I jumped out of bed this morning knowing that a very big delivery of lovely gorgeous winter weight fabrics will be waiting for me at the shop door on this fresh Monday morning. More boiled wool, more CUT&WEAR and lots more point roma jersey with beautiful colour tones and prints. Delivers are still coming to Stitch Fabrics of Wanstead as the warehouse is still a working process!!

Hopefully not for long…. the heating needs to be installed, a good spring clean and then we will be ready to start moving our fabrics into place. Fingers crossed this will take place  this week. Here are a few more pictures of our new and improved world of fabric!!

FAB17

The Warehouse FAB17 is taking shape… finally. It feels like forever since we started our warehouse adventure to welcome you into our fabric world. New floor, new lights, new shelves, new cutting table, new windows, new kitchen, new toilets and a new workshop space will be ready to you all very very soon. I am counting down the days when all the workman are gone, there isn’t a tool in sight and not one speck of dust left. The warehouse will soon be filled with fabrics, colour, pattern, mannequins, garments, inspiration, plants & flowers, workshops and hopefully all of you!! My Brother Andrew has been absolutly amazing during the warehouse build and has been an extra pair of hands that we would be lost without. A big thank you to Andrew for doing the impossible and practically building and decorating the warehouse himself. We are a family business and cannot wait till you all see our very own fabric world.

I must apologise for the lack of fabric on the website at the moment. Lots of our fabric is in storage due to the move into the warehouse. Once We are all moved in and settled my main aim is to get that website up and running with clear pictures of how the fabric moves and drapes also followed by an exact description of the cloth. Keep an eye out on the Sale section too.

Please see below an update of what the warehouse FAB17 looks like today!!!

Trumpington Time

Are you ready?!
Its Trumpington Time – my favourite Wednesday of every month is here.
Trumpington is a world full of colour, texture, pattern and design. Trumpington’sBig Fabric Sale is from 10am- 3.00pm in Cambridge. Trumpington Village Hall has an exciting world inside full of different types of dressmaking fabrics. We have pure cotton, fine lawn, ponti roma jersey, 4 way stretch, viscose & lycra, boiled wool, cashmere, pure wool, wool mix, fur, velvet and of course our clever CUT&WEAR fabric.

Day wear, evening wear, baby wear, even the occasionally dog wear, we have fabric for everyone for every occasion. We offer you a huge selection of different types of dressmaking and patchwork fabrics. My Dad Geoff, Sue and myself Jenni are available for any help and advice you need- just have your patterns at the ready.

Textile Garden are also inside our fabric world we have created in Trumpington with their gorgeous collection of haberdashery. Beautiful buttons, fasteners, trimmings & pins have been hand chosen by Maggie especially for you.

If you love sewing and making beautiful garments Trumpington Village Hall is the place to be tomorrow from 10.00am- 3.00pm, free to attend. We are very excited to show you all our brand new winter weight fabrics.
Tomorrow I will be on the hunt for something fancy, possibly a velvet for a family celebration at the end of the year. I will be using a Vogue pattern Nicola Finetti V1486.

Stitch Fabrics of Wanstead will be closed tomorrow!!! If you have any questions or would like any information please get intouch

FAB17 is taking shape and I cannot wait to show you all where we are now. We have come along way and I can see the finish line in the distance!!! We are leaving our beautiful quintessential Edwardian building in Wanstead that has been home to Stitch Fabrics for almost 5 years and we are re locating into a big 1940s art deco warehouse. The move has been inspired by all you dressmakers and everyone creative. We want you to enjoy your fabric shopping experience as much as your dressmaking – and a big space for you to be inspired for all your ideas, choices, and creative design is perfect for you to take your time and lose yourself in our entire range of unique fabrics.

CUT&WEAR FAB FABRIC

Have you heard about our CUT&WEAR phenomenon that is taking over the shop?!

CUT&WEAR is a brand new fabric that is dressmaking without sewing! All you need is a pair of scissors and 3- 4 minutes.

CUT&WEAR

AIM: To make a warm comfortable poncho

STEP 1: Open your fabric and lay it out flat on a large table

STEP 2: Cut around the outside of the oval shape with a sharp pair of scissors

STEP 3: You are now left with an oval shape with two identical circles in the middle of your oval- Cut these out

TIP: There is a thin mesh fabric as a cutting guid to follow!

FACTS:

One size fits all
This fabric garment will not fray
No need for sewing
Will take you 3- 4 minutes to create
Perfect for gifts
Inspires people to get creative
And most of all looks great and will keep you warm!!
To purchase online type in the number of fabric panels (garments) you would like to purchase! (1 = 1 poncho)

I hope you fall in love with your CUT&WEAR as much as I have. Keep and eye on the website as more colours are coming!!

Video demonstrations are on my Facebook Page.

All day Monday fabric task-

I fall in love with my job over and over again!!! I am so excited to show you all this bundle of fabric heaven. I will be getting some of this loveliness online tomorrow.

For those of you who have no yet heard I AM SUPER EXCITED to in the very very near future introduce you all to FAB17. We are transferring our warehouse (which I have named FAB17 for reasons which will make sense hopefully soon) into a showroom, shop, studio, workspace, and home full of hundreds and hundreds of quality fabrics. New floor, new piped shelving, new toilets, new doors, new kitchen, new workshop space and lots of never before seen fabrics.

We are moving from Wanstead High Street (which we just adore) to not far at all to South Woodford. We are moving to Raven Road which is just off Charlie Browns Roundabout. When we are all moved in I will give you our full address, a map, and lots of different transport options for you all.

The move from the shop to the warehouse has always been a project that was going to take place- it was just finding the right time for us to take on this monster of a project. We are two-ish weeks into the building work and I have successfully managed to lay a tile down in the new bathroom (I will be showing you all my handy work when you come to the warehouse). The move is a great opportunity for our business to grow and continue on the M Rosenberg & Son name. We have been a family business for over 60 years and I just wish my amazing grandparents (who rocked the fabric world) were here today to see how far we have come.

Watch out online fabric shoppers- my website is about to grow and expand very quickly. Once the move is complete and we are all settled in the warehouse, my mission is to create a special and unique online shopping experience. We have hundred of new fabrics passing in and out of our warehouse weekly and I will be snapping up as many fabrics as I can so the online shoppers can have a fantastic shopping experience. New fabrics will be uploaded to the website daily so keep an eye out!!

For all you creative souls out there my workshop space (which I am designing now) will be ready and waiting for you to come and get creative. I am sorting out lots of different types of workshops for all different types of people. There will be a workshop for everyone and a level for everyone, but most of all you will feel relaxed in an enjoyable environment with mind like people creating unique and inspiring garments and crafts.

Stumble across us, book in a group visit, come and have a nose and get involved. We are opening the doors to you, to come in, and visit what my family and I are all about. We have been brought up with a passion and love of quality dress fabric and we hope you enjoy our warehouse experience.

I will be in touch to let you all know how the builders are getting on and how our vision is planning out. In the mean time Stitch Fabrics of Wanstead is open weekdays 10.00am- 5.30pm Saturday 10.00am- 4.00pm.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like more information.

I would like to leave you with just a few pictures of this weeks warehouse events.

Love Jenni

0208 989 9970- info@stitchfabrics.co.uk- www.stitchfabrics.co.uk

Me, busy at work laying my first and last tile!! 

Nice to see men in the kitchen… even if they are only measuring up!

Lights, Lights and more Lights to choose from! Hello new shelving!!! 

Boats on the Green has defiantly proven to be a favourite of the summer. If you haven’t yet managed to get your hands on this fabric the sun is still yet to shine and we have a small amount of this fabric left for you.

This is a pure linen which is great for those long summer days on holiday or perfect for a casual evening look. This fabric has been most popular made up into relaxed trousers and fresh summer skirts. Boats on the Green has worked so well as separates as there are so many colours to mix and match tops to.

A fantastic easy trouser pattern that would be suitable for this fabric  is Butterick 6223. A wide leg floaty trouser offers air and movement which is just want you want from a garment on a hot day. Kwik 2807 would also be a lovely pattern to work with if you didn’t want such a wide leg trouser.

And if you are skirt obsessed like myself very easy Vogue pattern V9061 is always a winner in my eyes along with Sew la Di Da’s Miss Maguire skirt pattern. Both patterns are an easy sew and looks great with either a plain solid red or yellow top. If you are feeling adventurous pair your skirt with a bold jersey sailor stripe top!

Get your linen now!!!!

Family Holiday to Birmingham

FAB17

FAB 17 is a 1930s art deco warehouse in South Woodford where our entire collection of fabrics is waiting for you to discover. The warehouse has been around for a number of years and is our main work space in which we prepare fabrics for all our road shows and big events.
The warehouse has become my Dad’s second home with different types of fabrics passing through every day as deliveries are a constant flow of excitment in the warehouse. Our vision is to open up the warehouse to the every day dressmaker & crafter, sewing schools, fashion designers, the 1metre purchase to the 20 metre sewing fanatic. To inspire a new generation of sewers and to bring the lost dressmaker back to the sewing room. There will be more workshops, more fabrics and more space than ever before. M Rosenberg & Son is finally opening its doors to our whole world. This has been over 60 years in the making and I hope you will love what my family has created for you. We want our warehouse to be your warehouse and to remain an active work space full of colour, design, pattern, texture and quality fabric.

We have a vision and now the process has begun.
We are getting creative ourselves as the warehouse needs to be looking tip top for our new shopping and creative area. There are parking facilities and we will only be a 5minute walk from South Woodford Station. There will be other transport and parking facilities available once we have found our feet.

I am proud to say we are re- locating to a much bigger premises just around the corner from where we are based now in South Woodford, Ravon Road. Fingers crossed this will take place at the end of August. I will keep you all in the loop of what, when where & how.

If you have any questions please do get in touch with me.

Hayes Village Hall, Bromley – 22nd July
Trumpington Village Hall Cambridge – 20th July

Road Shows

This months fabric sales will be bigger than ever before as there will be no fabric sales in August. You will find brand new linens, cottons, jerseys, lace, polyester, denim, lawn, lycra and possibly the odd winter fabric sample. Textile Garden will be with us in Trumpington on the 20th July with their gorgeous range of unusual haberdashery. Do not miss out this month as new fabrics are coming and going very fast.

Newness!!!

All three of these prints are perfect for the summer months as Cotton & Linen will keep you cool and fresh on those hot sticky days. Cotton & Linen is easy to sew and a pleasure to wear. This fabric is light weight, comfortable and will make up beautiful garments for you to wear.

Below are a few patterns that have been this weeks best sellers here in Stitch Fabrics of Wanstead. If you are not a confident dressmaker these fabrics are very easy to handle and will not slip and slide around the sewing machine.

Patterns I would recommend for these fabrics are:

McCalls 7260, 7330

Vogue 8938, 9176

Summer Time in The Rain

I would like to start off by saying a big Hello & Welcome to all my many new subscribers that have joined us. The website is back and hopefully will grow bigger and better with lots of gorgeous brand new fabrics as the weeks move on. Keep an eye on the site as special offers will be coming your way very soon.

And for my existing, loyal & inspirational customers I have an amazing video to show you that would not have been possible without all of you.

Click Here to see how far your dressmaking went!!!

My friends are heading back to Kenya in February which means there will be another opportunity for you all to get involved and use up those scrap pieces of fabrics to make skirts, dresses, shorts & shirts for the kids in Kenya. I will give you more information & details throughout the year.

In the mean time Come & Visit our large range of growing fabrics at Hayes Village Hall & Trumpington Village Hall this Month.

Hayes Village Hall 24th June
Trumpington Village Hall 29th June

The entire hall is taken over by rows and rows of dressmaking fabrics. We have so many brand new fabrics that you lovely sewers of Bromley & Cambridge have never seen before. We have some amazing new designs and prints you won’t know what to sew with first. Cottons, Polyesters, Lace, Beautiful New Jersey Prints, Silk and so so much more. Textile Garden will be with us at in Cambridge with a wide and unique selection of haberdashery. We are very excited to show you all our brand new fabrics, I hope you are as in love with them as I am.

I will be in Stitch Fabrics of Wanstead from 10am- 5.30pm today in which I have a great selection of fine lawns, jersey, lace, denim, linen, African wax cloth and more. Get out the rain and come and see me.