Catch Up with the Stitch Stars of the British Sewing Awards 2022

#AD The British Sewing Awards 2022 gave you the opportunity to nominate and vote for the sewing personalities, brands and products that you simply couldn’t do without – and after totting up your score sheets, we were delighted to reveal the winners earlier this year. We would like to say a huge thank you to every Sew reader who took the time to have their say, and we’re not the only ones, read on to hear from the stitching stars who placed this year.

Pink Scissors Fabric

“We are thrilled to have won the Best Independent Retailer award for the second year running. My vision was to become a woman in business, running a shop at the centre of the local community. I’m blessed to have loyal customers both locally and online. Pop to my website or drop into my little shop."

Fabrications

“Fabrications promotes sustainable and resourceful sewing practices and celebrates over 22 years on Broadway Market, East London. We would like to express a heartfelt thank you to our community for nominating and voting for us in the British Sewing Awards 2022. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to seeing you at our shop, classes and events.”

J&B Sewing Machine Co Ltd

“Everyone at J&B Sewing Machine Co Ltd would like to thank our customers for voting for us in the British Sewing Awards. With over 61 years of experience in domestic and industrial machines, quilting frames, fabric and haberdashery, our friendly staff are available for all your sewing needs, big or small.”

Beyond the Pink Door

“Thank you so much for voting for Beyond the Pink Door to become the Best Independent Retailer in Ireland. It means the world! Our motto is that we will never sell fabric that we wouldn’t be happy to use ourselves. We are very committed to offering as personal a service as possible and always encourage our lovely customers to email us with any questions regarding fabric or sewing.”

The Wee Fabric Shop

“Thank you to all our wonderful customers for voting for us again. We wish you all a fabulous festive season and look forward to seeing you in the New Year for more classes, social sewing and shopping. Don't forget to sign up to the newsletter on our website!”

Sew Simple

“A huge thank you to all our customers - you voting for us means we have won for the second year running. We are East Anglia’s largest independent craft store, located just outside Norwich, stocking an extensive range of quilting and home crafting fabrics, patterns, yarn, embroidery supplies, haberdashery, and cake crafting essentials.”

Sewing Room

“A huge thanks to all our customers for your nomination and votes in the British Sewing Awards 2022. Your continued support means the world to us! We stock a wide range of fabrics and haberdashery, not to mention our own range of craft kits. We look forward to chatting all things fabric with you in the shop very soon.”

Aberdashery

“It was such a lovely surprise to find out that we had been nominated in the British Sewing Awards. We would like to say a huge thank you for this honour and for your continued support. Aberdashery is the place to go for gorgeous fabrics, high quality haberdashery, fantastic kits, and irresistible sewing patterns.”

Croft Mill

“We are delighted to have been Highly Commended in the Best Online Fabric Store category. We would like to say a big thank you to our wonderful customers for voting for us. If you haven’t already heard of Croft Mill, we are an independent, family-run business based in Lancashire. We have been supplying beautiful dress fabrics and haberdashery for over 50 years and we are now stocking contemporary dress patterns.”

Bugweed’s Fabric

“We would like to say thank you to all the members of the Bugweed’s Community. Your support is greatly appreciated! To receive such recognition in our first year of trading is incredible and we hope this is testament to the wide variety of fabrics we stock, the warm welcome we provide, and the five-star service our community expects and cherishes. Please visit us at Unit 3, Lancaster Park, Audax Close, Clifton Moor, York, YO30 4RA, plus follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @bugweedsfabrics.”

Gather N Sew

“We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that voted for us in the British Sewing Awards. We are absolutely delighted to be one of your winning fabric shops. Our gorgeous dressmaking fabrics, patterns and haberdashery are available on our website. Alternatively, you can visit us in store where you can also join in with one of our fun sewing workshops.”