Weird Times

Pyjamas seem to have been the “reaccuring “theme this week. At the start of the week I was sewing my Dad’s name of his pyjamas as he’s in hospital at the moment snd we hope that he might get to a nursing home and well that means naming things like your pyjamas.
These days I’m up early, can’t sleep much, so I sit quietly in my kitchen listening to the birds waking and sipping a mug of warm lemon juice with ginger and honey. Well on Monday morning I looked out and saw a man in his pyjamas. I looked again, yes there was definitely someone trying to get into our outhouse with his pyjamas, dressing gown & slippers. During the night my husband and I nearly always have a time that we both waken & discuss weird things. We had mentioned our neighbours along the road and that I must call & check on the couple as sadly one of them has issues remembering things. Poor man there he was at my back door. Good news was we got him back home before anything weird happened. His poor wife had been out in the washroom and she hadn’t noticed his escape.
Reminds me my Dad has been planning his great escape from hospital, but with a broken hip & being unable to walk, sadly he’s dreaming. But the power of positive thinking, can be what keeps us all going.
Back to the pyjamas, yesterday I was using my husband’s pyjamas to copy the pattern so that I could have a go at making some scrubs for the Ulster Hospital as my way of thanking them for all they have done for me and mine over the years.

You never know when you might need those sewing skills!
So join me to learn something new, learn to sew with Jo  

Life Experience

I’m wide awake, can’t sleep, it’s the usual time 3am and my mind is racing with things to do. I tell my brides if they wake in the night with things to do write them down so you can get back to sleep ( we all need our beauty sleep!) & the mind is a powerful thing!!

“We think we have a problem until a bigger one comes along.” Well a few weeks ago we were all working towards a plan and then “bang” everything changes and we have to learn to quickly adapt and alter our course to work out how to cope with that problem. 

Life experience is a powerful thing, you can learn from things that have happened you and people you meet if you are bothered to be interested in their life experience. 

My job is fascinating and my life experience especially over the last three years but maybe way longer gives me heart to keep going. Always be thoughtful, as quite often people are coping with far more than you know. Always be positive,negativity is a wasted energy. Don’t stress, listen to your heart, quite often guidance our strength comes from within. However over the past three years it was my brides and clients that got me through the most difficult time of my life. Over the years we have had the troubles in this wee country, we have had the banking crisis, & we have had brexit ( it’s not getting a capital letter from me!) but our health Our HEALTH that if we don’t have it we can’t go to our work, go to our weddings, go on holiday , do what we want nor be with our loved ones. 

Be wise, be healthy and be grateful. 

Thanks as always to All my customers for being there for me. XxJo 

Latest Update

Firstly I want to give you my mobile telephone number as my shop landline is no longer fit for purpose!!

   07736069692

Normally we are excited about Spring weddings, the hedgerows are bursting into life and its all go! A lot has happened since I wrote my last blog and life has changed in the world dramatically! Im fortunate that I can shut myself away and sew to my hearts content with the music on but that doesn't work without my customers. It seems that fittings will be jeopardised for the foreseeable future. I present I just take one day at a time and try to be organised and ready when any of my brides tell me they want a fitting.




 As time goes by and I have no one to talk to I keep thinking best thing I could do is teach those of you how to sew and make things. We presume your weddings will go ahead one day so maybe you will start searching online for products so I must try and become more tech friendly. ( maybe some of you can help me with that) I do have an Etsy shop so I must put more things online! Look up Jo's Collection and see if you can find it, let me know. I might do a shoplift store with my Facebook page. All of these ideas will keep me occupied!!



So keep yourselves creative, get drawing, sewing , making whatever you can to give you a purpose a fulfilment  to your day. Time is not to be wasted, we only get one go at this life. Anytime I can Im going to post videos on my Instagram page @joanne_ferguson_bridal or @embroidery_inspo please follow me to keep me going.