I love linen : )
I really do, since summer last year all of my work, except my felt making, has featured linen of one sort or another. I have found a great source of linen in this country, but I have been tempted by Linnet since the first time I saw it, but have always held back!
Until Martine wrote this post, yet again I looked and yearned for this divine linen, tape and thread, but I thought, no you can’t, can’t afford it and what are you going to do with it. But then I discovered they take Paypal, and that was it, I realised yes I could, just a little something!!
So I gave in, I dived into the site, and yes they had what I wanted, towel cloth is how they describe it, and oh my word it is wonderful : ) I have bought two metres of Red Line on off white, this is to make a table runner/cloth for our ‘new’ dining table (we have had it since last May, so not strictly new!) and I’m so pleased with it. It is a real treat to have bought something for me, for us, and to use in our house.
I also bought some plain linen tape, which I want to use to make some tags for my bags.
Etsy went down yesterday for over an hour and freaked everyone out! But I did manage to sell a couple of bags, including a favourite of mine which I thought would never sell, but yay, it has!
Now working on some new ones, quite different to recent bags, more freestyle, and I also want to introduce some of my handmade felt into my bags as well, currently working on ideas : )
24th February 2008 @ 3:30 pm
Me too 🙂
24th February 2008 @ 6:57 pm
Yup, the computer gremlins are out in forge this weekend, because bloglines won’t speak to me either.
Lovely loot – it’s so much easier spending PayPal dollars – feels like monopoly money doesn’t it?
24th February 2008 @ 11:39 pm
Such beautiful linens. I am really enjoying reading through your blog and seeing your beautiful work xx
25th February 2008 @ 10:52 am
i also went there after martine’s post and if i’d have bought anything it would have been that teatowel fabric…gorgeous! do you mean to say you’ve already got the order? that’s very good service if so!
24th March 2008 @ 12:19 pm
That linen looks gorgeous – love to see what you are going to do with it. Etsy is a good thing – there are so many wonderful things out there but not so good as they kepp saying ‘buy me, buy me!’ – not so good for my bank balance!
Jacqui