Believe it or not, I am in my third year of Horsiemama's Haversacks & Mercantile. I never intended to go into business; it just sort of happened. Same with Jolis Chevaux, my 18th century clothing business. Yet here I am, sewing away four to five days a week.
During those three years, I've learned that online sales drop off as the show season wraps up at the end of the year. That's also a time when fabric goes on sale for some really good prices so it's a good time to stock up for when sales begin to ramp up again in February.
And I have been buying.
Balloon Horses - such a unique fabric!
I had a student from South Africa whose hobby was making balloon animals, and he once made me a balloon horse in orange, my favorite color.
Purple is very popular (especially with the Pony Pals!) I also have this fabric in mint green and black.
Dressage horses in pink with touches of green and black.
I'm thinking ahead to BreyerFest so I have been searching for fabrics with horse drawn vehicles. That has been harder than I anticipated.
Pop art race horses - I showed this to two customers, got two custom orders, and had to reorder it because I had used all I had!
Burros on blue. I may make myself a haversack from this.
Pink zebras - I love the little bit of sass I spy on their faces!
Dala horses are very popular with my customer base. This is my fourth or fifth dala fabric and I think it is my favorite of them all.
Anyone else reminded of Breyer's Balking Mule by this fabric?
This last fabric looks pretty unremarkable, but in-hand it makes me smile. There is a joyfulness among those cartoon horses!
Believe it or not, I have another stack of fabrics waiting to be photographed.
Stay 'tooned!
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If I was a shower and needed pouches, I would totally be all over some of the fabrics you showed us. What a great selection of interesting prints.
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