Couture-Inspired Sewing Patterns & Kits

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Create elegant bows, headbands, and accessories at home with beautifully prepared kits and guidance from an award winning couture dressmaker.

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  • A craft workspace featuring a headband made of pink velvet, various glass headed sewing pins, a pink velvet couture bow, and a length of diamanté trim on a dark wooden surface.

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    HEADBAND & BOWS PDF BUNDLE

    Beginner-friendly instructions to print at home on A4 all US Letter paper.

    £9.75

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  • A flat lay image on a dark tabletop of the printed bow headband pattern bundle, with illustrated instructions, a pair of stork embroidery scissors and a finished headband and Valentino bow

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    PRINTED HEADBAND & BOW BUNDLE

    A paper pattern with illustrated instructions delivered to your door and ready to keep.

    £12.75

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  • A sewing kit for a handmade padded headband embellished with a couture bow on a dark tabletop, featuring illustrated instructions and a paper pattern

    Complete Sewing Kit

    BOW HEADBAND SEWING KIT

    Beautifully presented in a keepsake box - everything you need, except scissors and pins.

    From £27.50

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An hand sewn embellished velvet headband with velvet leaves and diamante brooches on a pile of vintage dressmaking books and a reel of red thread with a sewing needle

IN PERSON • NOVEMBER 7TH 2026

Make an embellished headband

and couture bows with Sarah

Spend a calm creative day in Sarah's studio overlooking Sutton Wall garden. Materials are provided, with the option to bring treasured pieces of your own to personalise your creation.

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From the studio

BEAUTIFUL THINGS, THOUGHTFULLY MADE

To Gather And Stitch brings couture techniques into the home sewing room through clear patterns, carefully prepared kits, and welcoming workshops.

Each project is developed by Sarah Shortt from her studio on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border, with the same attention to detail that she brings to her award-winning couture work.

Sarah Shortt, founder and couture dressmaker

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AS SEEN IN COUNTRY HOMES & INTERIORS

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DESIGNED IN STAFFORDSHIRE

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AWARD WINNING COUTURE DRESSMAKER

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AS SEEN IN COUNTRY HOMES & INTERIORS ● DESIGNED IN STAFFORDSHIRE ● AWARD WINNING COUTURE DRESSMAKER ●

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Inside, you'll find illustrated step-by-step instructions to create elegant couture roses, suitable for confident beginners and more advanced dressmakers and perfect for embellishing dresses, jackets, hats, brooches and fascinators.

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