Let me introduce you

So Sew Saturday is coming up and I thought that I would introduce you to a few of our guests for 15th October.

Angeline GBSB 2016

If like me you were glued to this year’s Great British Sewing Bee then Angeline Murphy will be no stranger to your living room. We are so excited to have her here at Elizabeth Rose NI and for her to be able to answer all your questions. Her designs and sewing proved so popular on the show and beyond and now she will be here! I am beyond excited to tell the truth!

From just up the road in Magheralin her sewing bug started early and has continued into adulthood and now every aspect of her life is covered in fabric. Angeline will be bring items with her that she sewed on the Bee for everyone to look at. I am hoping to see the robe she stitched in week 3. She will also be doing a question and answer session on anything that you can think of – sewing related!

Another of our guests has travelled all over the country with her challenge to make the biggest Christmas Stocking in time for Christmas itself! Pamela Emerson has set herself this challenge to revive sewing in Northern Ireland: no mean feet. But she hopes with the popularity of programmes such as the Great British Sewing Bee, home industries like sewing will become popular again. So how do you get involved. It is simple. Within the challenge there are many different jobs; you can sew the hexagons together or cut them out or even just draw the shape onto the fabric depending on your sewing talent.
So come along and help Pamela set her World Record and be part of something unique in Northern Ireland.

With these two talented ladies there must be room for one or two more and we have them.

Knitted knockers may sound funny and even a joke to some but the premise behind it affects at least 1 in 5 of us; breast cancer. Joanne started the scheme after talking to her friend who had had a mastectomy and was finding the prosthetic very heavy. There already was scheme in Washington USA for these simple handmade prosthesis that are washable, breathable, light and easy to wear. So Joanne grabbed the pattern and the rest as they say is history. Come along for a question and answer session with Joanne on this subject and maybe give yourself something to knit over the long winter night. She will also be launching her new project for the sewers out there. Another exclusive at Elizabeth Rose NI!

Our last challenger is………… ME! I have set myself the challenge of making a pair of skinny jeans for of Sew Saturday as well as running around the shop and listening to as many question and answers sessions as possible! Just normal I hear you say. Probably but I have never made jeans before and to do it before the event and maybe wear them infront of all of you is a little daunting but I will give it a go.

So come along to Sew Saturday at Elizabeth Rose NI Saturday 15th October from 10am to 4pm