Pearl’s Sewing Room

11/10/2024

Loving all these photos coming through of my gorgeous brides! Here’s Gemma 🤍 we tightened the bodice, shortened the hem and added that amazing split to the skirt! Gave her so much freedom for her wedding day and what an amazing wedding it looks! Huge congratulations xx

06/10/2024

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02/10/2024

This looks fab! I know my brides are a bit partial to a Nadine Merabi for their evening look, going off the amount I’ve altered recently. Great if you’ve got a Christmas party coming up too 🤩

26/09/2024

So happy to see these gorgeous pics of Lizzy wearing her fab Watters gown from 130 Atelier. Doesn’t she look stunning! 😍 Loved seeing Lizzy and her family when they were in for their appointments over the summer so seeing these this morning has really brightened my day.

Check out the leg split and Lizzy’s amazing shoes too!

01/09/2024

Really organised this year - my 2025 diary is purchased and ready to fill with appointments for beautiful brides! Thank you everyone who is already booked and if you’re a 2025 bride who would like to be added to my lists, please get in touch x

09/07/2024

My absolutely stunning bride Dani wearing her gorgeous Rue De Seine gown. Finished off with her beautiful cathedral lace veil, handmade and hand embroidered by me! 😁 sending huge congratulations to Dani and Jon - I love everything about their wedding! Thank you Esthersheaphotography for these fab photos.

05/07/2024

Some absolutely gorgeous bargains to be found at 130 Atelier this weekend!

23/05/2024

Little announcement 💙👶🏼 Alexander John (Alex) finally made his entrance in to the world on Sunday weighing 6lb 13oz. We’re both doing really well and his brothers absolutely adore him.

Thank you to all my brides and their families for all their kind words and messages. We’re taking it easy for the next couple of weeks and Alex will be making a few appearances in my studio from time to time while we settle in to a new routine and I continue to look after my brides for their alterations (sewing machine white noise is amazing!)

As always, if anyone needs anything please send me a quick message and I’ll get back to you asap.

Nicole xx

01/04/2024

Love when one of my brides pops up on my timeline! Meg fabulous jumpsuit from Jean Jackson Couture needed a few tweaks to her sleeves so they sat right and a small hem to her gorgeous wide leg trousers (and they had pockets too! Always a winner!) Thank you Fletcher & Foley Floral Design for sharing these photos and congratulations Meg! Xx

07/03/2024

Lucy’s gorgeous January wedding in the Lakes looks amazing! Lucy came in for a lift on the shoulders and a nip in at the sides, plus hemming all that gorgeous lace around the bottom of her dress. I absolutely love her cardigan she has accessorised with and her beautiful muted tones to her flowers. Such a stunning location too! Congratulations again Lucy xx

05/03/2024

Morning everyone!

Just a couple of quick messages - I’m absolutely inundated with normal sewing requests at the moment. Please bear in mind my turnaround time is currently about 10 days - 2 weeks. I really struggle to do anything quicker than that as I’m just too busy. If you have something you need altering, please contact me ahead to make an appointment. While I will always try and see you if you turn up, it is just me and I am sometimes with a long bridal fitting / out buying material / at the bank, post office etc etc and all the other jobs that come up when you’re self employed 😊 I may get to the point soon where I have to close my books for normal sewing and focus on wedding season, so please bear this in mind too.

2024 brides - I am nearly full for the summer now. If you have been in touch earlier in the year to make an initial enquiry but then leave it another 2 months to make contact again, please don’t assume I will still have the space to see you. While I will bend over backwards to fit in as many brides as I possibly can, I have a limit of what I can safely take on without spreading myself too thinly and I would never jeopardise the quality of my work so unfortunately I do have to have a cut off point. You are only booked in with me properly if we arrange a firm appointment time or I tell you I have added you to my lists for your wedding month, with the view to making your appointment nearer the time. I hate saying no or letting people down so if you have been in touch, please make sure you follow up with me and book me in like any of your other wedding suppliers.

Thanks everyone for all the support and keeping me so busy!

Nicole xx

29/01/2024

Loved altering Emma’s dress last year! So nice I was thinking about her earlier and this post pops up 😊

Happy 1st anniversary to Mr & Mrs Vernon ❤️♥️.

What an amazing day Emma and Mike had, we reminisce over it often. Have a wonderful time celebrating and we shall raise a glass to you both very soon.
Apologies as I’m a day late, yesterday was a busy day preparing for an upcoming wedding. Xx

22/01/2024

Love a Vegas elopement! Here’s Brooke’s gorgeous Watters gown from Sophie at 130 Atelier. Just a couple of little tweaks to the shoulders and length on this one as she was ready to go! Congratulations Brooke, you look fabulous xx

22/01/2024

Any mums in need of their wedding outfits - Shelley K in Ashton Village is a great place to look. So many of my brides’ mums get their outfits from there 😊

Mother of the Bride/Groom. The season has officially started! Kx

10/01/2024

Love getting photos from my brides ❤️

Here’s Candice who got married in October.

‘Thank you so much for all your hard work on my wedding dress. It fit perfectly and was stunning. Had so many compliments for everyone! Couldn't recommend you enough x’

I worked on Candice’s hem with all that gorgeous intricate lace and we reworked the bodice of her gown to add more structure and a little bit more coverage to the back. Such a stunning dress to work on and such a lovely bride! Congratulations again Candice, I’ll miss you coming in for all your fittings xx

10/01/2024

I’m so sad this has happened to another seamstress not far away from me. Absolutely my worst nightmare walking in to work to this. Please share to keep these images circulating.

05/01/2024

New Year and new policies for 2024.

Sadly over the past few months, I have spent a lot of time chasing payments from customers. I have always been very accommodating with when and how people pay me so long as it’s been fair but recently I have had a lot of customers repeatedly pushing back when they are going to pay. I don’t like chasing people for money and it’s not a nice part of the job, especially when it’s been happening so much.

Unfortunately delays and false promises don’t pay my wages. They don’t cover my fixed monthly costs and they don’t feed my family or pay my mortgage. This isn’t a sewing hobby - it’s my full time business and livelihood and I can only take on so much work a month so I deserve to be paid accordingly for that. Covid has played a part in that with weddings being delayed, babies coming along and in general plans changing but now with all my lose ends from this tied up, a new year seems like a good time to firm up some policies going forward.

For all my new brides, I will be requesting a minimum 50% deposit to be paid at your first fitting or shortly afterwards before I start sewing your dress. I am always transparent about how much your bill with be and I give you an accurate quote at your first fitting and I stick to that so there’s never any nasty surprises down the road. If we have already discussed a payment plan I will of course honour it.

All accessories and other services such as cleaning and boxing your dress will be paid for in advance. I have to pay all my external suppliers upfront and again I sometimes get items in for people and then I’m waiting ages for them to be collected with money outstanding.

I hope everyone is understanding of me enforcing these policies. I’ve got to say the majority of my brides are brilliant and I love working with my customers and for all the support I receive. I’m hoping by tightening up a bit on this it will free up even more time to enjoy working on such gorgeous dresses and ease my stress levels 😊

Thank you,

Nicole xx

18/11/2023

Little extras for my brides this week. I’ve been playing around with bauble ideas using glitter tulle, text and ribbons.

These can also be personalised with different messages such as ‘Last Christmas as Miss ….’ Or ‘1st Christmas as Mr & Mrs ….’

Come gift boxed and available in a range of text colours and ribbon colours to match colour schemes. £9 to order. Please message me if you would like one.

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