Hi, I'm Justine Bennett and I owner/operate a trade curtain and drapery workroom in Northwest England. With over 30 years of experience in making high end soft furnishings I now produce detailed step by step YouTube video tutorials on all aspects of curtain making. Subscribe to my YouTube channel YouTube.com/TheWindmillWorkroom to catch up with latest videos.
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. ☁️💠⚪ QUILTED ⚪💠☁️ . Framed diamond quilted and velvet piped oblong cushion with contrast back... Not much more to say about them really.... oh there were 3 of them.... and one was square 😂 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3n54NPE
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. 🌺🏵️🍀 TRAAAAPUNTO 🍀🌼🌺 . Nice bit of @jimdickensengland Tuscany chenille velvet in the red colourway. It's a face-to-face weave so the pocketed flowers make it perfect for trapunto! This was made into a pelmet. . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2JDSbk0
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. 🔹🦚💎💚🖤🖤🖤💚💎🦚🔹 . Fave cushion so far. . One of two sizes and shapes in fabulous @zoffanyfw, piped in @samuelandsons petrol Swiss velvet, reverse in @ian_mankin charcoal velvet..... not that you can see it but it's nice to know it's there 😁 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3l0R77J
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. 🐛🧵 SILKY SUNDAY 🧵🐛 . More cushions 😀👍.... featuring all the good stuff: beautiful Ikat style embroidered silk with pattern centred to both oblong and square shaped cushions, trimmed in Swiss velvet piping and backed in plain satin. I mean.... what more could one ask for? 🤩 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/35X0mQ9
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. 💎💠 LUXE OVERLOAD 💠💎. . Loved making these they were right up my strasse..... Nice and fiddly 😂👍. . Figured velvet, Swiss velvet piping, cut fringe and contrast linen...... Oh and everyone's favourite.... invisible zips! . #scattercushion #cushions #decorativepillows #pipedcushion #pipedpillow #feathercushions #contrastpiped #swisspiping #velvetpiping #houles #linencushions #contrastlined #passementerie #velvetcushions #cutvelvet #interiordesign #homeinspiration #homeinspo #houles #samuelandsons #cutfringe #fringing #fringedcushion #bluevelvet #maximalist #velvetdamask #traditionalinteriors #englishdrapery #bespokefurnishings #tradeworkroom #luxuryinteriors — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/35HhGbI
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. 1️⃣2️⃣*️⃣ TWO OF THREE *️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ . One day soon I'll complete this tie back trilogy; . 1️⃣ Bound 2️⃣ Piped 3️⃣ Plain . Parts 1 & 2 are done and provide a start to finish tutorial of how to make super hand finished lined and interlined buckram tie backs and are available on my YouTube channel now via the link in my bio. Part 3 is coming soon... promise 😬... along with several others I'm currently working on. . To be sure not to miss any and new videos as I upload them be sure to 🔔subscribe🔔 to my channel 👍 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3otRoC9
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. ✂️👱🏻♀️ FRINGE BENEFITS 👱🏻♀️✂️ . Once the retaining stitch is removed from fine fringes like these they often look crimped..... like Toyah. 🎼 It's a mithtereee, it's a mithtereee 🎼..... anyway, I digress. So out comes the 'special' tool. The comb 😂 and I comb and steam, comb and steam to straighten it out again. It was like a hairdressers in here the other day. The lengths we go to eh? . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/35vvwh7
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. 🔳🔲 LITTLE BOXES 🔲🔳 . Fabric covered boxes constructed from LOTS of squares of hardboard all in their places on the shelving unit.The fronts are covered in a selection of Scion and Harlequin printed cottons and silks.... . Note to self: don't cut with jigsaw in workroom, thus creating copious amounts of fine dust on EVERY surface, again! 😬 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/31hPx9I
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. 🛫📐 FLAPS UP 📐🛬 . Double layered mitred Oxford style cushion with hidden zip in the join made from a lovely combo of @jamesharefabric Terazzo woven satin and a plain linen style weave on the reverse. . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2FspGUR
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. 🔶🔳🔲 BISH BASH BOX 🔲🔳🔶 . Half the batch of cube storage boxes I made for hiding a multitude of sins 😬 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/36VwZ2G
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. New sofa cushion covers contrast piped in velvet complete with dog proofing in the form of huge matching washable throws with contrast velvet bound edge. Got it well covered 💪 . The lengths we go to! 🙄 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/33AH2Iw
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. 🏴👋 TARTAN WAVE 👋🏴 . I've been in hundreds of houses over the years and forgotten most of them but this one? Nope! I won't forget this one as this was the house that I fell arse over tit in..... I think I mention it every time I post a pic from this job 😂😂... Proper prat fall, arm full of curtains, legs went from under me, landed on me arse. Really bloody hurt. . Anyway, the curtains were a success and the customer was happy 😬👍 . Art Of The Loom wool paid curtains with stitch free Wave Heading on chrome Silent Gliss Metropole 👌 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2GmXgMb
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. I loved this sumptuous silk rich velvet from Lizzo Fabrics. It marked like buggery if you so much as 👀 glanced at it but all the best things in life are fickle so it was worth all the stress 😂 . I have a 'quick tip' video on a good way to get rid of pressure marks in velvet on my YouTube channel. There's also one on how to achieve lovely flat seams without puckering. Link in bio 👆 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2S4ZHFI
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. It's a veritable #CUSHIONFEST 😃 . More from the stack I made the other day. Lots of lovely mitred corners this time, all in a neutral grey as there was such a mix of bright colours and designs. . Have a good and productive week everyone. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2FWqQZ5
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. ▫️◾◻️🦓🦓🦓◻️◾▫️ . Been a bit quiet lately, sorry about that but my poorly dog takes priority and he's needing round the clock care at the moment. He's getting better by the day though 😁🤞 . Here's a lovely big floor cushion in on the meantime made from @misia_paris Zebra De Burchell Close pile printed velvet in the mint colourway, outline quilted, backed & bordered in green/black satin and embellished with glass beads. Laaaaaaverly. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/35UnKiT
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. 🌞🥪🥤PICNIC BLANKET🥤🥪🌞 . Woolly loveliness on the front courtesy of 'Ripon' an oversized dogtooth design from Ian Mankin's Ashfield collection and waterproof practicality on the back thanks to a quilted backing courtesy of an end of roll that had been languishing under my table for far too long. . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2QVV4gJ
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. . 🔸💥⭐🌟✴️🌟⭐💥🔸 . Not made one of these for a while. I have the wherewithal so think it must be because it's been summery and warm and the dark leather feels more of a wintery thaaaaang 🤷🏼♀️ . Whatever the reason I'll get round to making more.....eventually 😂 . — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3gC8KHN
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