Why 'thistledown&HOPE' ?

Some people have asked where did the name 'thistledown&HOPE' come from ?

So I thought it best to start my 1st Blog, right at the beginning of time when a shop selling my designs was just a whisper of a wish...

 ...it all started whilst I was making my 1st Braided rug...

When my children were quite small we watched a lot of the beautiful Beatrix Potter stories on video (!), huddled up on the sofa, under a blanket, in front of the fire, whilst the wind blew up the street straight off the North Sea.  Mrs Tittlemouse to be exact, who was constantly sweeping her house out of all the thistledown that had collected there, and Mr Babbitty Bumble who came to the rescue with a quantity of beeswax to help polish away all the chaos and mess left by 'dirty paws'.
 
I was making a braided rug to go by my back door, something that I could pop in the wash over night, because my family and other animals insisted on coming into the house wiping their feet on a clean doormat THEN taking their shoes off, it used to drive me crazy, because I couldn't make them see that if they only took their shoes off before they came into the house I wouldn't have to continually clean the very heavy turtle mat that was there.

So whilst I was on the floor braiding away, the much loved story of poor Mrs Tittlemouse came to mind and 'thistledown&HOPE' was born.

'thistledown' because of the never ending sweeping Mrs Tittle mouse did, and 
'HOPE' because that is what I have.

Now that's how it all started, and so the whispers of a wish can be found in my Folksy shop:
https://folksy.com/shops/thistledownandHOPE


Suzzie x