That's 'Liberty' as in the Liberty shop in London.
On our trip earlier this year, DH took photos as I flitted from department to department...
To make up for only buying 4 pansy buttons on a visit in 2008, I bought some lovely goodies this year.
I love the Tana Lawn fabrics made by Liberty but they are a bit pricey...the sign in the Liberty store...
Last month, on the spur of the moment I signed up for the Liberty Club of Westwood Acres, an online fabric store. I don't need more fabrics but I was tempted by the idea of getting bundles of 10 lovely Tana Lawn cottons sent to my home monthly for 12 months. There were 3 options of the size of the pieces of fabric and I chose the fat sixteenths...still plenty of fabric to cut charm squares and some hexies.
Last week, my first mail out arrived...and I wasn't disappointed...( shipping from the US is extremely reasonable. Originally I had put my name on a waiting list for the club and it was only a few weeks until I got the invitation to join a new mail out club)
When DH and I visited the Liberty store in March, we looked through all the departments and it was on a lower level that we encountered items that were...shall we say...a bit different to what we would have expected the store to be selling... I did a doubletake when I started to read the labels....DH took a few photos for me...
You may be wondering whether we purchased any of these items????....
The answer is a resounding no...lol!
But we have the photos to prove what we saw ...
Unfortunately we will never know what actually was in the jars! lol
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| Standing outside the iconic store in March this year... |
To make up for only buying 4 pansy buttons on a visit in 2008, I bought some lovely goodies this year.
I love the Tana Lawn fabrics made by Liberty but they are a bit pricey...the sign in the Liberty store...
Last month, on the spur of the moment I signed up for the Liberty Club of Westwood Acres, an online fabric store. I don't need more fabrics but I was tempted by the idea of getting bundles of 10 lovely Tana Lawn cottons sent to my home monthly for 12 months. There were 3 options of the size of the pieces of fabric and I chose the fat sixteenths...still plenty of fabric to cut charm squares and some hexies.
Last week, my first mail out arrived...and I wasn't disappointed...( shipping from the US is extremely reasonable. Originally I had put my name on a waiting list for the club and it was only a few weeks until I got the invitation to join a new mail out club)
When DH and I visited the Liberty store in March, we looked through all the departments and it was on a lower level that we encountered items that were...shall we say...a bit different to what we would have expected the store to be selling... I did a doubletake when I started to read the labels....DH took a few photos for me...
You may be wondering whether we purchased any of these items????....
The answer is a resounding no...lol!
Lovely fabrics, gorgeous shop, weird products! However, if I had a good friend who was a Collingwood supporter, I would have been very tempted to buy them a can of the Collywobbles!
ReplyDeleteHa ha Maria! well this post is full of the pretty and the definitely no-so pretty!!
ReplyDeleteMy teenaged son would love those labels - especially the fart one!!
I think I'd be happy sticking to the fabric purchases too (must be getting old) - its such a huge shop!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it a brilliant shop! In the 70's I worked across the road in Dickens and Jones - only for a short while as I hated it! But visiting Libertys at lunchtime was a great treat. The basement has always been full of wacky things - and bargains too. xx
ReplyDeletelol love this post Maria,hubby did a good job with the camera,good laugh,hope you have a lovely day.xx
ReplyDeleteWonder what's actually in those containers? Could that be construed as false advertising? LOL xox
ReplyDeleteLOL!!! Thanks for posting the photos of the jars and the good laugh :)
ReplyDelete-Soma