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The Stitch Academy, Taunton Wins Prestigious Award.

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The Stitch Academy is a great place to go and create individual items, learn new skills and remind yourself of old ones. As local agent in Taunton for Brother Sewing and Embroidery Machines they cater for the complete novice and upwards and stock most of the materials needed for sewing related craft activities.   Presentation Ceremony at the Taunton Castle Hotel declares them as Silver Award Winner in the "Who Cares Wins" competition to recognise Quality Customer Service in Somerset. Over 40 local businesses competed for the accolade and were assessed on business ethos, customer survey, mystery shopper, staff knowledge and helpfulness. The Stitch  Academy beat off nearly all others in the tense and hard fought competition sponsored by the Taunton Town Centre Management Company and the Somerset County Gazette. The Stitch Academy's dream is to bring the creativity  and the satisfaction of making something yourself back t

Authorised Brother Dealers Celebrate the Olympics!

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Over the last few weeks we've been running a competition with our Authorised Dealers. They were asked to use Olympic themed items to brighten their windows. We had loads of entries, and thought we'd share the best selections. Let us know what you think! Modern Sewing Centre, Worcester     Kettering Sewing Studio, Kettering The Stitch Academy, Taunton    Newport Sewing Centre/ J&B, Newport   Fabrications, Hackney   Sew Devine, Reading

Festival of Quilts 2012

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Last week we exhibited at Festival of Quilts in the NEC. As proud sponsors again of the Children's Workshop, and of the Children's Quilt Competitions, we thought we would share a few photos of the competition winners and runners up. Winner Molly Parker. 1st Prize - Young Quilter/ Embroiderer. 12 - 16 Category. 2nd Prize - Young Quilter/ Embroiderer. 12 - 16 Category. 3rd Prize - Young Quilter/ Embroiderer. 12 - 16 Category. 2nd Prize - Secondary School Competition. 3rd Prize - Secondary School Competition. 2nd Prize - Young Quilter/ Embroiderer. 9 - 11 Category. 3rd Prize - Young Quilter/ Embroiderer. 9 - 11 Category. 2nd Prize - Young Quilter/ Embroiderer. 5 - 8 Category. 3rd Prize - Young Quilter/ Embroiderer. 5 - 8 Category. 2nd Prize - Primary School Category. 3rd Prize - Primary School Category We hope you agree all the entries were fa