If you were in our shop last week, you may have noticed a new member of the team. We had Lily with us for the week on work placement. Lily was one of 250 students on work placement in Lancaster, that’s a lot of placements!
Here’s what Lily had to say about why she chose Fabrix and what she enjoys about sewing:
‘I’m taking GCSE textiles at QES and chose Fabrix because it’s my local fabric shop and they have lots of different fabric and haberdashery to choose from. I love sewing and looking at cool, unique fabric. All the staff are friendly and helpful so I knew it would be a nice environment to work in’.
‘I love sewing, it’s a great way to show off my creativity and ideas. I think sewing is a great activity for people my age because you can make your own individual clothes, it’s a fun and interesting hobby. In the future, I’d love to create clothes for movies and plays’.
Pictured is Lily browsing the fabric selection, wearing a tote bag she has created. We love the punky, urban style she has created on the pockets with her choice of fabric and the addition of a few safety pins.
Lily said she learnt about different fabric types and what they are used for. ‘ I spent time observing, showing customers where they might find things and creating fat quarter and ribbon bundles’.
( pictured left is Lily working on some of the fabric bundles)
Lastly, Lily had to say, ‘It’s been fun working in the shop and watching what goes on’. We can definitely say, it was fun having Lily with us for the week.
I should also mention that we had a factory tour at Standfast and Barracks last week. That was an exciting trip out for Lily, Nicola and myself. More to come on that in the next blog…