Makes&Mends

Makes&Mends Based in Little Neston. Sewing, alterations, repairs, hems, zips, homeware, curtains, cushions, garden seat covers etc.

Take a look at my page to see recent projects, and please do get in touch for a no obligation chat about your requirements.

08/08/2026

🪡🧵 Recent refresh and repair on this much loved comfy couch. This one had a fixed seat cushion which couldn’t be removed. With the aid of the hidden zips, and some very careful unpicking of the seams to gain access inside, extra padding was added to the favourite spot to plump up the seat cushion. A couple of repairs also where the seam had split elsewhere and it’s all ready for many more years of use! Thanks for choosing Makes & Mends.

🪡🧵 Lovely adjustment to the cuff length on this smart school blazer - keeping the original turn-up neatly intact inside ...
08/08/2026

🪡🧵 Lovely adjustment to the cuff length on this smart school blazer - keeping the original turn-up neatly intact inside so it can be let down at a later stage for another year of wear. Finished with invisible ladder stitch, all neat and tidy, and ready for the brand new term in September! Thanks for choosing Makes & Mends.

03/08/2026

🪡🧵 🐶 What a pleasure to be asked to create this very special memory blanket. 🐾 Crafted from favourite bedtime blankets, cozy little jumpers, and well-loved bedding, every single patch told a story of a life filled with warmth, comfort, and unconditional love. You could truly feel just how deeply this sweet pooch was cherished and how dearly they are missed. May this blanket bring gentle comfort and keep those precious memories close for years to come 💙 🐾
Thanks for choosing Makes & Mends.

05/07/2026

⛺️ 🧵 🪡 Sewing this was definitely an in-tent-sive (🥁ba-dum chish 🤦🏻‍♀️) workout! This tent needed a new zipper and a small repair plus one of the tent peg pull straps was missing. Into the trusty bits and bobs box to find some webbing which was attached with denim strength thread and needle. Tricky one finding which way was up with so much to ruffle through, and making sure the strapping wasn’t twisted, but it’s all done and ready to face the great outdoors again. Happy camping and thanks for choosing Makes & Mends!

02/07/2026

🧵🪡 🍊 Loved making this fun sun hat from some leftover curtain fabric you may remember from a while ago! Just had to give this pattern a go! Lovely orange and leaf print fabric, added some interfacing for some stiffness, and lined with some soft cream lining fabric. I’m not sure my husband will stand next to me if I wear it in public, but I love it! 😆 Happy to share the dimensions etc if anyone fancies making one themselves!

🧵🪡 lovely new hem on this cadet skirt. Gorgeous fabric to sew and just catching a whisper of a thread ensured an invisib...
30/06/2026

🧵🪡 lovely new hem on this cadet skirt. Gorgeous fabric to sew and just catching a whisper of a thread ensured an invisible finish. Thanks for choosing Makes & Mends.

22/06/2026

🪡🧵 I haven’t posted anything for what feels like months (probably is!). Just had absolutely loads going on and, recently, super busy with prom, wedding, and holiday outfit alterations - been sewing like mad, just too busy to share any content (which is rubbish hey!). Hopefully can get back to posting a bit more regularly. Anyway, here’s some recently done gorgeous heavy-weight curtains shortened by 32cm. Curtain fabric hand sewn for invisible finish and lining machine sewn for neat hem 🥰. All ready to hang back up, and enough fabric left to make some super cute matching cushions. Bonus!
Thanks for choosing Makes & Mends.

14/04/2026

🪡🧵 Two dresses shortened with super slim 5mm hems adjusting as you go round the curve on both, and adjustments to sleeve length and lining on this gorgeous suede jacket - big use of finger covers and a thimble on that one! Lovely few jobs for the same customer 😀. As always, thanks for choosing Makes & Mends for your alteration work.

20/03/2026

🧵🪡 Beautiful Laura Ashley Erin curtains shortened and adjusted for a perfect fit for this lovely repeat-customer’s window. Thanks for choosing Makes & Mends.

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