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Aug 14
by bibelotm_wp in Craft, Creative, Fashion 0 comments tags: Caroline Stansfield, Children's Clothes, Handmade, The Little Cloth Shop

The Little Cloth Shop – Interview

Today we chat to North London-based seamstress Caroline Stansfield, the woman behind children’s wear brand The Little Cloth Shop. Launched when her son Drake was born, her collection specialises in traditional and vintage inspired designs. Caroline talks Liberty fabric, vegetable dyes, and what she’s learned about running a creative business, with Bibelot.         1. What’s your first sewing memory/experience of sewing? I grew up in a house where my mother sewed everything for myself and my two brothers. She would often be in her study making something beautiful. I would sit on the floor and look through her mothers old silver buttons; I thought they were magical. On every special occasion she would make a new dress for me, I remember there was a particularly horrible pink puff sleeved affair that I loved more than anything. It was the 90s.   2. Your mother was a tailor and your Grandmother a seamstress, when did you decide to continue the family tradition? I have always been interested in sewing, and used to like making costumes for competitions. I started The Little Cloth Shop after my little boy was born as I found it impossible to find alternative but traditional boys clothes. […]
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