Custom Fabrics UK

16/06/2026

Took Gabi to the mill with me last week.
She's twelve now. Stood her next to the printer, she watched a couple metres come off the roll, and got the face. You know the one. The one that says "are we finished here."

It got me thinking about how all this actually started. I learned to sew on maternity leave — just messing about, making things for her. Dresses, little tops, cushions, a duvet she wouldn't sleep without. I loved it so much I went and built a business out of it.

And she loved it back, for a good while. Mum-made was the best stuff going. Then somewhere along the line "Mum Made" went from nice to a no-no. 😭

Twelve years on I'm printing fabric for hundreds of you — and my original customer has quietly cancelled her subscription. 😅

So tell me I'm not the only one. Do you sew for your kids? Do they still actually wear it — or has yours hit the age where anything handmade gets the exact look Gabi's giving me? And if they've turned… how old were they when the makes stopped being cool?

15/06/2026

Stocking up on panels? Good timing.

Add 6 to your basket and the cheapest one's free. No code, it comes off on its own. Buy 12 and two are free, and so on — across all our panels, cushion and tote.

A good moment to pick up the designs you keep scrolling past and meaning to make.
Which six are you starting with? 👇

15/06/2026

Right — remember that survey about the backs of your makes? Hundreds of you answered, and I read the lot. Thank you. 💙

Here's what came out of it:

A matching plain is something loads of you like having there as an option — but the design is what you're choosing first.

Plenty of you reach into your own stash for a back, though a good few of that group said they'd rather buy a matching plain if it was easy to find.

And sets — a panel and its back together — had real pull, especially for gifts and quicker makes.

So the Co-Ords now have their own spot in the menu, sorted by colour. I'm working through adding the matching plain onto each panel's page by hand (a few thousand of them — it'll take me a while).
And we'll be making more sets.

The plain velvets and waterproofs are back. You can find them in the In-Stock section.

There's a thank-you offer running too — details in the comments. 👇

Which panels would you like to see us made into a set first?

04/06/2026

Right, three weeks of supplier headaches later — Sweatshirt Jersey and Softshell are back. 🎉

Both are in the mill now and ready to print. I'm not going to pretend the sourcing wasn't a nightmare, but I really wanted these two back and I wasn't giving up on them.

Worth the wait though. Our Sweatshirt Jersey is a poly-cotton mix — soft, warm, the kind of fabric that actually feels really nice quality.
The Softshell is showerproof, breathable and built to last. Both sourced from Europe, from the same suppliers that kit out some pretty big names.

If you've made with either of these before, drop your makes in the comments — I'd love to see what people have sewn with them. 🧵

PS. Both available on wholesale from 5m per design — drop Jess a line at [email protected]

03/06/2026

Charlotte sent this through in response to the survey about panels and I genuinely stopped what I was doing. 🤩

That's our Colourful Highland Cow panel — in the centre of a full quilt. Strips of rainbow fabric all the way out to navy borders, perfectly pieced.

It works so well as a centrepiece!

It's a good reminder that panels aren't just cushions and bags (although we love those too). They're centrepieces, wall hangings, quilt blocks, framed pieces — the possibilities!

So I'm asking: what have you made from our panels that wasn't the obvious thing?

Drop it in the comments, or tag us in a photo — we love seeing where they end up.

(Haven't filled in the plain back panel survey yet? Link's in the comments — two minutes, and it shapes what we do next.)

02/06/2026

We need your help with something — two minutes, and it genuinely shapes the direction we take.

When you make a cushion or a bag from one of our panels, there's always the question of the back. Some of you want a matching plain from us. Some of you raid your own stash. Some of you might want the whole thing as a set. And honestly? We're guessing which.

So we'd rather just ask you.

It's a quick form — six taps, plus one box at the end if you've got more to say. Your answers tell us whether to make more matching plains, look at sets, or put that time into more printed designs instead.

LINK IN COMMENTS

Thank you — every answer matters. 🧵

Right — picking your brains. We get asked all the time about matching plains, and we want to know what most of you really want before we decide where to put our time next. Six quick taps, plus a box at the end if you fancy saying more. Thank you for being the kind of customers who actually tell us...

26/05/2026

Tuesday after a long weekend, the sun is somehow still here, and the summer drop is live on the website.
67 new prints in this one. Broadly four collections: funky brights by Gemma at .and.roar.designs, a painterly florals collection I designed myself, a peaceful-to-colourful set - I started with a koi pond and got a bit carried away with, and three collections you voted for on Facebook.
Best thing to do is go for a wander on the site — it’s a big drop, and the the joy of a new collection is going to find what’s yours. Have a browse, tell me your favourite picks.

22/05/2026

Last part of the summer fabric panels collection — and a different mood entirely.
Two painted parrots, properly colourful ones. And a painted flowers panel that's just bold — that's the word for it.
Where yesterday's mum-and-baby panels are soft and quiet, these want a confident room. A reading-chair statement maybe. Something to anchor a sofa that needs waking up.
Same collection, completely different jobs. I love that they're not trying to be the same thing — sewing a cushion run that mixes the soft animals with these bolder ones would be brilliant, actually. Now I'm thinking about it.
Three panels. Which one's calling you?

21/05/2026

The mum-and-baby panels from the new summer collection are the ones I keep coming back to.
Honestly, looking at these makes me wish my kids were small again — I'd have sewn the lot of them for my daughter's bedroom in a heartbeat.
Four panels to choose from. One, all four, or any mix.
Who would you sew cushions like these for?