Proud To Be Local

from Marlborough Magazine July 2019

JASON KERRISON

29 High Street, Blenheim CBD P: 03 578 7801 E: info@thesewingstore.co.nz www.thesewingstore.co.nz

The Sewing Store Blenheim

What do you love most about Marlborough? Being outdoors enjoying the Marlborough sunshine, whether frosty or sweltering hot, can’t beat it!

Three words that describe how someone would feel to receive your product… Inspired to Create What is unique about your products? At The Sewing Store, most of our products are like ‘ingredients’ to go on to make something unique, so it is less the products that we sell that are unique, but more the items that our customers produce that are unique. What is something about you that people may not know? When I’m not sewing in my spare time, I paddle… kayak, waka ama, dragonboat, I just love it. How would you describe “A great day at work”

Finding the right sewing machine for one of our lovely customers, teaching a sewing class and being inspired by the projects that the students in the class are tackling, and helping our customers problem solve, whether it’s making a grandchild’s quilt, repairing clothing, or fixing a whitebait net! What 3 celebrities or special people would you love supply a product to? There are a couple of locally famous quilters who I would love to supply a BERNINA long arm quilter to – I just know they would love it! Otherwise, it would be fun to feature as a supplier to Project Runway and see what the designers create from our fabrics.

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11 Wynen Street, Blenheim . 03 577 7027 /CherubsChildrenswear Where does the inspiration or motivation for your business come from? My mum gave me the sewing bug as a child and now I love sewing, especially on a BERNINA, and I also love fabric and fashion. I hope to be able to inspire others by showing them how easy it can be to create amazing things. Also, BERNINA is constantly evolving and developing new things, and that motivates me to learn those new things and convey that knowledge. What’s next on your wish list? Funny, my son just asked me that this morning, and I joked that numbers 1,2, and 3 on my wish list is Shoes…. Yep – I can’t make those unfortunately! What’s your favourite way to spend an “Idle Moment”?

Going through sewing patterns and adding to that ever-increasing mental list of projects.