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WE MAKE THE HEADLINES!

Posted by TRIXIE BRADLEY on November 02, 2015

9/11/15 - John and I started our lovely business five years ago. Previously, I retrained to be a florist whilst our twin sons were going to school, and then subsequently started my own floristry business and loved it!

Sadly, I fell ill, literally overnight. John left work to look after me and our children. I have slowly got to a place where I can work, albeit, sometimes from home, or from the sanctuary of our Craft School. I have loved getting involved with all forms of social media, well, learning about social media and how it works! It has been a challenge, as it has been so new to me and technology has changed and developed so fast.

From Facebook to Instagram, Twitter to Google+, I have learnt, sometimes the hard way, how to use these social media platforms. So imagine our surprise when we found ourselves part of Social media!

We found ourselves part of a piece in The Guardian. Follow this link to read all about us and other small family businesses. It has all gone full circle, from working for myself, to now working with my husband, who cared for me and now we love working together...

http://www.theguardian.com/…/love-business-stories-readers-…

John, Trixie & Charlie, our dog

Looking forward to more social media but more importantly, looking forward to seeing YOU, our lovely customers in our Vintage Furniture Boutique, here in Sussex.

With best wishes,
Trixie x

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SEWING DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS

Posted by TRIXIE BRADLEY on October 18, 2015

14/9/15 - SEWING DOESNT GET BETTER THAN THIS...

We have a lovely warm room here in our Craft School where we get up to all sorts of things! Including fabulous sewing classes and workshops.

Margaret, one of our ladies with her "scrap material" quilt...

This was a fabulous workshop where our ladies were faced with a real challenge; to make a quilt from all their scraps of material that they had at home, in their work boxes and sewing kits.
NO new material was allowed!

Liz, our tutor helping Margaret finish her beautiful quilt...

It was a great day and a truly fabulous opportunity to really embrace the true essence of quilting: friendship, helping one another and upcycling scrap material.

Well done everyone!
We also have fabulous "Drop in/Pop by" morning for sewing and quilting, Wednesday and Friday's 10.15/12.45 with delicious cake, coffee and plenty of conversation too!

Pop along to one our morning clubs...

Happy sewing.
Best wishes,
Trixie x

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DILLY BAG FUN

Posted by TRIXIE BRADLEY on October 18, 2015

30/4/15 - DILLY BAG FUN

We have had four days of such fun here with Liz, a truly marvellous tutor, with "bags" of experience! Excuse the pun!

It is wonderful is the array of fabrics, colours and designs that the ladies have created.

Liz has certainly pushed the boundaries of their sewing machines and hand stitching!

The original Dilly Bag originates from Australia and here we are sewing them in Sussex!

Keep an eye out for more Quilting and Sewing classes on our website and social media too.

If you would like to see more of these wonderful creations and what else we are up to here at Lovingly Made, both in our Craft School and in our Vintage Boutique, there are lots more photos on our Facebook page, Twitter and Instagram pages too.

With best wishes,

Trixie

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WHY NOT POP DOWN OUR LOVELY LANE FOR A LOVELY MEANDER

Posted by TRIXIE BRADLEY on October 18, 2015

15/04/15 - WHY NOT POP DOWN OUR LOVELY LANE FOR A LOVELY MEANDER...

As I was helping John unload the latest hand picked collections of beautiful preloved vintage furniture from our van, I stopped. I stopped and looked at the gorgeous pieces of furniture, curios, treasures and finds that he had brought back to our Vintage Boutique.

Slowly unloading the van, the excitement was mounting with the sheer delights I saw!
I will be photographing items to pop into our website over the next few days.
In the meantime, why not come down and take a little look for yourself?
You are always welcome and we'd love to see you!

Remember we are open Sunday's too from 10.30/4.30. The perfect time to have a meander around our very unique and special destination.

You do know it's East Grinstead's best kept secret place...shhhhhh!

With best wishes,

Trixie

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QUILTING IS SO ADDICTIVE - BE CAREFUL, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Posted by TRIXIE BRADLEY on October 18, 2015

22/11/2014 - QUILTING IS SO ADDICTIVE - BE CAREFUL, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Two Robins for Christmas joy!

We have a range of lovely ways for you to be involved in our Craft School and all that it has to offer.

There are lots of lovely classes and workshops, ranging from our Hobby Heaven, drop in - pop by, mornings and afternoons, which are ono £6.00 and include yummy parties, cake, coffee and tea and above all else, great company too.

Then we have specific learning skill opportunities, furniture painting, rag doll making, fabric sculpture and quilting to name a few. Quilting like other crafts such as these, knitting and crochet for instance are fabulously addictive. And the joy it brings is like no other as you are truly making an heirloom piece of work - and the craftsmanship is simply sublime by our students. Lots of them have been complete beginners and been taught by Jo Poulton, who is just the best. Liz Grummett has only run classes here too and as brilliant as Jo.

So I am going to illustrate by loading up lots of photos here for you to enjoy and perhaps in the New Year, you will join us? We have a class for beginners starting in January, so get in quick!

So, come and join in the fun, we would love to see you. Check out Craftily Creative on a Wednesday and Fabric Friday, yes, on a Friday. All details and booking system on line or call us at our Boutique. Be inspired and book yourself onto a class!

With Love

Trixie

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