Care of your fabric:

All Laughing Hedgehog fabrics are 100% cotton, unless otherwise stated in the product description, with a nominal width of 106-114cm (42-44”).  Due to the limitations of colour printing, image colours may vary from the actual fabric colours, with some colours (reds, browns) being particularly difficult to reproduce accurately.  Please use the images on our on-line store as a guide and do not utilise them as a colour match to your other fabrics.

It is not usually necessary to pre-wash our fabrics before use although pre-washing often ensures that there will be no uneven shrinkage or ‘bleeding’ into other fabrics when the completed piece is washed for the first time.  When washing a completed piece for the first time, Laughing Hedgehog recommends a cool wash and the inclusion of a couple of ‘colour catchers’ just to be safe.  These are guidelines and are applicable to most good quality 100% cotton fabrics.  If in doubt, please test a small piece of fabric before beginning to work with it as colour fastness and shrinkage may vary according to different manufacturing processes.

• Unfold all fabrics before laundering.
• Wash light coloured fabrics in warm water.
• Soak dark coloured fabrics in cold water for around 30 minutes before machine washing in cool water.
• Set washing machine to a low spin cycle.
• Tumble dry (if using) until almost dry before removing and pressing immediately with an iron.
• Finished items containing both dark and light fabrics should be washed in cold water and the inclusion of a ‘colour catcher’ or two can’t hurt.

We hope that you will be delighted with your purchases. However, if you are not satisfied with your purchase you may return it to us.  Customers from countries within the EU have the right to withdraw from the purchase of an item within 7 working days, commencing from the day after the date on which the item was delivered.

Returned items must be in the condition in which they were received and in the original packaging and should be returned to:

Laughing Hedgehog

9 Etal Walk

Skelton-in-Cleveland

Saltburn-by-the-Sea

Cleveland TS12 2GG

Please ensure that you obtain proof of posting or return goods to us by Recorded Delivery.

A partial refund of 50% only will be offered against fabric cut to your requirements.

Damaged or Incorrect Items:

Please email or call if you have a problem with any purchased item.  A full refund (including postage costs) will be offered if the fault lies with Laughing Hedgehog.  However, if we are unable to find a fault with any returned item, no postage costs will be refunded and we reserve the right to offer a credit note in place of a refund.

To shop:

Browse our products, click on the picture of any product to obtain more information about that item.  Click ‘add to basket’ and once you have finished shopping, click ‘proceed to checkout’.  Select shipping option and enter your card details.

All purchases over £30.00 qualify for free postage and will be shipped by the most economical method available based on the parcel weight and size.

We use environmentally friendly packing materials whenever possible.

Shipping Charges:

These are calculated by both weight and size of your completed order and are charged as follows:

Royal Mail Large Letter             1st Class                    2nd Class

Up to 100g                                      £1.10                          £0.85

From 101g to 250g                          £1.50                          £1.35

From 251g to 500g                          £2.00                          £1.75

From 501g to 750g                          £2.75                          £2.35

Royal Mail Small Parcel

1kg                                                      £3.75                          £3.25

2kg                                                      £6.00                          £3.25

Hermes

Under 1 kg                            £2.26

1 to 2 kg                                 £2.85

2 to 10 kg                              £4.05

10 to 15 kg                            £8.98

Signed For                            £0.80

 

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Laughing Hedgehog uses and protects any data that you provide to us when using this website.

Laughing Hedgehog is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and we will only use any personal identifiable information that you provide to us for the purpose for which it was given and we will not share this with any third parties.

Laughing Hedgehog may update this policy to reflect any changes or updates to the legislation in force at any given time.  This policy is effective from 14th September 2019.

What we may collect:

We may collect:

• Your name.
• Your contact information, including your e-mail address and a telephone number.
• Certain demographic information such as your fabric preferences and interests.
• Information pertaining to customer surveys and/or promotions or special offers (Laughing Hedgehog’s only).

Why do we collect this information?

• Internal record keeping so that we may improve our products and services.
• To facilitate the sending of promotional emails about new products, new services or special offers, using the e-mail address you have provided to us.
• We may contact you by e-mail or telephone and may use the information to customise our website according to our customer base interests.
• If you do not click to ‘Subscribe’ to our website, your information will only be used to reply to a contact message, fulfil a purchase order or to provide information following a product/service enquiry.

Security

Laughing Hedgehog is committed to ensuring that your information is kept secure.  In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place physical, electronic and processing procedures to safeguard your personal, identifiable information.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive.  If you agree, the file is added and then helps to analyse web traffic or records when you visit a particular website. 

Cookies allow web applications to respond to your individual interests or preferences and can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, dislikes etc by gathering and storing information about your preferences.

Laughing Hedgehog may use traffic logging cookies to identify which pages are being viewed to help us analyse data and improve our website.  This information will only be used for data analysis purposes.

Cookies may help us to provide you with a better website experience by allowing us to monitor which pages you find useful but does not, in any way, provide us with access to your computer or any other information about you, apart from that which you choose to share with us.

Links

Our website may contain links to other websites that we feel might be of interest to our client base.  Once you use any of these links, you should be aware, that Laughing Hedgehog has no control over that website nor the information that they may collect about you.  Therefore, Laughing Hedgehog cannot be held responsible for protecting the privacy of any information which you may provide whilst visiting such sites as they are not governed by Laughing Hedgehogs’ Privacy Policy.  Subscribers should, therefore, exercise caution and review the Privacy Policy of any other websites that they may visit.

Controlling your personal information

You have the right to choose to restrict the collection, or use, of your personal information, as follows:

• Any time you are asked to fill in a form on the website, there should also be a box that you can click on to indicate that you do not want the information used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.
• If you have given your permission, in the past, for Laughing Hedgehog to use your personal information for direct marketing, you may change your mind at any time by writing to us at 9 Etal Walk, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Salburn-by-the-Sea, Cleveland TS12 2GG or emailing us at laughinghedgehogsales.com
• Laughing Hedgehog will not sell, distribute, lease or share your personal information with third parties unless we have your specific consent or are required to do so, by law.  We may use your personal information to send you promotional material about third parties that we think might interest you but only if you indicate that you are happy for us to do so.
• Under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) you have the right to request full details of any and all personal information that we may hold about you.  A small fee will be payable for providing this information and Freedom of Information requests can be made by writing or emailing laughinghedgehogsales@gmail.com  Please allow 28 working days for the information to be provided.
• If you believe that any of the information we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us as soon as possible to advise.  We will correct any information promptly and contact you to advise when this has been completed.