Lorna

Lorna has been sewing since she was 11 years old, after her mother took her for sewing lessons in Buenos Aires, where they were living at the time.

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From	Kent
Occupation	Retired Air Hostess

She watched avidly, rushing home to try out her new skills by making clothes for her dolls. Sewing became Lorna’s saviour when she was sent to boarding school in Scotland. Being dyslexic, she found sewing was the only subject she really excelled at.

I tend to make most things because I’m 6ft.
Lorna

Lorna is married with two grown up sons, and before retiring clocked up a diverse career working as everything from a dental nurse, to an air hostress and a Eurostar Customer Services Representative.

Lorna says she likes the pressure and adrenaline of sewing to a time limit. She also likes to upcycle clothes, and often used her husband’s old shirts to make new ones for her sons. More recently Lorna sews glamorous gowns and dresses for the cruises she enjoys with her husband Ray.

“I tend to make most things because I’m 6ft, I like things that fit properly. When I worked in uniform I bought it a size bigger to fit my length and then altered it.”

“I’ve got a lot of sentimental thimbles; I was made to sew with a thimble at school. One of my first presents from my son was a thimble.”