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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past wee while, I’m sure that you have noticed that the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations are coming up. For most of you, this means an extra day off work. First of all, I’d like to tell you all that Mandors are open from 10-5 on [...]
Last night, I was lucky enough to get to meet Mary Portas.
I explained to her that sales in the shop weren’t as good as the previous years, and that footfall is way down. She asked where the shop was, and I told her it was on Sauchiehall Street. When I was growing up, I remember [...]
Well….
Summer is supposed to be here, and after a lovely sunny few weeks, the snow hit again today. Hopefully this is just a minor blip.
We’ve got new summer fabrics arriving into the shop daily, and I’ve been doing my best to take photos as they arrive. You’ll find the photos on our Facebook page, as [...]
It’s been a while since I blogged, and it’s been a busy few months. February is the month for all of the trade shows that we go to. So I’ve been to such glamourous places as Paris, Birmingham, and Dunblane
I thought I’d share some of the new dress fabrics [...]
When people ask me what I miss about my time living in Scotland I always respond with the obvious, ‘the amazing people!’, ‘the scenery!’ and ‘the pubs!’ But there is another thing I really miss too…Mandors!
I spent two years living in Scotland and one of the hard things about leaving my little corner of the [...]
Last weekend, I made a special purchase in the Edinburgh branch of Mandors – 20m of green, yellow and red tartan ribbon…
I have now sent off the ribbon to a women’s co-operative called “Groupement Takku Liggey” in the rural village of Keur Momar Sarr, Senegal. Groupement will use the ribbon as part of their [...]
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Hello, as I have been laying off painting my nails for a while now in a bid to get them back to health I have been looking for other creative pursuits
I have no idea where I first heard about Kanzashi I just knew it was something I had to attempt as I have [...]
An arm for an arm…
As a dressmaker I regularly get customers bringing me fur coats that have burst or ripped in one place or another. Furs can be repaired, however, the skins dry with age, and although repairing them can be a quick fix, it will usually not last long. Instead of parting with your [...]
So I gave birth to my beautiful Daughter Teresa on November 11th 2011, before this day I had been working full time as a sales assistant and so was happy to have the little break, well little did I know my daughter would steal my heart and make it very near impossible for me to [...]
How to make a difference with your knitting and crochet
One of my earliest knitting memories is sitting with my Mum, aged about 9, making little garter stitch jumpers to the “Oxfam pattern” which were then packaged up and sent off to people in famine areas of Africa. Fast forward 30 years and knitters and crocheters [...]
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