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The Avid Seamstress

Hello. We’re The Avid Seamstress, a London based pattern company dedicated to helping modern women enjoy the art of sewing.

With a dedication to producing quality products with easy-to-follow instructions, we strive to bring together a community of women to empower and inspire each other through sewing.

Get in touch – hello@theavidseamstress.co.uk
Call us – 07983 413 929

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  • The Shift Dress
  • The A-Line Dress – Info & Tutorial
  • The Raglan Adult – Info & Tutorial
  • The Day Dress – Info & Tutorial
  • The Sheath Dress – Info & Tutorial
  • The Raglan Dress – Info & Tutorial
  • The Gathered Dress
  • The City Trousers – Info & Tutorial
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  • VOTE FOR US – BRITISH CRAFT AWARDS 2020
  • STOCK UP ON YOUR DIGITAL PATTERNS 
  • ISEWLATION? Not with our free shipping treats!
  • We are still here for you
  • We’re ready for The Stitch Festival 27 Feb – 1 Mar

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Voting for the British Craft Awards 2020 is now open! Have you enjoyed The Avid Seamstress sewing patterns? Have we helped you learn and master techniques in your sewing? Are you wearing your Avid Seamstress makes and feeling great? If so, we'd love for you to nominate us in the British Craft Awards in the category: BEST INDEPENDENT PATTERN BRAND All you have to do is visit https://www.sewmag.co.uk/awards and vote for THE AVID SEAMSTRESS in the category BEST INDEPENDENT PATTERN BRAND. Thank you so much for taking the time to vote for us. As a small, independent sewing brand the support of our customers means so much to us and motivates us to continue to work hard and love what we do. We can't thank you enough for your continued loyalty and support. Lisa & The Avid Seamstress Team
STOCK UP ON YOUR DIGITAL PATTERNS ❤ We're currently still printing AO patterns for you 😍 We can print any A0 files from any sewing brand. We're fortunate to have a little shop that has a Royal Mail post service right next to us so as long as we can, we will post out orders. Click on the link or head to www.theavidseamstress.co.uk/collections/a0-sewing-pattern-printing Select the number of pages the AO is and upload the file OR you can purchase the number of pages and then email the files to hello@theavidseamstress.co.uk with your order number.
COVID-19 UPDATE First and foremost, I hope you, your family and friends are well and managing daily life during this unprecedented time. I wanted to let you know that The Avid Seamstress is still operating as normal. The Avid Seamstress is an online business only so I can, therefore, continue to ship deliveries as normal. Your valued custom will continue to be a priority. Should we need to change our business hours or how we handle orders, we will send another email to you as well as update our website. Hopefully, with family and extended loved ones safe and well, we can all find a small silver lining in self-isolation – that being some time to sew and craft. So much incredible creativity can come out of these situations. This is an incredible opportunity to use this time indoors to teach a family member the amazing art of sewing or make something that you've had your eye on. FREE UK SHIPPING We are offering free UK shipping on all of our products. Simply enter CREATIVEJUICES at checkout to redeem. FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER £25 We're not forgetting about our customers outside the UK. We're offering you free shipping for orders over £25. Simply enter SHIP-TO-ME-TOO at checkout to redeem. It's filled my heart seeing this incredible community lifting each other up during this time. I can't thank you enough for all the support you have given my business and for the amazing feedback I receive from you. During this tough time, it gives me so much energy to keep going. Lisa x
Great first day at The Stitch Festival - thank you to everyone that came and said hi ❤️ we’re at stand J9 - upstairs on the second level - come and browse our sewing patterns and view our gorgeous fabric range .... plus get a sneak peek of our new sewing pattern - The Blazer - launching soon!! You can even try it on in your size 😍
Aren't these fabrics pretty! Perfect for our sewing patterns. We love the linen/cotton mix in the Classic Check Indigo & Shetland Flannel - sooo soft on your skin. Then our fave fabric of all time - the Sevenberry range - a dream to sew with and looks great used for our patterns. We used the Geo Lines for The Raglan and Spots for The Aline Dress. ❤
We can't believe how quickly the time has gone since K&S October at Ali Pali. So much work goes into these shows and we just love them! We get to meet our amazing customers plus introduce ourselves to those that haven't seen our sewing patterns yet. With the exciting added element of the fashion show this year, we were buzzing for the four days. Working with such an incredible team was the best - we laughed and had so much fun! Thank you to everyone that came to see us and support us.

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