Elke does have an actual thread bear, hence her Instagram name sewthreadbear. She tells us the how close to her heart this bear is to her.

While Elke can't remember who taught her to sew, she has always sewn and in a way was influenced by her 2 aunts on her father's side. Her aunts had a knitting machine and they created the most beautiful knitted garments.

What Elke did realise that using a knitting machine would mean she would need lots of storage space for all the wool yarns used, as she saw from her aunts.

Elke talks about how as a sewist, we get caught in the perfection of the pattern we're using. She has learnt that if the garment looks good from 3' away, you've done a great job.

She has sewn some amazing garments using Julia Allison Cost fabrics too.

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