During the Great British Sewing Bee, shown
on BBC2 in Spring 2013, I heard them say that the final 3 were all from the
West Midlands, so I decided to do a bit of digging on them. I came across
Lauren Ghani, who was opening a shop in Mosley in Birmingham. I found her
website and found out that she was opening a week after the final and was
running sewing classes. I asked my sister if she fancied doing one and we both
decided to do the ‘Snap Frame Purse’ workshop. Lucky for us, because the week
after she hit the local news and all her workshops were booked up to September.
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| Grand opening |
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| Lauren and her husband Ayaz |
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| Full shop |
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| Workshop |
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| Coffee area |
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| Coffee area |
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| Cutting table |
The shop was so nice and airy with a great
selection of patterned material and haberdashery. It also has a coffee shop at
the back with a great little area outside to chill out. Upstairs is the
workshop and it is massive. Click here for a link to her website, and have a
quick look at the blog and workshop tabs.
Our workshop was run by Lauren herself, she
had only had a few classes before us in the previous weeks, and as a teacher myself
she was very attentive to our needs, as we were all at different stages in the
production process. Very helpful and also very keen for us to sort out our own
problems out. I say this as it is very easy to take something out of your
students hands and do it yourself, I myself do this, and I always kick myself
later.
It was also a very small class of 6, so
plenty of room and no waiting around for equipment. We all had a pattern ready
for us and all our own machine, we could also choose our own materials from a
box Lauren had prepared. The group didn’t know each other, bar me and my sis and 2 other ladies, and most of us got on
really well and can some great conversations.
I would highly recommend that if your
newish or fancy a refresh or even just fun then book yourself onto one of her
courses here!
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