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Hello! We have news!

Our brand Bowes Threads will no longer be 

sold at Topshop In St Stephens Hull due to a million different 

reasons which we wont bore you with now but no need to worry as

 we are currently in talks with some of the best Hull grown 

independent retailers in the city. We're very excited about the 

future of Bowes Threads and reckon this year will be bigger and

 better than the last. All will be revealed soon enough. Thank you to everyone for your love and support in 2013! You're all ace! 

Peace and Love. Katie, Sarah and Amy. Bowes Threads xxxx 

P.S.

You can still buy from our website www.bowesthreads.com and Poorboy Boutique in Princes Quay!

Have Yourself A Merry Hull Christmas!

Just a week until Christmas Eve!

Have your little ones got their 'Hull Loves' Christmas Tees?

They are available at www.bowesthreads.com 

Please check last posting days before ordering!

This Cold Weather!

The colder weather makes us want cups of Tea... 

ALL OF THE TIME! 

Plus lots of cake, biscuits, pastries, just any kind of carbs and sugar! Just EVERYTHING! 

It just makes hand sewing much more enjoyable and easier!

Cold Weather + Three Girls = FOOODD!!

Oh and a few episodes of F.R.I.E.N.D.S

We Are Hull!

This video is brilliant! The support for the city is unbelievable and we're very proud to be part of it! Hull is a great city and this sums up why we make our 'Hull Loves' t-shirt range!

We Are Hull.

Happpyyy Halloweeeeenn!!

'Little Bowes' Items!

Now Available Online!

Baby Grows Are £10.00 Only!

Sizes 0-3 Months to 12-18 Months!

Kids Tees Are £15.00!

Sizes 1-2 years to 5-6 years!

www.bowesthreads.com

To Infinity... And Beyond!!

Everybody say a big Hello to Buzz! He is the cutest little kitten ever and also a little bit crazy! Every body loves him!!

So other than stuffing our faces with chocolates and watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S, we have been finishing off our new dresses, tops and skirts! We have some new dresses, a skater dress with an embellished waistband in two different fabrics.

Our pink velvet 'Minnie' skirts are realllyyy pretty, and look great with the new 'Skullz' top. They're now in store just in time for Halloween!

The Midnight dress is now available in a dark red colour as well as the blue and they are now in Topshop, St. Stephens, Hull.

www.bowesthreads.com

I'll Be There For Youuuuu!!!

This week has been quite busy but Friends, cups of tea and Celebrations chocolates have made it easeir! 

Can't beat it!

#STUDENTINVASION, New Fabrics and Buzz!

New fabrics, hats and dye can only mean one thing... 

 Magical things are happening at Bowes Threads HQ!

This week is a very productive one, we had the #STUDENTINVASION at St. Stephen's last night, it looked very very busy!!

 Our 'Hull Loves' t-shirts went down a treat and we have almost sold out of our new dresses, again!! We love that you guys have been seen in our new, re-worked vintage denim jackets around town. Whoop! They're ace for this time of year; Halloween, 

Hull Fair and Bonfire Night! They look great teamed with either a hoody or cardigan, dress, tights and boots. Me and Katie are planning on studding up our jackets now!

As everything has been going so well, we've been busy working hard to get some new things in store for you! 

Katie's even been in the garden today having a party with some buckets, hats and dye, they're going to look ace! Me and Sarah have made a start on creating some new items with our lovely new fabrics. Crushed velvets, bold prints and soft embossed jerseys are in there, as well as a few contrasting elements; but I guess it wouldn't be Bowes Threads without them, right?! 

It's just who we are! Everything is going to look amazing together!

Oh, and Sarah has a new kitten! He is called Buzz Lightyear, not Buzz, Buzz Lightyear. He's the so sweet! Pics to come!

LIMITED EDITION HULL FAIR TOP!

Hurryy! They're selling fast!!

Exclusive to Topshop St.Stephens, Hull!

Hull Fair is Coming!!

There's a little buzz around town about our annual fair!

The anticipation of wrapping up in the cold weather, hot dog and burger stands, candy floss and the rides is getting everyone excited! Oh and the hot roast chestnuts... my faaaavourite!

We love Hull Fair and to celebrate we have created a Limited Edition printed t-shirt! We couldn't believe it when we found out it started way back in 1278! There are only 70 of them, each numbered, 35 White and 35 Black!

 They are exclusive to Topshop St. Stephens Hull! So hurry up and pick your number!! They're selling fast!! 

Printing, Studs, and Denim!!

This week has been full of printing, samples, studs, jewels, Kings Of Leon and denim!

Katie and Sarah printed a new t-shirt which will be revealed very soon! It's a local print but it applies to the surrounding areas of Hull too! We also have a special Limited Edition printed tee on the way, only 70 will be printed! So watch this space!

The new denim jackets are coming along nicely too, they are definitely an Autumn MUST HAVE! A great wardrobe staple with a Bowes twist! We think they will look great with a little skater dress and boots! So cute!

 

We have been listening to Kings Of Leon's new album too... some great songs on there! Plus they graced our screens on Jools Holland this week! Wiittt WHhhooooo!!

That's me for the night! More sewing and printing to do tomorrow!
Nighhttt!!

Amy xxx

Freedom Festival!

So it was Freedom Festival this weekend, the sun was out, beers were flowing and it was a great success for us! It's great to see and know that people love the 'Hull Loves' tees.

It is absolutely freeezzinngg today!! Timed to perfection as everyone is knows summer is now over! Whaaa!!! :( We don't want it to end! At least the studio won't be so much like a sweat shop now! Can't handle any more pattern cutting in that heat!

Far too hot!

We have lots to get on with this week so it's back to early starts for us now, cracking on as we're up against our deadline for the new A/W collection to be done! Our 'Dotty' dress sold out so we are very excited to get the rest into store!

xxxxxx

New Threads Autumn/Winter 2013!

Monday turned out quite well for us in the end! Lots of planning has been done, deadlines set and designs finalised! I had a good move around with the stock at Topshop! It looks ACE!

We have introduced some of the NEW Bowes Threads AW range! There are more pieces to add, but you can see the new Levi's Jeans, Pinafore Dresses and Dotty Jersey Dresses!

Today I will be pattern cutting for the new range and Katie and Sarah are printing some of the baby grows and children's t-shirts ready for Freedom Festival!

So glad I don't have to do any sleeve blocks for a while now! They hurt my head! I love working on patterns but they do drain me! Lots of tea and biscuits will be needed!

Looking forward to the next few weeks! Lots of hard work to be done!

Monday Mornings!!

Us Bowes girls don't have the best track record with Mondays, but hopefully this week will be better! We have lots to be planning for the next few weeks!

The studio is on its way to being finished, should be just a couple of more weeks now! Can't wait to have our big work space and chalk board wall! Will be ace! Thinking we need a little picture board too, not sure where it'd go, I'm sure we'll find room! 

Our new children's tees are nearly ready! Whoo! We just need to get them all printed! More baby grows are also on their way! These will all be ready for Hull Freedom Festival!

To see our progress or to keep up to date with us you can find us on Twitter and Instagram both @bowesthreads and we're on Facebook! All of the links are on here so give us a little 'Like' or 'Follow'!

Anywho, places to be, people to see, things to make, Gosling and Tame Impala videos to be watched!

Have a nice Monday!!

xxxxxx Peace and Love xxxxxx

Here, We GO!!

It has been a massively productive, and successful day for us ladies today! Lots of new skirts and shorts ready to have the finishing touches added!

 

  

Katie's first go with the new dyes went amazingly well, the new skirts we have look ACE! We absolutely love them and cannot wait to get them finished and into Topshop!

 We have also dyed some tees with the new stuff too! They'll be so much brighter and the colours do not run either! The quality is brilliant and will only get better the more Katie uses them. She is Pro - Tie Dyer(if that is a word ;)). It's funny how little simple ideas, like using sandwich bags to separate the skirts/t-shirts never crossed our minds before! We can be a little slow at times!

      

 Speaking of the obvious things to do! Why Sarah and I never thought to machine sew in our labels into the skirts before sewing up the waist band before now, we don't know! Even when it was written down and pinned up with our little notes we still missed it! Oops! It was around 3/4 in the afternoon when we need some sugar and brain food! Chocolate buttons were our answer today!

So four more pairs of shorts for me to finish in the morning, then moving onto the skirts with Sarah! Can't wait to get them finished and out for the Festival People, Holiday Goers and Summer Lovers!

Late night rambles with a hint of denim!

Amy here, bit of a late night ramble so here goes!

This week we have been printing on some vintage shorts. Last time, we tried bleaching with stencils, but now we have refined our technique and method in producing these shorts. 

Photos like these make me realise how far us three girls have come in such a short amount of time. Little improvements such as our garment labels, new and more advanced dyes make all the hard work we put in, feel all the more rewarding. 

I do love working with Sarah and Katie and I can see all three of us growing in confidence. I mean, Katie is using the sewing machine like a pro ;) I'm not getting Sarah to sort out the fiddly bits I hate and Sarah has been doing more pattern cutting, still can't get her to cut out though He he! ; ) I'm not saying we've not been able to any of that before but they can do our heads in! So we've all been stepping out of our comfort zones without realising and things are starting to benefit from it! :)

Oh, and we have stopped being so indecisive! ;)

Overall, seeing the quality of our work get better and better is AMAZZZIINNG and I am SSOOOO proud of us!!

We're hopefully getting a new work space soon too! As well as our FIRST Autmun/Winter range!

We can't forget you lovelies, we love seeing our customers happy with their garment(s), that is the best thing EVER!  

Peace&Love

XXXX

www.bowesthreads.com

Festival Envy, Psychadelic Dye and New Threads!!

We have found some new dye!! Our tees will be SOOO bright! We can't wait to use them, that is... once Katie has worked out how we use them ;) Our pretty tie dye skater skirts have been going down very well so we have decided to do more, some with a little twist as we will be using the new brighter dyes for the more adventurous ladies! Each and every one still being one of a kind! 

We know the weather has been lovely and hot! But our little heads have been starting to finalise our Autumn/Winter collection! We're very excited to finish everything off and have it ready for you all when the cold returns! But lets not talk about that any more and enjoy this sun while we have it! 

Our new little baby grows will be in store very soon! They the perfect little gift!

As we all have festival envy I'd like to leave you with some Tame Impala...

Maybe Baby!

Super cute screen printed baby grows!

Soon to be available at www.bowesthreads.com and Topshop St Stephen's, Hull!

We Love Them!

xxxx