Cover Me with Wool

Not many people keep reading books today due to internet reasons and other influences. Then, there are people like me who never used to read books even before the internet was. So to sew some original covers for books looks like a silly idea. However, I do read one book regularly, i.e. the Bible and therefore, just like other people do such a book cover is quite necessary. And don´t forget most of us still have a notebook, journal or diary in our bags.


Usually I make the covers of cotton fabric. I even designed a pattern to be used for nothing but the book covers. You can see an examle of it.

But some time ago I came across a wonderfully cozy and soft 100% wool fabric and it inspired me to make a few covers of the wool. As it includes 15% of cashmere wool, the material give a real posh look and feel. I started with an idea of embroidering a bear. It was around the Valentine time so a heart couldn’t have been missed. I made one in grey and one in red color.

They even published a tutorial for this wool fabric cover in one Czech magazine which I am thankful for. As an option I embroidered also some deco flowers and other simple stylish designs on other three covers. Some of them are still available. Look here and here.
But I couldn’t resist working with the wool fabric and I made a bag of it too.

And this unfinished project will probably wait till fall or winter.

Wool is simply a tempting material.

It took me a while

...but I finally finished a bag which I planned to make from the Retro Spring Garden fabric.

It has a zipper, small pocket inside and another three ones at the front. It is a fresh and nice bag to brighten the rainy days.

And because I sew bags only now and then it is quite a day. If you like it you may get it here.

Four New Prints

Or actually, just three. As the RetroSpring Garden fabric which won the Fabric of the Week contest about month ago isn´t new. But its color combo is different.

I had them printed on upholstering twill and the fabric is just wonderful. Can´t wait to cover some chair or have a jacket made.

Visit my Spoonflower profile and browse through many other designs.

Wedding Custom Order

One of the wonderful things about designing is to cooperate with a customer and make a custom order. Lately, I had the opportunity to design a wedding invitation for a beautiful young lady from Olomouc. She longed for a typical damask pattern in dark red and cream colors. So I made another of a few previous damask patterns according to her wishes. When she came up with a request for a photo album in a similar design I knew it was a great opportunity to have the design printed on a fabric and keep the style from the invitations. It turned out to be a wonderful idea and I am very happy she was satisfied with the whole outcome. Custom orders widen my creativity and I love that.

My few seconds on American Show

A designer buddy from Spoonflower informed me they displayed my winning fabric on some American Show. How cool is this? Watch till the end and find the needle in the hay.

I am a Spoonflower Winner

Last week it was a very exciting time as I won the Spoonflower fabric of the Week contest with one of my latest fabric designs. It was really a nice surprise and actually, it made me to set up this English blog which I have been hesitating to do for quite a few years of my blogging in Czech - my native language.

The Retro Spring Garden design is available for purchase at Spoonflower. Notice that I made a few variations of it in other colors too and the theme has two accompanying designs, so you can purchase a whole yard of it with three different but combining patterns at once.