I’ve always been the creative type, randomly creating projects, but one thing I never learnt was how to sew. This all changed after my second daughter (Aurora) turned two, she would not go to sleep unless I was sat by her bed holding her hand. Trying to sneak off after 5 minutes wasn’t doing the trick and clearly my ninja skills weren’t up to scratch. So one day I just asked her, “what would help you fall asleep without mummy being here all the time”. She replied “Something that reminds me of you, can you make me a doll?”

After nearly a year of sitting by her bed, I thought why not, I could do with a new hobby.

We began to gather the random fabric from craft boxes around the house, she chose each fabric peice making up a very mix match looking doll. It took me a few months to make, I really REALLY couldn’t sew then.

BUT then the magic moment happened and this is when Fabric Sewn Beautiful was born.

She held this doll in her tiny little hands and said it was the ‘best thing ever’ because I had made it. We called her ‘DOT’ as she was mainly made from polka dot fabric and she still sleeps with her every night 4 years later. She tells me what makes Dot so special to her is because I made it, and she got to choose all the fabric and thread colours as we went along. She was completely involved in the process, it was her choice and her design that made this unique to her. That twinkle in her eye when she first held Dot, is the reason I make personalised gifts and run workshops helping people to make their own gifts for loved ones.

As a wife and mum to two little girls in primary school, my business is built around my family. They see embroidering before the school run and doing workshops in half term, But we still make plenty of time for fun...

We build gingerbread houses at Christmas, do YES days and often make Den’s downstairs that cover every inch of the floor. Much like the residents who attend my workshops, I’ve created this business to show my girls what I CAN do, while still being there for them.