The Great British Sewing Bee comes to StraightCurves
In August, Tracey Symonds, a semi-finalist in The Great British Sewing Bee 2016, will officially join the team at StraightCurves as a sewing tutor. The business delivers arts and crafts education to all ages at their premises in Saltergate and can’t wait to welcome the new addition to their team.
Tracey’s first course starts on August 8 and covers making pyjamas, with her first workshop running later in the summer making pattern weights. Tracey says:-
“Although I prefer using long flower pins on cotton fabric, for slippery and tricky fabrics, pattern weights are a must!”
Due to the increasing demand for more tutors, another new addition, Sara Laverick, has been added to the team. Sara, who used to teach at Chesterfield College, started teaching at StraightCurves in early 2016; her courses are proving very popular in both dressmaking and pattern cutting.
The business also recently celebrated their third birthday and a third Chesterfield Retail Award – it ‘seams’ three is the magic number for StraightCurves in 2016.
