Hello! 17th Aug 14’

Oh hello hello. Is that you Mabel? What’s with the grin? Oh, you’re done are you? You have wares to share? But do you have a website? WHAT!? You do?

Well I think you’re very lucky to still have people to share with. That’s ok, don’t hide, I don’t mean to rouse. I’m sure all will be forgiven but may I please, pretty please, finally have a look at what you have hiding in your room?

{The door is flung wide with pride, light blinds at first but after an adjustment I am surrounded by piles of pillows and quilts, pattern and colour.} Oh Mabel… Mabel! Quick, we have to let everyone know about these IMMEDIATELY!

And folks, the doors are well and truly flung open.  The new look Oh Mabel website and 2014 new products are ready for you to explore!

SHOP NOW (hyper link to product page) 

Sarah & Mabel xo

Poor Mabel 4th Jun 14’

Poor Mabel.  She’s been in a bit of a state lately.  She’s been so excited in the planning and creation of a new range of sheets and quilts and yet she hasn’t been able to share any of her excitement!  She had a  bit of a tanty yesterday, and when I say tanty I mean she stomped her foot and flicked her hair which isn’t exactly high drama yet for her was quite out of character.  “There are people waiting!” she exclaimed “ What is the use of me staring at these pretty patterns when winter is here and all those patient folk don’t have new quilts to snuggle under!”  

Indeed Mabel, indeed.

Luckily Mabel’s lovely email friends don’t have to wait  any longer to get a glimpse of the new quilted doona, Cowper Street and a chance to pre-order in time for the cold days ahead!

Make sure you are signed up to our newsletter (link) to be sent Mabel love notes and exclusive offers for new products and pre-orders. 

Sarah & Mabel xo

Dress your dreams

Oh Mabel Mabel Mabel, where are you? 30th Apr 14’

Oh Mabel Mabel Mabel, where are you? Why am I staring at an empty linen cupboard?

You dreamed, you awoke, you spent months in a flurry ready to fling your new patterns into the world. And yet where have you gone?? Can’t you see the lovely people out there waiting?

I asked these questions and frustratingly Mabel muttered off some fairy tale that started with Once Upon A Time but seemed to end with evil gnomes under bridges conspiring against her…

Which I’ve taken as an explanation for the sad bare cupboards I'm looking at! Between here and my lovely hardworking suppliers in India, we have experienced some serious roadblocks which has delayed getting Mabel out to you all.  I think I have said ‘Not long now!’ so many times that even I can’t hear it any longer and way too embarrassed to say it here to you now.   

I thank you all for your patience and for all your kind emails and messages saying you can’t wait for new products and when can I get my hands on them!   

Mabel and I thank you for your patience and support.  I am so looking forward to sharing a date with you soon and a special gift for you as a sign of our appreciation.    

Sarah & Mabel xo

Blog Awakening 25th Mar 14’

Mabel has been sleeping and dreaming, snuggled deep under the blankets, pillows strewn everywhere.

Someone has opened the curtains though, and sunlight is streaming across the bed causing Mabel to blink and open an eye, squinting into the day. “A cup of tea, I MUST have a cup of tea!” Tentatively, a foot darts out from beneath the Ziggy Zaggy quilt, tests the temperature and assured it’s not yet slipper weather, steps down onto the rug covered floor boards. Sitting up, Mabel stretches her arms above her head, eyes still not completely open then rubs a kink in her neck. “I feel like I’ve been asleep for nearly a year, (Well yes Mabel, yes you have… your hibernation is done!) a cup of tea will fix that though.”

Stepping out into the hallway, transfixed on the idea of a teapot warming, she passes her guest room, all packed up, the linen put away, the bed is bare. “Hmmm, an empty bed? Where is the colour? Where is the pattern? Does no one stay here anymore? “ Perplexed she leans against the door way, mindlessly twisting the tail end of her plaited hair. Suddenly she spins, a whirl of colour and movement as the robe disappears down the hall… “ New prints, new colours, new patterns… quick!”. The office door slams.

And that was the last I saw of Mabel a couple of months ago. I hear her mutterings, scraps of paper and pens being thrown around and the smell of tea constantly coming out from under the door of her retreat. She must be ready to share her hard work soon…

Yes she is!  I am so glad to tell you all that Mabel has finished with her designs and we are getting ready to start all over again!

I can’t wait to share with you the next chapter for Oh Mabel which includes a new look, website and fresh nostalgic inspired bed linen.  There are new sheet sets to add to your collection, the much anticipated return of Pinwheels and Ziggy Zaggy and a new gorgeous quilt in time for the colder months.  

I am so excited to be back and look forward to sharing Mabel's new journey with you all. 

Sarah & Mabel xo