British Waxed Canvas now in store

Minus messenger bag in British waxed canvas

I'm so excited and proud to be able to introduce a beautiful waxed canvas fabric to my store. Why I'm so proud of it, is that it is Made in Great Britain. As you may or may not know, the British manufacturing industry has been in freefall with a steady decline since the early 80s. It feels like everything is now made overseas and usually to a cheaper and inferior quality.

I feel saddened that so much has gone, never to return, but at least British waxed canvas still has a world leader. The waxed canvas that I use and hope to expand, is made in Great Britain by a family owned and run business. They've been in the waxed canvas industry for many family generations and truly are experts in their field.

Waxed canvas is so perfect and very versatile. It is naturally water resistant and fully breathable, and most important extremely eco friendly and made from 100% cotton. Easy to clean and sooooo durable, the more you use it the better it seems to get.

You can see the waxed canvas messenger in my shop for a closer look.


 

Metronomy - The discovery

Metronomy first came to my attention on the fantastic live music show 'Later with Jools Holland' back in May this year. They seemed to grab my attention as soon as they started to perform 'The Look' and I was really impressed by their fresh minimal sound.

I just love everything about it. The video is perfect - minimal, and they have such a strong individual character, very different from many artists nowadays.

See what you think of them. I can't recommend them highly enough.

The new colour - clover

The saddle pouch has seen another new colour introduced. It's the fresh looking 'clover'. Again, the fabric is the authentic handwoven ribbed canvas. If you would like a closer look then the clover saddle pouch can be found here.

Azure saddle pouch

I have added a new saddle pouch to my shop so it is now available in the beautiful azure ribbed canvas. You can take a closer look here... azure saddle pouch.

I hope to bring more soon!

Ribbed cotton canvas new colours

 

The beautiful quality ribbed cotton canvas has proved to be very popular so I have added two new exciting colours to the range. Clover and azure are now available.

The Hipster Plus in oatmeal ribbed canvas

The hand woven fabric has a natural irregular characteristic that gives the fabric a certain authentic charm to it. It goes without saying that it is extremely hardwearing too. The oatmeal colour has been introduced to the hipster plus style, and jet has also been added to the hipster style.

The Hipster in jet ribbed canvas

More new fabrics and styles are also waiting to be introduced soon when time permits.

Italian heavyweight moleskin - now live

I'm so thrilled to introduce another new high quality fabric to my range of bags and purses and the photos really can't do justice that the fabrics deserve.

I sourced the fabric from a company with a history of weaving moleskin fabric since the middle of the 19th Century. What they don't know about moleskin is not worth knowing. The touch of the fabric really is second to none, with a gorgeous supple quality yet extremely durable character.

Initially available in four perfect colours, and with the possiblility of adding more over time, I hope you too find them stunning.

The Croissant in charcoal Italian moleskin

The Petite Croissant in cranberry Italian moleskin

The Croissant in dove grey Italian moleskin

The Petite Croissant in fern Italian moleskin

Italian moleskin - preview

The new Italian moleskin - cranberry

I promised to bring you news about another new fabric so here it is. I'm so pleased to have found a really luxurious heavyweight moleskin that has a hand feel out of this world. It has a beautiful natural soft drape quality but is known for being extremely durable.

What makes this moleskin so special is that it is 100% natural cotton and is manufactured in Italy to the highest quality possible. Have I mentioned the hand feel is so gorgeous ? Pictured above is cranberry, and it is one of the colours I have sourced. I will bring a further 3 colours which includes charcoal, dove grey and fern; and possibly more colours may follow.

Again, to complement the luxury, I just had to use the premium Italian cotton twill to finish the interior of the bags. I hope to begin introducing it to my shop over the next week. More news will follow.