Red hair
This issue Jade tells us all about her recent trip
Jade Earley was a fi nalist on The to The Great British Sewing Bee Live
Great British Sewing Bee 2016
where she shared her love for
sewing with the world. Follow
her adventures online at http://www.
thegirlwiththebrightredhair.co.ukABOUT
Jade
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his has probably been the best
month of the year so far. Not only
was it Sewing Bee Live, I am also
very excited to announce that I will be
teaching sewing at two of my local shops
in Eastbourne; Stitch of Broad Street and
Stitch of Compton Street. You all know
how I love doing my tutorials – it's going
to be wonderful to be able to meet people
and teach them face to face.Back to Sewing Bee Live. There are
two words that I can use to describe the
show: absolutely and amazing! I shared
a fl at with my mum, the lovely Joyce,
the fabulous Tracey and the stunning
Angeline. We had so many laughs and
plenty of Prosecco was consumed. We
stayed in a beautiful penthouse apartmentTHE GIRL WITH THE BRIGHT
Happy sewing!
hope The Sewing Bee Live returns
next year and I would love to be
involved again. If any of you lovely
readers attended I would love to hear
what you thought about the show.
Did you swoon over the lovely
Patrick? It's always great to hear from
like-minded sewing enthusiastsAs I said, September was a month to
remember and I think it's going to take
a while for me to come back down to
earth now to get ready for Christmas
and my upcoming holiday.Did you meet Patrick Grant?My favourite people all in one place!right near ExCel with amazing views over
London. We went for a lovely meal on the
Saturday along with some of the other
Bees and it was great to catch up with
them all. I’m sure you all know how it
good it is when you get to spend time
with friends you’ve been missing.The venue for the show itself was amazing.
I felt like I was in fabric heaven and
brought back a huge amount; I just couldn't
resist it! I think most sewists know this
feeling when it comes to beautiful fabric.
I must admit I was rather nervous about
my workshops but I think they went pretty
well all in all and it was lovely to be able
to give all my students some little gifts as a
thank you for booking on my workshops.Being on a stage in the super theatre was
nerve-racking to say the least. It was fab
to work with a member of the audience on
the alteration challenge (you all know this
is not my specialty); it was like being back
in the Sewing Bee sewing room again. It
was lovely to catch up with
Patrick and Esme and keep
them up to date with all the
things I've been doing since
the show. I wish I could
turn back time and have
The Great British Sewing
Bee experience all over
again! Maybe if they do
another series I could apply
again under an alias and
dye my hair blue!The four days of the show
passed so quickly and
the whole thing was an
amazing experience. I do86 http://www.lovesewingmag.co.ukLS45 p86 Jade.indd 86 19/09/2017 15:20