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Amazing but this is its 3rd year! The final of The Petersfield Sewing Bee has been judged. With over 60 adult and child entrants the local response was fabulous and for all to see at Sew Creative HQ. Sewers had 3 challenges to complete; a fabric “fat quarter” challenge, a tote bag up-cycling challenge and a pattern making challenge. Wendy Gardiner (a local sewing celebrity) attended Saturday’s finale to judge the shortlist. Wendy said “All the entries, without exception, were so good, it made picking out winners devilishly difficult! So not just a challenge for the entrants, one for me too!” The out right winners were; Sewing Bee 2017 – Heidi Robinson and Princess Bee 2017 (under 16s) – Grace Anelay, both from Petersfield. There were also several individual challenge winners including Matt Ralph who is registered partially sighted! The Bees were presented with trophies and vouchers for Sew Creative and all winners got a sewing goodie bag. For more information and photos, visit Wendy’s blog; https://wendygardiner.co.uk/2017/07/25/sew-creative-sewing-bee-challenge/ |
Petersfield Easter Egg Colouring Competition
We were delighted to sponsor this wonderful competition again and received over 80 entrants! This year we created bunting with the coloured/ decorated eggs which looked fantastic in the shop. All entrants were fabulous and real testament to Petersfield childrens’ creativity, the 4 winners were;
- Overall winner – Indieana, aged 10 – wins a Sew Creative voucher plus a Thorntons Egg. Indieanna was runner up last year
- Runners up – Isabelle (aged 5) and Joshua (aged 8) both win a Thorntons Egg
- Special extra prize – Daniel (aged 9) won a Sew Creative felt rabbit kit.
Well done to them all.
Sew Creative is awarded runner up in Sew magazine’s national sewing awards for the second year running for Best Independent Haberdashery Shop in the South of England and Best Sew Saturday Event. We are naturally delighted and thank all our customers who voted for us. A special thanks also goes to our team who provide such amazing service every single day and maintain our unique busy atmosphere and welcome.
Sew Saturday update – Sew Creative wins Sew magazine’s “Best for Inspiration” award for its Sew Saturday programme
Block of the Month Challenge – 2016 – Sew with Jo!!
May 17 – Stash Buster : year block 12- May 17docx.
April 17 – Foundation Log Cabin: year block 11year block 11- April 17 docx.
Feb 17 – Double Hourglass : year block – Feb 17.docx.
Jan 17 – Starburst – tutorial : year-block-jan-17-docx
Aug – Log Cabin – tutorial: botm – Aug Log Block
July – Rail Fence Block – tutorial: botm – july Rail Fence
June – Monkey Wrench – tutorial: Odd Blocks Challenge june_
May – Union Flag – tutorial: year block – May docx.
April – Weave Block – tutorial: year block – April.docx.
March – Circles Block – tutorial: year block – March.docx.
February – Heart Block – Tutorial : Year Block – feb 16
January – Disappearing 4 patch – tutorial: Odd Blocks – January 16
Quilt for our Queen Charity Auction
To mark Sew Creative’s second birthday a wonderful double bed sized red, white and blue quilt was crafted by our awesome customers, using our donated fabric. It was auctioned with the proceeds; an amazing £300 all going to the Rowans Hospice in Waterlooville. The hours of work involved and the result are truly stunning and everyone involved were delighted to help such a great charity.
Christmas Crafty Chellenge
For over a month, customers to Sew Creative have using all their creativity in our Christmas Crafty Challenge. Using hessian, embroidery thread and their choice of embellishments, all manor of wonderful items were created, including bags, a snow man and fairy, advent calendars, table runners, bunting, cushions and so much more. Visitors to the shop then voted for their favorite. The winners were Mimi Harris for the under 16’s for her cushion and Helen Spencer for her heart wreath. Well done to all who took part and thank you for making our Christmas window so wonderful.
Sew Saturday / Second Anniversary; see the fun!
Fun events throughout the day, including….
- Tutor challenges
- Demonstrations
- Kids creative
- Up-cycling
- Clean your machine
- Embroidery machine demo
- Cake!
All free to celebrate sewing shops and our SECOND birthday! See the leaflet Click here
Sew Creative approved stockist for Janome
We are delighted to be an approved stockist for the full range of wonderful Janome sewing and embroidery machines. The Janome range complements the existing Elna machines perfectly giving our customers the widest choice of machines to meet all their sewing needs and budgets. For advice and to test sew the latest machines, please visit our newly developed demonstration area in the shop.
Sew Creative wins Retailer of the Year 2016!
We are delighted to announce that Sew Creative has won the Retailer of the Year 2016 Award at the Petersfield Awards celebration ceremony held at Churchers College on the 15th July. Beating very well known and established competition we are thrilled and very proud. Our thanks goes to our team who provide an amazing level of customer service every day and all our wonderful customers who support us.
The Petersfield Sewing Bee Challenge 2016 winners……
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Wendy Gardiner, presented the trophies to our adult and under 16s winners and our congratulations goes to Jackie Tee and Erin Robertson, adult and under 16s respectively. Sally-ann Cole (last year’s winner) was on hand to pass the trophy to Jackie. Jo Watts Sew Creative said “the results are amazing and testament to the creative abundance in Petersfield. With over 65 entrants in this years Petersfield Sewing Bee Challenge we are completely blown away by our customers participation, inspiration and support.” |
The Petersfield Sewing Bee Challenge Finals 2016…
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Well, I don’t envy our judges! Have you seen the entries this year? Wow indeed, but the finals day is looming. This Saturday 25th June, the Sewing Bee Champs will be announced. We are delighted to announce that Wendy Gardiner, author of the latest Sewing Bee book, Create & Craft and Craftsey presenter and general all-round sewing Geru, will be joining us from 3pm to cast her eye over the entries, winners will be announced from 4pm. Please feel free to attend, Wendy is happy to sign your Sewing Bee or Fun with Fat Quarters books, we have them to purchase on the day if you would like one too! |
Last adult and child challenges….Tea Cosy fit for The Queen and Patriotic Cross Stitch creating another fabulous window display
Second adult challenge….we gave them a plain white t-shirt….look at the creativity!!!!!!!!!!
First child challenge….again….amazing!!!!!!!!!!
The children (under 16s) returned their first challenge on Saturday; they were given fabric and binding to make bunting of their own design to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday. Their fantastic creativity and sewing skills are on show in the window; come and see.
First adult challenge….wow….amazing!!!!!!!!!!
We are celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday this year in The Petersfield Sewing Bee – for the first adult challenge participants were given a fat quarter of gorgeous queen stamp fabric and a coordinating plain and asked to ‘get creative’ and make whatever they liked. The results are amazing with items such as crowns, hats, bags, cushions, picture, clock, dog coat, tie and even a hobby horse!
Please come and take a look at the wonderful display – the picture does not do it justice – we have amazing creative talented customers for sure!!
It’s back………The Petersfield Sewing Bee Challenge 2016…
Following on the success of last year’s Petersfield Sewing Bee, we have some wonderful challenges for you, the focus is on fun and challenging yourself. The boxes remain a secret until you purchase one – £20 adult (3 challenges) , £10 child (2 challenges).
The boxes contain all you need to complete the challenges
Limited availability – Get yours on Saturday 7th May!!
Are you in?
Sew Creative wins more awards
We were very fortunate to have been nominated in two categories for Sew magazine’s British Sewing Awards 2015; Best Independent Haberdashery Shop (South of England) and Best Sewing Workshops/ Courses (Nationally). Following all the voting we are thrilled to announce that Sew Creative came Runner Up in both awards! After only a year, this is an amazing result and we thank all of our wonderful customers who voted for us. We were up against some stiff competition including very established industry heavy weights, which makes this result even more impressive.
In the words of the magazine, “We have been completely overwhelmed by the number of our readers and online visitors who have taken the time to nominate and then vote for their favourites in these Awards which have been the biggest ever! Winning a British Sewing Award is truly deserved and confirms the recognition within the sewing industry.”
Thank you to everyone again and you know us, we shall push for a winner award this year!
