ (a la George)?

ps - as you can see, our blog is now working… you have been a naughty blog but we forgive you.

We’re a little bit frustrated to say that we’re having problems with our blog at the moment, which is stopping us from posting new entries with pictures. And since the entries we had planned all rely on the pictures to go in them, we’re a bit scuppered. We aim to get somebody who knows about these things to get it sorted ASAP.

Cloud 9 fabrics are now on the site - we couldn’t wait the couple of days I thought it would take to put them up (not that it takes two days to upload images - but we do have some snow to play with)!

…because the whole of Cloud 9’s My Happy Garden collection arrived on our doorstep yesterday all the way from the USA. And it’s beautiful. Gorgeous delicate colours, the sweetest designs, and organic too. We’ll have it on the site within the next couple of days. In the meantime, check out their blog on their site www.cloud9fabrics.com and take a look at some of the cuteness that they’ve made with these gorgeous threads.