That's Sew Cazdefaz

08/10/2022

I love this charity! Everyone deserves to feel good at their prom 👗🕴️💕

We are open for prom dress donations!
Thanks to Harpenden Town Council we have a drop off/postal point. If you have a prom desss to donate in clean ready to wear condition, any size or colour except black you can drop
off 9-5, weekdays (press the buzzer outside) or post to

All Dressed Up c/o Harpenden Town Council, Town Hall, Leyton Road, Harpenden. AL5 2LX.

02/06/2022

5 years ago I decided to turn my hobby into a business.
It's been slow going, learning, growing, discovering my limitations and overcoming or simply accepting these.
I have fibromyalgia, there's a million and one different symptoms but for me, the worst is chronic fatigue.
I don't have the energy to work for long, most days being only 2-3 hours, on a good day maybe 4.
2 or 3 days in a row working and I'll need a break for a day or 3.
Jobs that take some people weeks, takes me months. Big jobs like upholstery or long curtains leave me aching for days (chronic pain is another symptom of fibros).
BUT I absolutely love what I do!
I love the creativity, I love the physical work, I love the variety! One month I'm upholstering a rocking chair, the next I'm making memory bears.
Thank you for all of the support, positive comments and the amazing customers (and their patience) I have had the pleasure to meet.
One day, maybe, you'll see a piece of furniture and think ' That's Sew Cazdefaz !' 🤞😉💕

17/05/2022

I finally finished the two Parker Knoll chairs to go with the patchwork Rocker 🤩
Loved the creative freedom of these chairs, inspired by Steven Brown Art , Lizzy McCoo 🐮, fabric from I Want Fabric 💕

20/03/2022

Upholstery is a way of stopping furniture going to landfill...but we could be even more sustainable.
Feel free to read, sign and share 😊

20/03/2022

I loved the creative freedom I was given for this 'old rocker'.
The colour palette was taken from Steve Brown's 'Lizzie McCoo' cow painting.

01/01/2022

2021
Chairs recovered for a social influencer
Keepsake bear in memory of a mum
Shelves recovered for me
Shirts changed to grandad collars
Nets and curtains
Bridesmaid dress made to cover up more
Upholstered a rocking chair and piano stool
Cushion covers for a camper
Pleats instead of gathers for the hips of a dress
Recovered a footstool

Not bad for a year of covid, ill health and life in general!

Still to come for 2022...
Another matching footstool
Patchwork Rocker and 2 Parker Knolls to cover
Whatever challenge you can bring me!

Happy New Year!

24/12/2021

Merry Christmas 🎅🎄🎁
A very different time this year. Although I do have a couple of jobs on, I'm busy taking care of my other half while she is in and out of hospital 💕
Let's hope 2022 brings some health, wealth and happiness for all 🤞😊

09/11/2021

Calling all friends who are self-employed/run their own business, or want to support small businesses!
It's interesting to see the variety in our extended circles. Post a link to your website below without a description - just the link, it will speak for itself.
Anyone who follows me can see it and visit your site.
Copy this text onto your own page and give others the chance to reach more people through your circle.
Visibility is everything!
Let's support each other!

Pic of a recent footstool I recovered for tax

28/09/2021

The skirt on this dress looked too ‘hip-y’ as the gathering made it flare out too much (2nd photo).
I put in box pleats instead to keep it flat at the waist and hips, but still with the same fullness of the skirt (1st photo).
The customer was very happy 🤩

20/09/2021

Cushions covered in a gorgeous velvet print for this campervan 😊