As a busy Mum of 4, I was thrilled
watching the kid’s week episode of The Great British Sewing Bee. I love every aspect of
the sewing process from planning, cutting out and sewing together. Sewing is my
guilty pleasure as it’s time out just for me. It makes me truly happy. One
thing I’ve realized being a mum for 14 years, is that my kids are happier when
I’m happy!
Lucky me then, that my friend
Claire-Louise Hardie is the Sewing Producer for the show, so I get insider
scoops and tips. Only joking she is really tight lipped about revealing anything!
Claire-Louise is also The
Thrifty Stitcher, and
her teaching studio in Stoke Newington is remarkably like the sewing room on
the Bee. She has also written the official tie in book for series 3, and was so busy last year she invited me to
join the company too.
The ethos of The Thrifty Stitcher has
always been to encourage aspiring dressmakers whilst keeping class numbers
small. We provide all students with a warm friendly welcome, and our sewing
room playlists seem to have inspired the music on the Bee too. Focusing mostly
on entry level or beginner sewers, The Thrifty Stitcher offers a range of classes and packages. We run a freestyle Dressmaking Club for those who like to go off piste, along with skills based workshops for improving sewers. We even offer 121 personal tuition during the week. We’ll shortly be launching a new Children’s
clothes making course on a weekday morning, so watch this space.
Claire
–Louise, who is the
creative heart of The Thrifty Stitcher, trained originally in Costume Design at
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She’s been blessed with a varied
career that’s taken her around the globe. Sewing however, has always been at
the centre of her career, and in 2009 she began teaching sewing after
discovering that it was no longer on school syllabuses. She believes her job on
The Sewing Bee is tailor made for her unique set of skills and experiences.
Do you have a machine gathering dust
in a cupboard? Why not let us help you liberate that machine? You never know where
it will lead. Could you become one of the next batch of contestants on the Bee?
Happy Stitching!
Tash Matthews and Claire-Louise
Hardie- The Thrifty Stitchers
http://thethriftystitcher.co.uk
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