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Popping into the workroom for a little head rail open heart surgery today; this Roman blind that I made many years ago. There had been a bit of jiggery pokery with the cords, which got swallowed, so the only course of action was to take everything apart. It's all back together and looking just as fresh as ever and ready to go home 💙
#handsewnromanblinds #bespokeromanblinds #madetomeasureromanblinds #surreyinteriors #romanblind
Bespoke means....having your choice of curtain heading, in your choice of face fabric, lined only or with interlining, and all hand sewn. Double pinch pleat: triple pinch pleat: single pleat: eyelets: pencil.pleat: cottage pleat. Oh, and Wave, but I can't find a recent photo of that one 😄 If it can be done, I can make it for you 💕
#madetomeasurecurtains #bespokecurtains #bespoke #handsewncurtains #handsewnwithlove
Fitted this time last year and making a return appearance for this week's #throwbackthursday; pretty linen Roman blinds for the bay window of a newly decorated bedroom. With lovely views over the garden and beyond, these blinds were a lovely finishing touch 💙
#baywindows #baywindow #bespokeromanblinds #handsewnromanblinds
I'm working my way through a couple of pairs of curtains. This means a few days on the same lovely fabric and it all starts to look, well...the same. But here's a beautifully executed mitre. The pattern match is a pure fluke, of course 😉 Oh, and the music choice? For some reason, the fabric is giving me cowboy wild west feels 🌵
#bespokecurtains #bespokecurtainsandblinds #handsewncurtains #mitredcorners #mitre
At over 4 metres wide, this is a big fella! Four roller blinds will provide shade in this fabulous garden room; a full fascia one piece cassette, in a colour that matches the cantilevered doors, keeps things looking neat and tidy.
I had to have this bad boy delivered direct to my customer; I was a bit worried about tying it to my fitter's van and having to negotiate the twisty streets of Guildford like some sort of knight with a lance 🐎 😄
#rollerblindsdesign #rollerblinds #madetomeasurerollerblind #bespokeblinds #rollerblind
Next project; a Roman blind and two pairs of curtains of this cosy brushed cotton fabric 🤎
By the way; the sky turned a funny colour here today. It turned blue! How has it been around your way? 😄
#madetomeasureromanblinds #madetomeasurecurtainsandblinds #madetomeasurecurtainssurrey #handsewnromanblinds #handsewncurtains
Slow down? Not at this time of year if you make soft furnishings. Quite the opposite, in fact 😄 So it's onto the next project, with two pairs of eyelet curtains in a lovely abstract embroidered fabric. And the mitre shot? Well, why not; we haven't had one for a while.
#eyeletcurtains #madetomeasurecurtains #handsewncurtains #bespokecurtains #bespokecurtainsandblinds
Wooooo! That's a spooky hello 😄 How's your Halloween going, folks? We don't have any little ones here, so it's no pumpkins out for us. But if you're out and about, I hope you have lots of treats. And here's my Halloween #throwbackthursday combo offering with a trick at the end 🎃
#bespokecurtainsandblinds #bespokecurtains #bespokeromanblinds #bespokecushions
Today's fitting in a gorgeous kitchen diner. I had made several pairs of lined and interlined curtains in this open plan living space, but it took a little while to decide on whether or not to add this last. It's a big door opening out to the garden, and the pair on the left-hand side have been left untethered so that both curtains can be pulled to the right when the door is open. They still stack back neatly, even then. And this family will be celebrating thanksgiving, so the timing was perfect 🧡
#bespokecurtains #madetomeasurecurtains #surreyinteriors #handsewncurtains #interlinedcurtains
The final full inspection of the year brings this season to a close. This colony is beautifully calm; others were less happy to see me! It was a bumper honey harvest this year, despite a poor spring and summer. My honeybees continue to surprise me 😄 Goodbye ladies; see you in January for varroa treatment and a top up feed 🐝🐝🐝
#beekeeping #honeybeesofinstagram #honeybeecolony #beekeepersofinstagram #honeybees
A really lovely fitting for a lovely customer yesterday; interlined and blackout lined curtains beautifully complement the rug in this guest room. Lots of little single pleats fit neatly under the pelmet 💙
#surreyinteriors #madetomeasurecurtains #bespokecurtains #handsewncurtains #madetomeasurecurtainsandblinds
Here's a happy little quartet of cushions. I made these, together with four pairs of pinch pleat curtains, earlier in the year. I've been asked to make one more pair; the fabric is on the worktable at the moment and feels like an old friend.
#moderncountryinteriors
#moderncountrystyle #moderncountry #cushions #pipedcushions
So fresh and pretty! These four Roman blinds, two faux, two functioning, were fitted in a stunning family kitchen dining room a couple of weeks ago. I love how this fabric brings the garden inside 🌿
#bespokeromanblinds #surreyinteriors #interiorinspiration #handsewnromanblinds #madetomeasureromanblinds
What does #throwbackthursday mean, folks? Well, yes, I get to show past work, but it also means that it's nearly Friday, huzzah! Here's lined pinch pleat curtains made and fitted this time last year, following fitting a bespoke bay pole. It all worked out rather nicely 🤎
#baywindows #baywindow #baywindowdecor #victoriancottage
I have been pattern matching this pretty fabric today; one pair of interlined curtains coming up. This pretty fabric has a dark side; it is a half drop pattern repeat. This is a feature created by the designer to torture, bamboozle and otherwise upset innocent curtain makers*. Still, lots of tricky maths, deep breathing, dancing around the table and fear about making that first cut, and we are there. Now comes the easy bit; the actual sewing 💙
*This is actually not true; it just feels like it 😄😄😄
#bespokecurtains #madetomeasurecurtains #handsewncurtains #curtainmaker #curtains
Seeing double, with this cute roller blind reflected in the bathroom mirror. It's hard to see, but there's a decorative wooden bar. The bar is an exact match for the vanity unit. I love it when it all comes together 🤎
#rollerblindsdesign #rollerblind #bathroominspo #madetomeasurerollerblind #bespokeblinds
My September round up, folks, and at this point I usually Wang on about how busy I have been. Well, I was busy at the start but then had a lovely holiday in Spain. How has yoyr September been? Ready for the autumn?
#curtainmakeronholiday #madetomeasurecurtains #madetomeasurecurtainsandblinds #madetomeasurerollerblind #surreyinteriors
Hello o o o o o .....that's the echo at the end of this very long cushion, featured for this week's #throwbackthursday. Yes, I am back from holiday and in a silly not-quite-ready-for-work-hysteria mood. Sorry. I came back to find there was an international money laundering query on my business bank account, fraudulent payments on my personal credit card, and a big black hole in one of my pension accounts. I would rather have spent the day making lovely cushions, but had to spend the day dealing with that lot. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow. Probably 😄
#cushionlove #bespokecushions #cushionaddict #cushioncrush
Lined cottage pleat curtains in a prettily patterned pink linen fabric made for a country cottage a couple of years ago. They're overlong and just right for sweeping back when open for a feminine finishing flourish. Gosh; lots of alliteration for this week's #throwbackthursday 😄💕
#cottagecore #cottagecoreaesthetic #moderncountryinteriors #moderncountrystyle
It's time to get the ladies fed ready for winter. I always leave a full super of honey on each hive, but I like to top up each colony with sugar syrup, too, in case of a mild wet winter. In a cold winter, the honeybees will hunker down and keep in a cluster around the queen, but in milder weather, they will fly and need additional honey for the extra energy that takes. Each colony will take up to 32lbs of sugar. Better to be safe than sorry. 🐝
#honeybeesofinstagram #honeybeecolony #beekeepersofinstagram #beekeeperslife #honeybees
My customers aren't limited to a small range of designs for their roller blinds; there's a whole host of fabrics in my collections that can be made up. Here's a lovely embroidered fabric looking just right for a visiting grandparent's room 👌
#rollerblindsdesign #rollerblind #madetomeasurerollerblind #madetomeasureblinds #surreyinteriors
As the beekeeping season draws to a close, there are lots of jobs to do with the bees, but the weather has been against me. So it was some relief that I got the cleaned up supers off, the varroa treatment in, and the feeders on today 🐝
#honeybeesofinstagram #beekeepersofinstagram #apiarylife #honeybeecolony #beekeepinglife
This popped up on my Instagram memories today, and it's still one of my favourites, so I thought I'd share it for this week's #throwbackthursday. I haven't made a cafe curtain for ages; anybody fancy having one made up? Go on, you know you want to 😄
#voilecurtains #cafecurtain #cottagecore ##cottagecoreaesthetic
August was a busy month; not so many fittings, but lots and lots of making in the workroom. And, of course, the honey harvest. There I am, merrily decapping a frame of honey yesterday. I wasn't looking quite so merry seven hours later, but it was a bumper year this year, despite the poor spring and early summer. My husband is a superstar and helped all day; we have a bet between us regarding the final weigh-in total. I wonder who is going to get nearest to the total?
#honeyharvesting #surreycurtainmaker #beekeepersofinstagram #handsewncurtains #madetomeasurecurtainsandblinds
Another perspective on the fitting I featured yesterday; two Roman blinds complete the room. I usually interline my Romans with blackout interlining, but in this case, not. With two pairs of curtains with domette in the same room, this could have made the face fabric look to be different shades in different lights. Lots to think about in the planning stage, you see 🤔
#romanblinds #bespokecurtainsandblinds #bespokeromanblinds #romanblindmakers #handsewnromanblinds
Who wouldn't want to snuggle up with a good book here? This week's #throwbackthursday features a pelmet I upholstered this time last year. I hadn't made the curtains, but the online company who did don't offer this service, and so I was asked to recover what had been in place before. Hmm.....that's the difference between a bespoke service and the online players. The service and skills available from individual tradespeople such as myself are dying out. Makes you think, no? Support your local artisans where you can, folks.
#pelmet #pelmets #bespokepelmets #readingnooks
What noise does a zebra make (no, this isn't the start of a joke)? It's a sort of horse/ donkey/ dog sound; not really like a horse at all. Or, so YouTube informs me. These zebra are silent; but, being velvet, they are very, very soft 🦓
#velvetblinds #velvet #madetomeasureromanblinds #bespokeromanblinds #handsewnromanblinds
And just like that, the nectar flow ended. It never fails to amaze me that every year I'll be making up frames and putting on new supers like there's no tomorrow, and then all of a sudden, the ladies stop needing them. There's still Himalayan balsam blooming at the river, but maybe my honeybees have decided they've done enough for the year. Who would blame them, too. Time to put your feet up 🐝🐝🐝
#honeybeesofinstagram #apiary #apiarylife #beekeepersofinstagram #honeybees
It's International Left Hander day today; who knew there was such a thing? 😄 Anyhoo, in celebration, here's mine. Yes, I am a left hander. One of about 13% of the population. I can't really say I have strong feelings about it either way. I do remember that my fingers used to be covered in ink at school (writing left to right over wet ink and at least they had stopped tying your left hand behind your back, like previous generations) and wearing a watch on my right hand means all my long sleeves fray at the cuffs eventually. Lots of cutlery is designed for right handers too; cake forks, grapefruit spoons, fish knives....all stuff I don't use much 😄 Fortunately I cut fabric with my right hand, so no need for special scissors. But aren't hands really clever things? Are you a lefty or a righty?
#curtainmaker #surreycurtainmaker #handsewnromanblinds #handsewncurtains #handsewing
I loved making up these motorised Roman blinds for a bay window this time last year; a 1970's vibe for a 1980's home, but the young man renovating his home had great taste. And great hair...and yes, I did tell him so 🙈
#motorisedromanblinds #baywindow #madetomeasureromanblinds #bespokeromanblinds #handsewnromanblinds
Comfy cushion alert! I made a pair of these to complement the curtains and pelmets fitted recently in a master bedroom suite. The plain piping on the cushions is the same on the pelmet; not too matchy matchy,it's a nod to eachother. Friendly 💙
#pipedcushions #pipingtechniques #pelmet #bespokepelmets #bespokecushions
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