Maker’s Choice – Dorothy Stiven

Homeworks regular Dorothy Stiven is back again this year with a selection of her carefully sourced one-off vintage finds. She’ll be at Homeworks on Sunday 2 December:

I started selling antiques and vintage when I was working in television and my daughter was at Malorees School in Queens Park. What started as a hobby has now become my business...I sell at Fairs all over the country, on Instagram @dorothystiven and at my stand at Station Mill Antiques in Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire.
I am also the co-organiser of The Reclaimed Home Fair in the Cotswolds.

I love the hunt involved in finding old things...it may be dark and cold at 5am at a brocante in France, at a trade fair on a racecourse in the U.K, or in a field at an antiques show in rural America but I still get a thrill in discovering treasures

It might be a torn old patchwork quilt, a tatty painting or a dirty old pair of candlesticks but I get a thrill in cleaning them up and seeing the beauty in them.

My customers, I would say, are those who love their homes, but are not bound by what is only mass produced or available on the high street.

I feel that by buying antiques and vintage you are not only reclaiming your home but also you are doing the planet a favour by not adding to landfill.

But paramount is that everything I sell is beautiful as well as useful!

Rosemont Vintage

Rosemont Vintage sell quality reclaimed decorative homewares, sourced in France, England and beyond:

Lorna’s favourite products include cushions made from salvaged antique quilts and linens. Her inspiration is derived from “The joy of discovering exciting finds at French brocantes and flea markets:”

Rosemont Vintage will be at Homeworks on Sunday 3 December.

Our final preview - Sunday 8 December

With just over three weeks until Christmas, this Sunday 8 December is your last chance to snap up some beautiful presents from our ever changing selection of local designers and small businesses.

Unique jewellery, hand made ceramics, ethically sourced homewares, upcycled gifts, quirky kids’ fashion and accessories and much more:

 Samantha Frankel will be selling her hand made porcelain and bone china vessels and bowls:

Annie Neill returns with her colourful lambswool scarves, hats, gloves and socks:

Clutterclutch are back for another year with their ingenious leather clutch bags, designed to hold all your essentials (beautifully of course):

Local ceramicist Joanne Bain brings her hand thrown and glazed stoneware ceramics for using every day:

Sonia Shakerley hand makes jewellery using semi precious stones and all pieces can be customised to order:

Herbal Line’a are back with their organic oils and body lotions:

Tactile Wonderland join us for the first time next Sunday with their range of wall coverings, prints and cards:

Local children’s boutique Scamp Baby Gifts will be selling an impressive collection of babywear, hand made personalised pictures and Christmas decorations and accessories:

Cherry Pie Couture join us for the first time this year with their accessories inspired by the style and glamour of the fifties:

Vanessa Cohen is back again this week with her delicate range of hand made ceramic tableware:

Pookie and Peach will solve all your kids’ Christmas shopping list dilemmas with their range of quirky gifts for even the most difficult to buy for:

Charcoal & Gray are back for another year selling beautiful homeware and accessories made from fabric sourced from around the world:

Mother’s Day Market - Second Preview

With less than a week to go, here is our second round up of lovely makers coming to our Mother’s Day Market this Sunday. Coincidentally all our designers this week are mums themselves. No chance of a lie in for them though, they will be too busy setting out their stalls for you in the canteen.

Somerville Scarves are a Homeworks favourite and Sally will be selling her trademark bold and beautiful silk scarves, cushions, pure pashminas and hats next weekend:

Christa Davis returns with her eclectic selection of women’s and children’s clothing, vintage clothing and accessories. Many pieces use recycled fabrics and all Christa’s clothes are made in the UK or Europe using a fairtrade policy of fair wages:

Tamsin is a costume designer and maker based in London. Inspired by her son’s passion for dressing up, Tamsin created iwishiwasa and her mission is to produce pieces which are vibrant, fun, beautiful and well crafted with an emphasis on colour and design:

These Liberty print friendship bracelets from Cinderela B are from their popular Boho Collection. Cinderela B is a range of contemporary jewellery, handmade using high quality semi precious and precious materials:

Back for a second time, Niddle Noddle are a children’s boutique offering unique and exclusive fashion, accessories, books, toys and homewares:

Homeworks regular Moomu is an online store specialising in an eclectic mix of stylish and individual handmade products sourced from around the world:

And finally, another Homeworks favourite Celia Worster is back again with her luxurious hand blended aromatherapy oils and creams:

See you on Sunday!

Mother’s Day Market Preview One

With just over a week to go until our Mother’s Day Market, it’s time to show you some of the designers who will be tempting you with their wares. We have some returning regulars as well as some new faces, so here goes with our first preview:

Set up by artist Laura Hamilton, Bird in the Hand’s first collections are designs based on prints made in Jamaica in the 1960’s and 70’s:

Fliff Carr has worked with clay in her studio in Camden for the last 16 years. Fliff’s most recent pieces, made with white earthenware clay, are embossed, stamped or inlaid with the subtle shades and intricate details of a variety of textures drawn from vintage fabrics as well as from her found object from the banks of the Thames:

Charcoal & Grey offers original handmade, vintage cotton, silk and woollen textiles made from fabrics sourced from around the world.

All their products are handmade and it is important to Charcoal & Grey to support local craftsman across the world and consequently help to encourage the younger generation to learn these special skills and keep the traditions of the past:

Petra Boase will be back again with her emporium of gifts, stationery, baby wear and party decorations including these brand new paper decorations:

Annie Neill is also returning with her trademark hats, gloves, scarves and socks in a delicious array of colours:

This is the first Homeworks sale for Scamp Baby Gifts who hand make unusual gifts for babies and children:

Finally, rounding off our first preview is Stitch your Soul, another newcomer to Homeworks. Alice works from home in North west London making quilts, hand dyeing textiles and sorting through her collection of vintage sewing supplies. Every piece is unique and hand made.

Keep checking back for more previews and see you next weekend. x

It’s the final countdown!

It’s the last week already, can you believe it? This Sunday will be the last chance to get your hands on some gorgeous goodies from our talented makers. They will be travelling from far and wide (and just around the corner) to tempt you with their childrenswear, accessories, pictures and prints, ceramics, furniture, vintage delights, jewellery and many other good things.

Christmas shopping just doesn’t get any easier than this...

Back for a final week will be Christa Davis, Scarf Dept, Somerville Scarves, Sogoodnight, Niddle Noddle, Moomu, Fiona Bailey, Smith and Coates, Mrs Booth, Madame Chalet, Sasha Kamen, Cinderela B, Oliver Marder, Homespun & Vintage, Dorothy Stiven and Lou Rota.

Joining them this week are some new faces and some Homeworks regulars:

Inspired by clothes from their Spanish upbringing, sisters Rafaela and Victoria created Elfie, a collection of beautifully nostalgic children’s clothes robust enough to withstand the rough and tumble of childhood.

  

Nancy Batty makes collages using vintage wallpaper and is back for another year with her ever popular giclee prints

and Janey Whitehorn returns with her distinctive lampshades and scarves, which she individually hand dyes using traditional marbling methods.

Petra Boase is back for our last week with her eclectic collection of cards, mugs, notebooks, knitted toys, t-shirts, tea towels and colourful Japanese paper balloons

 and Suzi from Twisted Twee will once more be showcasing her witty and downright hilarious homewares collection.

Homeworks Christmas Craft Market - Week Three

Well it’s week three already and we have even more good stuff to show you. As before, many designers and makers will be returning for another week on Sunday, so contact them directly if you want to know their dates.

Right, on we go with this weeks selection:

East London ceramicist Becky Baur will be selling a selection of her cushions, cards and ceramics

and Somerville Scarves will be returning for another year with their trademark graphic print scarves, cushions, pure pashminas and some lovely new knitted bobble hats.

There will be classic english children’s nightwear from Homeworks regular Sogoodnight

and unique fashion, accessories, books, toys and homewares from Niddle Noddle.

Sonia Shakerley is also back for another year with her collection created from natural gems and stones

and Charlotte Clemence also returns this year with her exquisitely made one off pieces and silk scarf cushions.

See you on Sunday...