New vintage craft studio: Handmade By You

April 5, 2013 | Lena Weber

Founded by Alice Hainsworth-Millar, a self confessed closet-crafter, Handmade By You has just opened at Marylebone’s Alfies Antique Market to run an eclectic mix of craft and vintage-themed events.
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Learn a vintage skill: crochet made simple course

March 20, 2013 | Lena Weber

Knitting is fun and fabulous, but if you’re someone who has those fast fingers and are looking to adopt another enjoyable vintage skill for your pastime, then this course of crocheting might just be for you.
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Make your own Bettie Draper frock: Mad Men dress course

May 5, 2011 | Lena Weber

Make Betty Draper jealous and learn how to make your very own Sixties summer dress.  During the four-hour class you will learn how to alter a pattern, sew and finish your dress using couture techniques and how wear it with style. You will also have your own pattern to take away with you so that you can make lots more.
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Get your vintage repaired by The Lady That Does

March 7, 2011 | Lena Weber

Lindsay Rodham, aka The Lady That Does, provides a personal alteration and repair service specialising in vintage clothing. Based in Walthamstow, East London, Lindsay’s clients come to her for a cup of tea and to discuss in detail how they’d like their garments fixed and changed. If Walthamstow is a tad too far you, can also drop off your vintage at the regular Clerkenwell Vintage Fair, where Lindsay is the resident clothes doctor.
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Bringing vintage cool to Kings Cross: Drink, Shop & Do

October 13, 2010 | Lena Weber

Drink, Shop & Do is a new design shop and café bar just around the corner from King’s Cross station selling products from emerging designers alongside vintage furniture and home wares.

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