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One quiet day I was clearly avoiding housework and thought 'I will build me a cottage out of felt and surround it with blooms in the prettiest shades'.
I thought it would be good to build my felt cottage round a solid base, and had nothing close by except a matchbox which had recently been used, after a long hunt in every kitchen drawer and cupboard, to light birthday candles. Being too lazy to get up and fetch something else, I built my cottage round the matchbox. Then, just as I was about to sew the bottom, I had a lightbulb moment of such intensity I had to fetch my sunglasses...
'Leave the bottom open, for it is a matchbox cosy, and you will never again hunt in vain for your matches, or light rolled up bits of paper in the gas flame at birthday celebrations!' said a voice inside my head. And so the matchbox cosy, the invention I was born to create, came into being!
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Buy a matchbox cosy and you will never again be hunting for the matches when you are hit with a sudden powercut and need some vintage lighting, or when it is someone special's birthday and the candles need lighting. Peep beneath the pretty cottage and there you will find your matches, safe and sound!
My matchbox cosies are made from 100% wool felt and are individually embroidered by me in the long dark nights of winter, with cottage garden flowers and other details.
Designed by Alix McLoughlin in My little workroom
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