What’s new in June?

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Hello everyone,

We are starting June with the Frome Independent market on Sunday 1st. If you have never been to the market then it’s well worth a visit plus We are Open 11-3pm so pop in and say hi.👋

We will have the pattern swap box out, so bring along the old patterns you have never used, or will never use again and swap them with something you will enjoy making! If it’s a used pattern please make sure all the pieces are in the packet and that the size cut out is marked on the front.

It’s Glastonbury festival at the end of the month. We have already sold out of  the limited edition 2025 fabric but we do have limited stock of the original green fabric available. Staying with the music theme and Kool Kactus has done it again! This time we have OASIS inspired fan art fabric. Perfect with the Millie Moon Bucket hat pattern.

 

Upcoming workshops at Millie Moon

Monday 2nd Beginners Hand Embroidery

Monday 2nd Folk Style Embroidered Felt Birds 

Tuesday 3rd Puff Quilt Seat Pads

Wednesday 4th Patchwork-Foundation Paper Piecing 

Monday 9th Sewing Machine Covers 

Monday 9th Kids Club 

Tuesday 10th Patchwork-English Paper Piecing Hexagons

Wednesday 11th Puffed Bows and Velvet Printing 

Monday 16th Memory Fabric Cushion Cover

Thursday 19th Sewcial Club

Sunday 22nd Learn to use a Sewing Machine

Monday 23rd An intro to Free-Motion Machine Embroidery 

Monday 23rd Felt Pin Cushions

Sunday 29th Teen Machine Sewing Club 

Sunday 29th Liberty Patchwork Pincushion

Monday 30th Sewcial Club 

Monday 30th Embroidered Felt needlecase

Coming up in July we have

 the next 6 week beginners garment making class with Anna which starts on 8th July,

Darning and Sashiko with Skye from @slowstitchclub on 13th July

and Pattern cutting a sleeveless top with Justine on 20th July

 

For more information head over to the website or pop into the shop for a chat. You can book online or in store.

Enjoy June, enjoy the festival and happy solstice

Rachel and Becki x

Say Hello to Pattern Cutting and Sewing tutor Justine

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We are super excited to have found Justine to join our team here at Millie Moon.
Justine has been running some fantastic new workshops with us, specifically in pattern cutting but more sewing workshops coming soon!
Hello Everyone,
Born in Paris, I am a trained costume maker and experienced seamstress with a passion for pattern cutting, tailoring and hand embroidery. I have a curiosity for everything related to fabric & textile.
I previously worked for prestigious fashion houses in Paris, during the ‘ready to wear’ and Haute Couture fashion weeks while also working for a streetwear brand and some emerging theatre companies. 
I came to England seven years ago to be a junior embroiderer for a haute couture fashion house based in London.
I now find myself in Somerset with the desire to teach everything I have learnt along the way. I see how more and more people are inclined to make their own clothes, and how this feeds into a sustainable approach to fashion that also align with certain political outlooks  – something I am completely on board with.
I believe that we cherish and appreciate a garment that we have made much more, because time and effort have been put into it – it encourages originality over conformity and quality over quantity. Clothes are also always more comfortable when tailored to our unique body type.
I started tutoring at Millie Moon in June 2024 and I have instantly loved the community that Rachel and Becki have created around sewing and the shop. Randomly, I seem to be teaching pattern cutting more than sewing but I love pattern cutting, and it’s a great way to help people make clothes that fits really well. 
Hope you meet you on a workshop soon,
Justine xx
For more information on Justine’s workshops, please go to the website
Coming up we have:
29th May & 2nd June 2 week
15th June
20th July
Or you can book direct with Justine via her website