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Ashley English, editor of Small Measure provides lots of good advice to keep cool this summer.

Read through her latest post on her Design*Sponge weekly column to discover the secret language of fans and low-fi means of cooling down when the mercury soars.

Her post also features lots of hand fans found online: from traditional african and asian paddles, to japanese bamboo and silk beauties.

Ashley found my Etsy shop and included two of the fans on her article! I’m flattered to see my creations featured on such a prominent blog!

Thanks Ashley!

These are some of the fabrics I’ve got this week:

• Memento by Amy Butler, from Bobbie Lou’s Fabric Factory
• Fortune by Anna Maria Horner, from Mineymo
• Paradise Garden by Amy Butler, from Mineymo

I love them all!

Pimp my african print is the name the girls at Shopliquorice chose for their african prints showcase. Last week one of my red african fans was featured there!
Thanks Shopliquorice!

This week I received a special order from Atlanta. Christy loved one the green african print fans in the shop and asked for a similar one, left-handed.

This pair of fans is already on its way to the other side of the ocean, I hope Christy likes them as much as I do!

Making a left-handed fan takes the same time as making it right-handed. It’s just a matter of lining it in the opposite direction, so that it opens to the left, instead of to the right.
However, working the other way round feels strange and I stop now and again to hold it as if I where left-handed and make sure I’m doing it right.

Even if we are not aware of it, we are surrounded by all kinds of things made to be used by right-handers: corkscrews, can openers, screws, scissors… Left handed products are simply unusual.

Most of the hand fans I make are right-handed, but I offer the possibility to make a left-handed copy and, if that’s not possible (sometimes there’s no fabric left or the pattern doesn’t fit) I do my best to make it as beautiful as the original.

♥ If you are interested in a left-handed fan similar to the ones available in the shop, contact me.

Although it’s cold and rainy in the north of  Spain, the calendar says summer is already here!
Marona is in the mood for vacation, travel, lazy days and fresh fruit. She included one of my fans in her beautiful set Ready for summer! on Flickr.

Thanks Marona, I hope it keeps you cool over the humid summer in Salzburg!