So here’s my first blog....
Me – I’m Andrea, from Atherstone in Warwickshire now living
in Leeds working as a Senior Planning Consultant. I love holidays, sewing, baking, snowboarding and talking.
Andrea’s Arcade – is my love for all things sewing.
I first learnt how to sew (along with playing go fish and
how to skim stones on the canal) by my grandma Elsie Walker. Once a hat maker
she taught me needle craft and knitting.
I love to sew but after finishing GCSE textiles didn’t pick
up a needle and thread again until last autumn when I moved to Leeds. As I was
new to the city I started a 5 week dress making course at the Bowery which soon rekindled my passion for sewing.
After failed attempts at making tailored skirts, sewing things
the wrong way round and bending three sewing machine needles, I soon started to
get the hang of things and taught myself how to make a number of items. After
filling our flat with boxes of fabric and managing to give almost everyone I
know a hand sewn gift for their birthday or Christmas. I decided to turn my
hand to craft fairs and created Andrea’s Arcade.
The kind of sewing I do is a combination of machine sewing,
hand embroidery, appliqué and cross stitch, in order to make an array of
household items, clothes and accessories (which can be viewed from the
following links).
Over the next few blogs I will include some how to blogs
providing free patterns and instructions to make some simple items.
Inspired by the Google chrome ‘mum’s kitchen’ satchel
advert, I have decided to start blogging to document the evolution of Andrea’s
Arcade as I stumble through craft fairs and make my best efforts to actually
sell something I have made to someone I’m not related to or have been friends
with for years.
Thank you for reading, looking out for my next blog ‘My struggle with social media’
Andrea
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