About Poppy Treffry

Little did I know when I set up my sewing machine in a Cornish fish loft over 20 years ago, that it was the start of an enterprise that would still be going strong today. With £200 in the bank and a very old, cranky Singer sewing machine, I began to turn my sketches of everyday life in Cornwall into products and projects that people could treasure. At every turn there was something exciting, tea cosies being snapped up by Liberty, a bespoke collection for Fortnum and Mason, writing two books and opening my own shop in St Ives. I now work with a small team who cut, sew, pack and sell the products that I design and develop. Everything is either handmade in Cornwall or sources from UK based manufacturers and we work with unbleached organic cotton. Although the studio's bigger now, it's still filled to the brim with fabrics, the kettle's on and there's a hum of sewing machines and scissors...Read their story