Here’s a wonderfully detailed embroidered tea towel featuring a blue Vespa, a parrot and a lot of assorted produce loaded on the back luggage rack. It measures 28″ x 21″ and is $18 at Anthropologie.
Thanks to Tammy D. for this find!
Category Archives: Fabric
Celebrating our independence from Great Britain . . .
. . . by being rabid Anglophiles!
(Or maybe that’s just me?) Here’s a nice Vespa pillow case sham or cover complete with Union Jack. It’s $20 and measures approximately 35cm x 50cm.
Thanks to Julie G. for this find.
All two wheels are good!
Here’s a fabric that does not discriminate between motorized and non-motorized summer fun. Called “Go by bike” it’s designed by Jessica Hogarth and is $9.25 a yard.
Thanks to Becky M. for this find!
Going over the Moona.
Moona Fabrics has two great retro fun scooter fabrics for around $15-$16 a yard.
Thanks to Dixie K. for this find!
More scooter fabrics than you can shake
a measuring tape at.
Cats riding scooters! Dogs riding scooters! Argyle scooters! In fact, scooters in every imaginable color combination! Make your way to Spoonflower for every quilting scooterista’s dream come true. It’s redonkulous.
Thanks to Dixie K. and Miki J. for this embarassment of wealth!
Show Us Your Scooter Quilts!
Gitta in San Diego shared a photo of a quilt a friend made her after she sent her the link to the scooter quilt pattern we posted here. And her friend did the quilt in the colors of Gitta’s own chariot. I particularly love the button (or button hole?) headlight.
Have you made your own quilts? Let’s see them! Send photos to tips AT scooterswag.com.
Upwardly mobile.
Finn & Emma is organically grown clothing & bedding shop for kids that seems to have just a little bit of a scooter fixation. (Yes, that little baby is playing with wooden scooters on his mobile!) They have rompers, coveralls, footies featuring their scooter as well as bedding and some toys. There doesn’t seem to be one online shop that has all of their goods but if you visit their retailers’ site you can get an idea of what’s available. One of my favorite shopping tricks is to search for the item in Google Images. Just type “Finn Emma Scooter” and see what you find.
“Goin’ Places” Scooter Fabric
We featured other designs of this fabric but at the time I didn’t realize how many there were! There are several designs and several color choices so click below to see them all. The official name of this line is “Now We’re Goin Places” by Timeless Treasures and it retails for around $6.99 a yard.
Not sure who to credit with this find: let me know!
The British are Coming . . . eventually.
Why the proviso? Because this Michael Miller fabric seems to out of stock or on back order on several sites. Still, many will no doubt think it’s worth waiting for. Also, this print is actually denim so there are some fashion possibilities here. Mini skirt anyone? It’s priced at around $8.95 a yard.
Thanks to Becky M. for this find!
And then craftiness ensued.
For 3.5 Euros or about 4.60 US you can download a PDF of the pattern and some instructions and get sewing.
Thanks to Pam M. for this find!