Welcome to Cheekyhandmades Here’s where you can find out all about my classes, my sewing machine repairs, my quilts and my blog. I run classes from a purpose built studio in Walthamstow, east London. I…
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Swimsuit sew-along!
It’s almost May, which means Me-Made-May, a month where sewists all over the world wear as much handmade as possible and connect, blog, encourage and make more beautiful well fitting clothes and spread the joy...
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War…. it fucking breaks my heart
I am sure I am not alone in not being to cope with the war in Ukraine AT ALL. I feel sad and angry and helpless. I don’t know what to do. I have donated...
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What a year…
How is it almost Christmas already?? I can’t believe how quickly this year has flown by! It’s been silly busy especially as I have taken on some work doing admin for the Walthamstow Trades Hall...
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Dressmaking workshops
November sees a new series of Dressmaking workshops start up. This time I have changed the workshops from three full day sessions to two classes with homework in between, to keep the price lower as...
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Repair repair repair
I am absolutely passionate about repair, reusing, upcycling, reloving all things, be they cats or sewing machines or clothes or anything really. I can’t even leave a dyeing plant in the supermarket, I have to...
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I have decided to pull my finger out and do some Zoom teaching. This will be a subscription quilt along, you can join for one month, two months, etc, until your quilt is finished. Each...
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