Snail mail

I do love a snail design and this wonderful orange version caught my eye recently when I was at Village fabrics in Wallingford. The design is so simple that at first you can't quite see what it is, and then on closer inspection you can see that it's rows of sweet little snails. I've now made it up into a cosmetic bag with a fab contrasting yellow polka dot lining.

You can find it in my store here.

Fabric Friday

It's Fabric Friday time and this week I'd like to mention some fabrics that I bought at a lovely fabric shop in Wallingford called Village Fabrics.

I design fabrics for a company called Makower UK and it was great to see some of my designs on sale there, as well as to see what other fabrics are on sale. For some reason I was in a bit of a whale mood and homed in on some rather lovely whaley fabrics as well as a snail fabric.

Can't wait to get sewing.....

The whales above are a lovely simple modern design. I'm going to give them a spotty lining.

These whales are fun! I'm going to use the red and white polka dot fabric as a contrasting lining.

I couldn't resist the snail fabric. I love the fact that at first glance you can't tell that they are snails....

Snail's pace

It's not often that I do custom orders here at Cheeky Leopard, but when I do, I love the fact that I am making them for a specific person in mind. This customer loved the snail tote I had in my store, but wanted slightly different dimensions. Luckily I still had some of the fabric in my stash - a fab black, turquoise and beige snail fabric that I bought in Tokyo - so I was able to make it up for her.

 The bag includes a large bottle pocket on the side that was requested by my customer.

The customer also requested a pocket on the front and back of the bag to store her phone and pens.