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Poppy Patch

poppy patch

Northamptonshire

Welcome to Poppy Patch. We stock 100% quality cotton fabric for patchwork and quilting from the all around the world. We are the largest UK supplier of Australian quilting, sewing patterns and fabrics. Let’s tell you a little bit about us. Both of us are passionate about Australian quilting, sewing patterns and Cottage Garden hand dyed embroidery threads. We have over 1000 patchwork, quilting and sewing patterns in stock and our range is still growing! We love that some of the Australian quilt and sewing pattern designers also design fabric too. A few of the Australian designers whose patterns we stock include Lynette Anderson Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched, Gail Pan, Fig ‘n’ Berry, Marg Low, Carolyn Murfitt of Freebird, One Day in May, Wendy Williams of Flying Fish, Jen Kingwell, Hares Nest and Natalie Bird of The Birdhouse. Did we forget to mention we have Lynette’s gorgeous hand painted buttons too! Our little quilt shop nestles in a pretty converted barn on a working farm in the village of Great Doddington, Northamptonshire. We also sell our patchwork and quilting supplies online. In addition to all Australian patchwork and sewing products we stock lots of other beautiful fabrics, embroidery threads, embroidery patterns and kits, fabric kits, notions, machine and hand threads and waddings for all your patchwork needs. We run a wide variety of sewing courses above the shop, including patchwork, quilting, embroidery, bag making and even a ceramics class! Please pop in and visit us we would love to see you. Sam and Mary

The Business Community

the business community

Harpole

Hi there - I'm Paul Green, the founder of The Business Community. I've been an independent business owner since 2003 and love working with small businesses; in particular family-run businesses. I'd like to share a little story about the reason for this and what my "why" is. What drives me My father ran his own small business designing, manufacturing and supplying electrical control panels to various companies within the UK and overseas. At the age of 11, unfortunately, the business went bust - as happens to quite a few businesses. This meant having to move house, move schools - money was tight and the atmosphere was not that great in the household. Having gone through this experience, it obviously left an impression. A few years ago, I attended a workshop (run by Jacky Sherman) looking at why a person is in business and exploring the type of businesses that I enjoyed working with. In this session, the seed that was subconsciously planted many years before emerged. It became apparent that what was driving me in my endeavours to support small, family-run businesses, is that I didn't want any children associated with the business owners to go through the trauma of a failed business! This is why I strive to impact the performance of the businesses I work with; having them be better at what they do - focusing on profitability and cashflow within the business. My journey My experience and knowledge of 20 years being employed by someone else and to date, working with 100s of business owners, gives me the confidence and ability to offer business advice, coaching and training when given the opportunity to do so. Having experienced the trials and tribulations that face a small business on that entrepreneurial journey, I am passionate about making sure businesses don't make the same mistakes that I made en route! I am a big believer in collaboration and encourage businesses to work together to grow their businesses; as well as offering help and support to each other for mutual gain. In 2020, my story culminated in the creation of The Business Community. This brings together my principles of businesses working together. With our ‘pay it forward’, positive and collaborative approach, we are creating a vibrant mutually supportive business community - for the benefit of all