Hand-made eco-friendly 'cushions' for sale in Cornwall

Are you looking for an eco-friendly christmas gift, hand-made in Cornwall that is unique, wonderfully rustic, practical and suitable for vegetarians!! An eco-friendly cushion that is beautifully basic, nothing but totally natural sustainable materials, available in different sizes and natural undyed colours.

Lowender Peran

These deliciously sheepy tuffets will be available for that perfect handmade cornish gift in the homely 17th century inn - The Ring of Bells , St Issey. What better place to spend an hour or two on a Saturday 12th November, than at the St Issey christmas fair hosted at the welcoming Ring of Bells where you can treat yourself to a warming cup of coffee or a well-kept pint of one of the fine ales available!
There is a small courtyard garden where fresh air may be inhaled and an intimate restaurant, serving good quality home cooked fayre at 'pub meal' prices. Perhaps a brisk stroll on one of the local sandy beaches to follow?

The Tuffeteer will positively encourage you to rest your weary selves, enjoying the sheepy delights as you snuggle your derriere into the woolly tuffet  'bottom heaven'! The tuffet is so much more than a cushion, it is rustic, unique, eco-friendly, sustainable and hand-made in Cornwall! Each one is lovingly made and no two are alike - one may aspire to having their own tuffet flock to adorn the home, sizes ranging from the Titan Talan to suit the larger seat right down to the Tiger Tam for the children!!



Tiger Tam

Titan Talan and regular Talan

The Travelling Tuffeteer is giving you the opportunity to buy Tuffets at Lostwithiel Produce Market

The Travelling Tuffeteer is over the moon as there is now an opportunity for you to come and view and 'bottom' test a range of the deliciously sheepy, eco-friendly rustic tuffets. What better place  to buy a christmas gift such as the tuffet that is original, practical, luxurious and local?

The Lostwithiel Local Produce Market  that is held  at the Lostwithiel Community Centre  is run by the Cornish Guild of Smallholders. The market has been running since 1998 and has gone from strength to strength with  goods ranging from home-grown vegetables, fruit and fruit juices, plants, flowers, herbs; Local cheeses to excite the palate, chutneys, jams, marmalades, pickles and so much more!!!! Bread, cakes, savouries, free range meat, poultry, fish and eggs, home made sausages, ham, and bacon - I'm so excited about this absolute fest of local Cornish goods and there is more ...................... Home-made cornish cottage crafts plus a wonderfully friendly atmosphere!! Be there or miss one of the best places in Cornwall to enjoy local produce.
So why is this market so unique?? All goods on sale at the market have been produced within a 35 mile radius of Lostwithiel and it is only the producers themselves that are allowed to sell at Lostwithiel Market - no goods are sold by middlemen. This allows customers to find out details about the method of production, and purchase at a fair price with no middlemen taking advantage of local producers!

So come along on Friday 11th at 10.00am for the chance to find 'bottom heaven for that perfect christmas gift - Cornish hand-made tuffets, luxury, sustainability and suitable for vegetarian use!!

Tuffets at Bampton!

 
Eco-friendly tuffets for sale at Bampton were appreciated by the many, for use on the typically hard wooden seats offered for the endurance test of the many folky musicians present! What a wicked weekend at Bampton Folk Festival "which seems to be getting more and more popular just by word of mouth ... So ... Pssssst ... Keep it a secret ..."  to take the words of the great festival guru Rob Hopcott!! Music was pouring forth from a few of the finest pubs in Devon, the Bridge House Hotel, The Swan and Blackberries Hotel - musicians and singers alike bounced off each other to produce wonderful tunes creating a fine festive atmosphere. Songs of  deep meaning and of triviality, sea shanties, traditional folk lore and other new found nonsense were abundant in The Bridge, with the trad music sessions being performed in the other two venues.
Hours of drumming on the Cajon box drum produced such a numbing experience for one key player that the Tuffeteer was called upon to come to the rescue -  the rustic wool  tuffet atop the Cajon drum gave forth true 'bottom heaven' providing a soothing and comforting experience to the weary derriere!

Fun in the Swan - Photo by Rob Hopcott

Lowender Peran review!

The Tuffeteer had a grand array of deliciously sheepy tuffets on display throughout the weekend. There was a steady background dialogue of 'oohs' and 'ahhhs' as many a festival goer lowered their derrieres into a state of bottom heaven whilst perched on a three legged milking stool!! Tuffets are travelling, even as I write, as far afield as the Lizard and beyond to the Carribean! The Tuffeteer's wool tuffets were evident around the festival as a local harpist enjoyed the perfect combination of relaxing tunes and relaxing sheepy comfort!

Although the tuffet is renowned for it's delightful sustainable comfort whilst in the sitting pose, the benefits of warmth and soothing relaxing qualities have reached new heights - as the new head piece - cheaper than your average wig, definately a 'baaa'gain and viewed below - a chinstrap of the finest string may be added to enable the wearing in stormy conditions!!!

The festival was superb, excellent bands and workshops, celidhs to keep you reeling all night long from all celtic nations. The highlight for me was the very exciting young Cornish Launceston band, The Crowns, playing full on  punked-up folk, taking traditional folk tunes and rearranging to their own unique and vibrant style. The dance floor was full, young and old alike all aleaping to the driving rhythms - many a wet shirt went out that night!
The Tuffeteer can sleep well knowing that many folk from the celtic nations have now had the opportunity to  buy a  tuffet and enjoy the well deserved deliciously sheepy and rustic bottom heaven experience in the comfort of their own worlds!

Tuffets and Lowender Peran unite!!

Lowender Peran festival starts tomorrow  - Spoilt for choice with Celtic music, Celtic dance, Celtic song and yes, you've guessed it ....Celtic story telling for an entire weekend!
Could anything improve the experience?? Only if one was to enjoy the concerts and storytelling with one's bottom delightfully snuggled into the comforts of a long-awaited tuffet. The Travelling Tuffeteer will have a stall in the craft area demonstrating the creation of such ultimate rustic luxury for your delectation. You will have the opportunity to rest weary buttocks for a wee while upon a wool tuffet and there will be a selection of rustic tuffets for sale. Yes! - you can be the proud owner of your very own provider of 'Bottom Heaven'! What better way to relax after an energetic workshop than with Tea and Tuffet!!

Tuffets, Pouffes, Ottomans, Stools??

The word tuffet has been derived from tussock a small grassy hillock and has been used since the 16th century - hence the famous Little Miss Muffet  - you all know the story. Type in 'Tuffets' into the search engine and what a confusing array of goods are laid before you, tuffets, pouffes, ottomans, stools - all bandied about under the same label. The tuffet is purported to be a small stool with legs so small that they should be all but hidden under swathes of cloth to create a small article of beauty - but to sit on it becomes a very strange beast indeed!  One has to crumple ones legs with knees about ears -

far too low and to raise it to a sensible height - have you ever tried to balance a footstool on a bench to gain total comfort?  A most dangerous pastime, akin to balancing on one leg at the top of the crows nest - not for the faint hearted! This scenario can only lead to one conclusion, the footstools, pouffes and ottomans would all require the sustainable comfort of the deliciously sheepy tuffet created by the Travelling Tuffeteer to provide that wondrous sensation of Bottom Heaven! When considering the practical comfort one can visualise the added luxury that may be gained from the use of a wool tuffet, perhaps the Titan Talan or the Trusty Jacob, or any other of the wonderfully rustic varieties, adding a certain suave yet rural sophistication to either the most basic or luxurious sitting furniture.

Suddenly the seat feels bigger and so much more................
Practical, comfortable, delightful and affordable, perhaps the perfect gift for that certain someone who has everything - what better than enriching your loved ones lives with the soothing caress of 'Bottom heaven Since 2011'

Making Waves Festival - Looe

The scene is set and what a great first festival - all the ingredients of a winning weekend, free Friday, stage on the beach, traditional cornish music in West Looe, alternative stage in the Rose Garden Marquee, what could be missing? Bands such as The Selector, Ade Edmundsen and the Bad Shepherds, Dalla, From The Jam,  Roy Wood and his Rock & Roll Band, Reg Meuross, Cornwall Youth Jazz Orchestra, Penndrumm, Jessica Sweetman, Unstrung Heroes, Keltique, Pentorr, Kath and her Bluegrass Boys, plus  choirs from Looe, Polperro and Pelynt, Sheila's School of dancing, Big Man Bubba and many more, all combined to make a wonderful diverse festival! Please go to http://www.ilovelooe.co.uk/photographs/events-innear-looe/looe-music-festival-2011 for more great photos of the festival taken by Chris Halls for the festival!

Roy Wood and his Rock and Roll Band on the main stage

So where was the downside? The uncomfortable hard wooden and plastic seats were in abundance and could have led to being the one downside of the festival until The Travelling Tuffeteer arrived to provide the necessary 'bottom heaven' for the twelve hour marathon sung by the shanty singers in The Jolly Sailor on West Looe. As voices were sounding strong and brave, buttocks were slowly becoming numb and disillusioned - the wool tuffets were tested and cares rapidly soothed away as the experience of bottom heaven transformed the basic chair to a seat of luxury. Singers and musicians can all embrace  the wonders of 'Bottom Heaven since 2011'

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