A Month in Snapshot

So I know that 'Summer' is not technically a month, but seeing as summer flew by and it all went a bit quiet on the blog I thought I would recap June, July, August AND September all together! Continue reading →

We've had a fab month of May at Backstitch.  We have welcomed a new member of staff into the shop.  Many of you will have met Suzanne already, she is busy learning the ropes and getting to know all our regulars!  We've had a stack of new fabric in, and welcome brand new pattern house 'How To Do Fashion' from Denmark.  I've been doing lots of knitting, mainly working on the baby cardigan pattern that we use in one of our classes. Continue reading →

Oh boy, we've been rather snowed under at Backstitch this June.  You can probably tell as the last blog post was about what we had been doing in May!  We have been totally absorbed by our refit of the new double size shop space.  We are nearly finished so thank you for bearing with us during this period of disruption (and bloggy silence!) Continue reading →

May has been a break-through month for Backstitch... literally!  Our big news is that we are doubling our shop space, and have knocked a big whole through into the next unit.  We have the workmen in busy fitting out our new space to bring a bigger and more permanent studio space, and stacks more retail space... watch out over the next month for improvements and many thanks for bearing with us through this time of disruption! Continue reading →