Earlier this week, the lovely Ruth Bramley sent to an email showing how she had transformed some of our fabric. she wrote “I have long been a customer of Croft Mill – I first starting buying fabric from you over 20 years ago – and have made many curtains, duvet covers, trousers, dresses, skirts, etc. over the years using fabric purchased from you. I don’t have as much time to sew these days as I used to, but still very much enjoy it when I get the chance. I thought you might like to hear about a major project that I completed last year using fabric from Croft Mill. In the Spring of 2013 I was asked by Dave Pearce, the miller at Wicken Windmill, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, whether I would be willing to make him a traditional English smock that he could wear during the celebrations for the mill’s 200th birthday. I have often thought about the possibility of making such a garment, and have for many years owned a very good book on the subject. Although most of the surviving smocks are white or cream, it is likely that many of these were wedding smocks, or those kept […]