The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire November 2014 | Page 7

BUSINESS NEWS

Starting out in business is
‘Oh Sew Wonderful’
Natalie Uff a Wiltshire mum with two
children has turned one of her lifetime
passions into a new business. Natalie
had loved sewing since secondary school
and always wanted to continue with
it, however having a full time job as a
paralegal officer and studying for an Open
University degree in psychology, left her
little time to pursue it.
After having her kids Natalie decided to
take redundancy to be at home more for
them. It was then that she bought a new
sewing machine and booked herself into
a workshop to improve her sewing skills
whilst the children were at school and
nursery.
“Attending this workshop gave me a
huge amount of satisfaction and I soon
began making bags for friends and family.
It didn’t take long before others were
asking me t