#Upholstery

What are your business goals for 2016?

What have you achieved in 2015 that you are proud of? I am proud to have set up (and now run) a professional diploma course in...

Needcraft’s lampshade making expert in Craftseller Magazine

We are delighted to have lampshade making Joanna Heptinstall featured in Craftseller’s online Magazine! Joanna is a force to be reckoned...

Lampshade Tutorial Part 1

Joanna Heppinstall I had the pleasure of conversing with the fabulous upholsterer and lampshade maker Joanna Heptinstall a while back and...

Announcing Needcraft’s competition winner, Caron Ironside Design- Lampshade designer and scree

Caron not only makes her own lampshades, cushions and more but prints her own Perthshire and 1950s inspired fabrics. Her designs have a...

The lampshade loft- competition runner up #5!

Jane Warren has been making lampshades for around 8 years and runs her small business, The Lampshade Loft, from home. Jane is very active...

Meeting Joanna!

Copyright- Joanna Hepinstall One of our wonderful customers, Joanna Heptinstall is an upholsterer and lampshade maker who works from her...