Fantastic Array Of Fabrics & Yarns for Jubilee

We’ve had quite a year so far with pageantry and celebratory events for the Queen’s incredible platinum jubilee.   Out came the  union jack patterns of cotton fabric swatches and bunting by the mile.  It has been a fantastic few months for fabric suppliers in general.  My main focus has been very much in support of the events in our county town which celebrated all things jubilee with decorating their famous band stand on the river embankment – everything red, white and blue.  We had knitted and crocheted strips, scarf shapes, flowers, bells, hearts etc.  Oh and home made bunting – all designs, texdtiles, silk etc – metres of it.  The next event doing exactly the same exercise was for the town’s bi annual river festival.  The plan was the same but the colours now white purple and green – the same ones the suffragettes sported over 100 years ago.   It was all very symbolic and tremendous fun.  Sourcing exactly the right fabric and yarns was a good exercise and helped cement in my mind that I must leave myself more time for these favourite hobbies!