Thanks for the fabric and super speedy postage. The fabric was received yesterday. I’m sure that’s a record for anything I’ve got recently.

I’m really interested in the mustard Viscose, and the blue scuba as well if no one else has baggsied it. That blue denim looks lovely but I expect is very heavy. It would be brilliant as a long skirt. I hope someone has the bravery to make it into one. This is very kind of you. Definitely a lift in COVID times. 

Hello @cupoftea - wonderful name ☕️

@UttaRetch I hadn’t realised they’d done this. How silly to alienate their normal buyers. There’s something I really don’t like about the new pattern front design. I wasn’t very keen on the simplicity hacking ones but these are worse. The new photos are set against such a busy background, and not well shot, that the garment is difficult to see.

I too remember with fondness my long Laura Ashley dress with flounce. Mine was quite hard wearing and never shrank though I did get some of their later prints which faded terribly. Does anyone remember the bags of tiny remnants they sold for patchwork quilts! I still have some of the bits. That cotton was quite heavy too.
In the late 80s, Laura Ashley expanded and opened lots of shops, one in Canterbury.  The dresses were lovely, but the quality was sometimes a bit off. I once bought a dress ( in their sales) and when I got it home realised the velvet nap was in the wrong direction on one piece- completely unwearable! Their quality control could be odd even then. I think the rapid expansion damaged them as a family company. The shop closed and they moved business to a trading estate - entirely the wrong place - and always had very few customers when I visited which hasn’t been for at least 10 years.
Re the markets, we used to get beautiful remnants in Stockport market. It helped my teenage sewing no end.

I just had a look - way too late of course and noticed they have a Husqvarna 2D reader / writer and an embroidery cards for the Quilt Designer machine - about £100-150 . I’ve no idea if that is good but thought someone might be interested.

@sewchic - It looks just perfect for what I wanted which is a Vogue Tilton skirt (or maybe Butterick). I've made this once before for summer and it was great. Hoping this will be as good for Winter. Thanks to @Efemera for putting it up for sale 
ps Actually its Butterick 6180.

Hello Lisalou. Lovely avatar! And a Maine Coone too - how does your chihuahua cope with him! Happy sewing