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This website is the work of the Rosablue team from Cheltenham, England. It is a first attempt to bring online the kind of dedicated, friendly service that they try to offer from their physical store.

Using only 100% cotton, the workshop offers a unique range of bespoke services. Once an order is received, the fabric is printed and the item made up. Deliveries take around a week to 10 days.

Almost all the catalogue items can be customised or personalised in some way. There is a dedicated range of photographic gift items and there is a service for designers who wish to commission items using their own images, drawings or patterns.

We can also help you create special custom items for special events like weddings, birthdays and anniversaries.

And we hope that crafters will begin to looking to The Fabric Press as a useful destination for their projects.

Penelope was previously the creative spirit of the Naif Ideas Craft Factory in Cheltenham, already known for its remarkable and eccentric cloth dolls and other colourful home accessories. Luca is altogether newer to the business, having worked as a designer in a variety of media, both old and "new".

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Penelope Menato was born in Port Elizabeth, SA, and taught English and African history in King William's Town and Cape Town before starting a children's fashion label called Peepo. Since moving to the UK in 1989 she has been designing and manufacturing under the label Naif Ideas. She has also manufactured for labels such as Colefax & Fowler, Liberty's, Jane Churchills and Cabbages & Roses. And if anyone asks, who's the cute one, who does the buying or who's the boss around here ... Look no further ...


Luca Menato originates from Padova, Italy, but he left there in 1969 to spend his school days in Southern Africa, where he learned his English and procured his "eccent", After meeting Penelope at Rhodes University he thought of little else for years. Eventually, however, he developed as a designer with newspapers and magazines. After the move to England he worked as creative lead on a number of projects in various media, both offline and online. But when his children said it was time to "settle down", he decided to join his partner and produce fabrics for her. He called this his-&-her project "RosaBlue" and this is the result ...