About Me

My embroidery journey

From a young age I fell in love with embroidery. My first memory sewing was with my Granny whilst on holiday on the Isle of Wight, l must have been around 7. She taught me to embroider, knit and do various other crafts and we should spend hours practicing and sitting quietly listening to nature. I was (and still am!) a very busy girl and needed to have busy hands so immersing myself in crafting was an amazing feeling. I love how it magically transports me to a relaxed, creative and happy world. At school textiles and theatre studies gave me the opportunity to spend hours transforming and up-cycling clothes, sewing and exploring fabric shops for treasures. In my spare time l would make bags for friends, clothes for myself and started to get commissions to make capes and bespoke items. I knew it was what l wanted to do. However it didn’t seem like a feasible path to do straight away and l wanted to study further. I was accepted onto the BA Product Design for the Fashion industries (as it was then called). 4 years of hard work and l walked away with a 1st class degree from the university of my dreams. I mean l couldn’t be happier! I had done a work placement at Hugo Boss in the Retail team as a buying and merchandising assistant and had made some wonderful friends. So when l was offered a permanent role, l said yes immediately. Life was busy and my sewing took a back seat as l learned various other skills and had my mind opened to other opportunities. Every so often l would have a quiet weekend and dust off my sewing machine and they were the best weekends. I took some time out and went travelling to South America in 2007 and through the various markets and exhibitions fell in love with fabrics and crafting all over again. I came home with a view to have a career change, but that again took a back seat with l was offered a job at Harrods in the Menswear buying team. 4 years later and with a huge love of cashmere and all things luxury, l eventually move into retail consulting. My buying roles had previously been quite creative where as the consulting work lacked that, apart from what you could do on a powerpoint template! So l found myself drawn back to embroidery again and dreaming of having my own shop. I planned to set up a shop in 2014 on Etsy and listed 1 product and 5 years later following the birth of my daughters, i was given the opportunity to reevaluate life and Treasure Kave was born in October 2020. I’m so excited to see where my Embroidery journey takes me with Treasure Kave!