Pottering Club

Slogan designs for quiet pursuits

Gentle hobbies, dry humour.

Original designs for bell ringers, allotment folk and quiet-pursuit people. Designed in Britain.

Printed to order and posted by Spreadshirt. Designs marked ‘Coming soon’ are still on their way.

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The designs

Bold lettering, one simple drawing, two or three flat colours. Each design comes in a dark-garment and a light-garment version.

  • Bottle-green T-shirt preview with a crossed orange spade and fork above a cream shed-door sign reading GONE DOWN THE PLOT, and BACK WHEN IT GETS DARK underneath.

    Allotments

    Gone down the plot.

    Back when it gets dark. Possibly later if the runner beans need guarding.

    Coming soon: Gone Down The Plot is not on sale yet

  • Burgundy T-shirt preview with a striped bell-rope sally above the words FOR THE LAST TIME, BELLS ARE RUNG, NOT PLAYED. in cream and coral.

    Bell ringing

    For the last time, bells are rung, not played.

    For ringers who have explained it at every wedding reception going.

    Coming soon: Bells Are Rung Not Played is not on sale yet

  • Dark green T-shirt preview with a yellow duck speeding over teal ripples above the words LAPPED BY A DUCK. AGAIN. and CANAL LIFE AT 4 MPH.

    Canal life

    Lapped by a duck. Again.

    Four miles an hour is plenty, thank you. The duck disagrees.

    Coming soon: Lapped By A Duck is not on sale yet

  • Charcoal T-shirt preview with cream binoculars above the words HONESTLY, IT WAS HERE TEN MINUTES AGO. in a field-guide serif, and BIRDWATCHING underneath.

    Birdwatching

    Honestly, it was here ten minutes ago.

    For birders who arrive, reliably, just after the bird has left.

    Coming soon: It Was Here Ten Minutes Ago is not on sale yet

  • Navy T-shirt preview with a crossword grid, the 7 down column outlined in coral and a yellow pencil, above the words SEVEN DOWN HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME SINCE TUESDAY. in cream and coral.

    Crosswords

    Seven down has been bothering me since Tuesday.

    For solvers who will not look up the answer, on principle.

    Coming soon: Seven Down Since Tuesday is not on sale yet

  • Charcoal T-shirt preview with an orange slug on a nibbled green lettuce leaf above the words FOUR YEARS ON THE WAITING LIST. WORTH EVERY SLUG. in cream and orange.

    Allotments

    Four years on the waiting list. Worth every slug.

    For plot holders who waited years and would do it all again.

    Coming soon: Worth Every Slug is not on sale yet

  • Navy T-shirt preview with a cream thermometer, its short orange reading below three rows of pale blue waves, above the words WAIST DEEP. STILL THINKING ABOUT IT. in cream and orange, and COLD WATER SWIMMING in small letters.

    Cold-water swimming

    Waist deep. Still thinking about it.

    For swimmers who get in one careful inch at a time.

    Coming soon: Waist Deep Still Thinking is not on sale yet

  • Bottle-green T-shirt preview with a cream lawn bowl stopped well short of a yellow jack, a coral dashed measure between them, above the words IT LOOKED NEARER FROM THE MAT. in cream and coral, and LAWN BOWLS in small yellow letters.

    Lawn bowls

    It looked nearer from the mat.

    For bowlers who were certain it was shot, right up until they walked up.

    Coming soon: Looked Nearer From The Mat is not on sale yet

  • Next up

    More quiet pursuits on the way.

    New designs are added slowly, a few at a time, when the joke is good enough.

About the club

Pottering Club is a small, independent label of slogan designs for the quieter hobbies: ringing, digging, birding, boating and whatever else gets you out of the house without much hurry.

Every design is original and designed in Britain. The products themselves are printed to order and posted by Spreadshirt, who look after the ordering, payment, delivery and returns.

  • Who it is forBell ringers, allotment folk, birders, canal people and other quiet-pursuit types.
  • Where to buyThe Spreadshirt Marketplace, under the name PotteringClub. Shop buttons appear here as each design goes live.
  • PrintingPrinted on demand by Spreadshirt, one order at a time.