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Welcome to The-Stitchery Shop Ltd, a lovely hidden gem of a haberdashery tucked away upstairs in Riverside, on Cliffe Bridge in Lewes, East Sussex. We may be small, but we pack a lot in and you can find a brilliant range of fabrics, yarns, haberdashery, craft books and creative gifts squirreled away in all of the nooks and crannies.
Add to your fabric stash!
Our fabric choices focus on dressmaking, quilting and general crafting with a lovely seasonal selection of cotton lawns, poplins, craft cottons, denims, jerseys and more. We also stock a small range of heavier weight cotton ticking, curtain linings and "fun" fabrics….
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Ever thought about trying something new?
Lost the spark and need a little nudge of inspiration?
Try one of our workshops! Run either by our talented team members, or by local
artists and tutors, we have a brilliant range of crafty workshops on offer from
hand embroidery, crochet, macramé, knitting, mending, journaling, printing….
Go on, give it a go!
"If you require anything sewing related this shop is a slice of heaven. Like a candy shop for crafters. Expert advice is always on hand and the selection is outstanding."Graeme Reece (Google Review)
★★★★★
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We’ve had a top up of @makoweruk blenders and cotton solids arrive in the shop this week. The colours have been picked to complement prints that we already have in, and some new collections due in at the beginning of October!
📸 1-4 : Spraytime in Christmas Green, Midnight and Daffodil
📸 5-8 : Linen Texture in Moss, Sapphire and Vanilla
📸 9-12 : Spectrum Cotton Solid in Ocean, Vintage Pink and Antique White
📸 13-14 : Dimples in Avocado
These colours are really lovely and hopefully fill in some colour gaps in our craft cottons. They are all 100% cotton and 110cm wide.
#thestitchery #makoweruk #quiltingfabric #fabrics #quilting
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Gorgeous new kits in from @weareberginandbath 😍These are ideal for beginners and felting newbies and are so beautiful!!
So pleased to have more stock of these in!
#thestitchery #haberdashery #needlefelting #berginandbath #christmaskits
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❤️ Poppy Project Reminder ❤️
We can’t thank you enough for all of the poppies received so far! There is still quite a lot of space to fill in our planned cascade though so if you are able to, we would love more poppies!! Knitted, crocheted, felted, stitched… however you prefer to make them. We need them by the last week in October please.
Swipe to see some of the gorgeous poppies we’ve had in so far!
A reminder if you are posting some in to us, to please put a note in with your name and email address so that we can add you to our list of installation participants, and email you some photos when it’s up!
#thestitchery #poppyproject #communityproject #leweseastsussex #remembrance
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Buttons buttons buttons!!
More buttons in from the fantastic @stephanoise_rubans !! We topped up a lot of buttons which we have had in before, but these ones are new or had new colours come in. Which ones are your favourite?
#thestitchery #buttons #stephanoise #buttoncollection #haberdashery
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We have a new sample in the shop, the beautiful easy fold advent calendar!! If you are looking for a quick project that doesn’t involve cutting and stitching lots of little windows, this is a brilliant panel which just folds up to create the pockets for you as you stitch!!
We have quilted ours with a Makower cotton blender for the back and binding, and a 4oz wadding for the centre. Now we just have to fill it with our favourite treats!
This is the Makower Adorn Cotton Panel with beautiful metallic gold touches, and you can find it on our website or in the shop! Check out some of our coordinating Christmas prints and Makower blenders too.
A huge thank you to Beth’s mum for stitching this for us 🥰
#thestitchery #adventpanel #adventcalendar #christmascrafts #homemadechristmas
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Introducing…! 🧶😍
New, stunning 100% wool yarns from local dyer, Stable Yarn & Fibre!! These yarns are absolutely stunning, with gorgeous colour combinations, and we have a lovely mix of 4 ply, double knit and chunky yarns available in all colour ranges. Each one is unique so if you see one you love, grab it quick!
We also have some of her carded batts which are beautiful fibre and colour mixes ideal for needle felters or those who want to have a go at spinning their own yarn.
Which colour is your favourite?
#thestitchery #stableyarnandfibre #handdyedyarns #handdyed #leweseastsussex
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Come for a typical day at the shop with me!
This was actually over two days as I completely forgot to continuing filming on the first day, but both film days were pretty much the same on this occasion!
I installed new display boards and shelves over two mornings as I had to carry them in on the bus - we have an exciting new, very local, yarn supplier! More on that another time.
Emma was also in the shop with me so I could catch up on adding all of our new products to the system, new laces, new buttons, new ribbons… I had to add images onto the website that I’d taken the day before and uploaded overnight, take photos of more products to upload that evening. I added new workshops to the website and had a lovely supplier meeting to choose Spring and Halloween fabrics for NEXT YEAR!
A fun and busy day!
#thestitchery #haberdashery #independentbusiness #comewithme #adayinthelife
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Oo we forgot to show you the newest gorgeous gift idea from @thewendyhousecraft which is now available in the shop!
Beautiful, fully lined little zip pouches. Ideal for keeping in cosmetics, cables, trinkets or a travel sewing kit!
We’ve had a little revamp of The Wendy House’s corner so you can see everything better. Do pop in and have a look at her gorgeous creations!
#thestitchery #thewendyhouse #handmade #shopsmall #creativecorner
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New knitting kits from Yarnly @jaytrimltd !!
We have just stocked up on these cute beginner knitting kits, available in primary colours and pastel colours.
Each kit contains plastic knitting needles (each one a different colour to help with your left and right) and four gorgeously soft acrylic yarns along with a diagram heavy instruction leaflet on the knitting basics.
Ideal to start someone’s knitting journey?
#thestitchery #learntoknit #beginnerknit #knittingkits #woolshop
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👻 NAME OUR GHOST COMPETITION!
Our newsletter subscribers already have a head start on this challenge but, some of you may have seen in our stories last week that our friendly neighbourhood spectre recently visited Emma and left this yarny mess all over the floor!
We would like to give our destructive poltergeist a name better than “ghost” so have thrown down a challenge for you all to send in suggestions. The person with the winning name will receive a 20% off voucher (for use in store or online) for @thestitcheryshopltd .
The deadline to enter is the 24th September 2026 and the winner will be announced in our newsletter and on Instagram stories.
Please be aware that we are only able to post orders within the UK which may affect the winner being able to use their voucher if outside the UK.
Good luck!
#thestitchery #competition #nameourghost #poltergeist #loveyarn
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We’ve topped up on our popular bunting kits, now with some Christmas and Autumn options (love the chickens!!)
Each kit contains a template and instruction page, three poly/cotton poplin fabrics and 5 metres of seam binding.
To complete the kit you will need thread and your sewing tools (sewing machine advised but not necessary if you’re happy to hand stitch and take it slow!).
#thestitchery #bunting #makeyourown #craftkit #christmaskit
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We had a gorgeous card delivery this week from @lisaslocalart_bristol_uk - Check these out!!
Stunning greetings cards added to our collection of cards by small UK designers/artists/makers’. We are so proud to support small independent businesses and, as a family run independent business ourselves, we hope you’ll love our card collection and buy some for yourself!
Thank you Lisa! Your cards are beautiful!! 😍
#thestitchery #ukartist #independentbusiness #shopsmall #greetingcards
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