ABOUT US

Hello! My name is Barbara Jessop and I would like to welcome you to The Needle Workshop web site.

During the mid 1980's I was teaching adult evening classes in various crafts such as corn dolly making, rush work, patchwork, quilting and other needle crafts. I began selling needlework materials and teaching how to make padded boxes at that time. Our first big show was at the NEC in 1990 and we continued doing quilt shows until 2010 when I was taken ill with Guillain-Barre Syndrome and was in hospital and rehab for a year as the total paralysis slowly eased leaving me with life changing disabilities.

John joined me in the business in the mid 1990's after he took early retirement from General Motors in Luton. We miss doing the shows and meeting so many lovely people but we continue to design and produce our patterns and love to hear from our customers from home and abroad.

Our site is continually evolving and now we are embracing social media with the help of the family. For those of our customers who prefer not to follow us on Facebook etc., we produce an e-newsletter which covers most of the same ground plus some extras!

Since Covid I, like so many others, have re-assessed what I do and what I want to do. A few more experimental designs and crafts could make an appearance as well as our present range of patterns. The main aim is to have fun using our hands even if, like me, they don't work too well. We hope you will join us on this journey trying something new as well as enjoying what we already have on the website.

Barbara

PRIVACY POLICY

Our privacy policy is very simple. We keep all order details, which we only keep for a limited time before they are destroyed, safe and secure and never divulge any addresses or personal details to anyone. As PayPal host the secure payment part of our web site we never have any record of your payment details. They have very tight security so your payments are secure.