Survey

A big thank you to all of you who took part in our survey. We are going to make some changes over the next weeks/months to the layout regarding the menue and search facilities and we will include as many of your suggestions as possible. Many thanks again for your opinions!

And the winner of the prize draw is

Louise Paemen, Oxfordshire

Congratulations!

Wenn einer eine Reise tut...

...dann kann er was erleben! That's German and means as much as: if you go on a journey you have lots to tell! And so have I. Two days before I was due to fly out one of my suppliers informed me that their new collection wasn't finished! Great, but as I had booked one of those cheap flights I rebooking wasn't an option. I needed some bits and bobs from the wholesaler anyway and was going to see the two other suppliers, so off I went. When I arrived at my first appointment, the rep had totally forgotten I was coming and told me that their collection wasn't finished either. Brilliant! He was really sorry, but nothing could be done. Next stop was the wholesaler, which surprisingly went to plan. My third supplier had his collection ready and finally I managed to order some lovely new materials. That was all on Monday. My flight home was scheduled for Wednesday (today). And as I had  never been in Amsterdam before, I spent the whole day yesterday sightseeing. It was really lovely and here are some pictures:

Anne Frank House

And then there was on the news last night that some airports in Scotland were shut again due to the ash cloud. Honestly, I was already thinking of some other ways to travel home: other airports or maybe ferry? But then this morning there was no sign of complications and my flight left on time. Everything was fine, I was on my way home again. 

There was only one more small surprise for me when I collected my suitcase:

That's the work of the Dutch baggage handlers, but thankfully there was no serious damage to the contents of my bag. Oh yes, and two hours after my arrival back here Edinburgh airport was closed due to the ash cloud. What a journey!

Off to Amsterdam

Looking at this photo, the last thing on your mind would be the next winter, wouldn't it? I so agree with you. Nevertheless the new autumn/winter fabric collection is out and I'm off to Holland tomorrow for a couple days to order it.

Have a nice start to the week!

Your opinion is important

We are planning some changes on our website, we want to make it easier to navigate and introduce new options.
And therefor we would like to ask you for your opinion. We would love to know how you shop for fabrics: do you shop by type of fabric? Or by season or supplier? Do you mind if it last years designs or do you only go for the latest arrivals? Your honest opinion will be very much appreciated.

Email us!

All emails that we receive will be entered into a prize draw for 1m fabric of your choice incl. postage.
Ends Sunday, 9th of May.

Many thanks in advance!

Fabric combinations

I often get emails from customers asking which fabrics would look nice together, as it can be very hard to judge from single photos. Therefor I have created a new section in my shop: fabric combinations. Here you will find the latest fabrics bundled up in colour stacks to help you find matching materials. It doesn't cover every single item in the shop and of course you are still very welcome to email me for advice, but it might be a little help for you to see some fabrics in combinations you wouldn't have thought of. Here are some examples:

   My second delivery of toy filling arrived yesterday and now I know how much 5kg of polyester stuffing is :-)

                      The elephant herd, the dogs and the donkey are coming to the craft fair with me tomorrow and hopefully find a lovely new home.

The herd is growing

One of the herd is still waiting to be stuffed, but I've run out of stuffing...