Apologies for being quiet of late; I’ve been busy getting samples ready for the Christmas classes. The first of the winter classes started a couple of weeks ago with the sewing machine bag – a nice small class to ease back into, with some of my favourite ladies; Beth, Millie and Becky. Beth chose upcycling, using […]

I would like to thank the lovely ladies who came and sewed up a storm for our most recent Charity event at Mabel’s Emporium last Saturday. Together we sewed 16 incubator covers for the Trevor Mann Baby Unit in Brighton and the Special Care Baby Unit in Haywards Heath, along with 11 little bags to pop […]

A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to talk to Laura Cartledge from etc. magazine to contribute to a piece on the vibrant Vintage scene. You can therefore imagine my delight when I opened this month’s magazine to find a lovely 2 page article all about my vintage inspired designs and sewing classes at Mabel’s Emporium. I’d like to thank […]

I had a lovely afternoon at Nicki’s house with Becky, Dylan and Seren, where we were trying out our new Children’s Crafting Classes. Starting off by making their own name stamps using corks and lettered buttons, Dylan and Seren decorated tote bags with rabbits, snails, hearts and stars using wooden blocks and potato stamps. …and […]