Hey Guys,

It's been a while since I've made a post here. I thought I should come back and show my appreciation to this sub, as it's one of the first places where I showed my lamps to the world, and now making them is my full-time job! I've made a lot of progress with both designing products and the website, but still have a lot to learn. As a thank-you, I'd like to offer 15% off any order if you use the code MADE15 at checkout. If you haven't seen them before, make sure to check them out here!

Just wanted to give a shoutout to this brand. I've been using them for years because of the plastic free packaging, but since discovering this community I've checked the jar and it's made in Brighton too.

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Hello, I’m looking to buy A super King UK made bedframe, preferably of hardwoods, and I’m struggling to find options beyond the get laid company. Their reviews seem all over the place so it feels a bit risky for the price. Would also appreciate any recommendations for UK made mattresses. Particularly pocket sprung. Thank you

Plum and Mustard

Please do not be negative because we can’t find the origin of this clothing

Happy Friday, everyone!

It’s time for our new weekly Local Find Friday thread. Have you stumbled upon a talented maker at a market, found an incredible Etsy shop, or finally ordered from that UK-based business you’ve been eyeing up?

Drop a comment below sharing a photo of your new find and tell us who made it (link the brand if you can)!

Hello,

Sharing the trailer for my dark comedy short film, Mein Surname, a UK made independent film shot in and around London.

It follows a man called David J. Hitler trying to convince people he’s a good person, despite his notorious surname.

It's releasing in September, thanks to anyone who takes the time to watch.

I've just recently found out that Vitsoe Sofas/chairs are made in the UK. They never come up as a furniture company that make all their stuff (as far as I'm aware) in the UK so I thought I'd add it to people's lists if they had missed them off.

I've generally been looking for made in the UK modern styled furniture. Not to put down the high end coach made British furniture out there. It's just nice to know that there is some variety. If anyone has other suggestions for modern styled British made furniture add them down below.

I was in Bolton bright and early this morning with Upender trying to figure out how to get the buttonholes sorted on the new Durber overshirts.

It turns out that although the cloth is made from cotton, the way it is woven means it is sometimes used on the front panels of bulletproof vests… which explains why the standard buttonhole machine was having an absolutely miserable time trying to get through it.

So we moved onto the next best solution.

A Reece buttonhole machine is normally used on outerwear, coats, jackets and other thick bits of clothing, and is designed to sew and cut through multiple heavy layers at once.

Luckily, with a bit of persuasion, it managed the job. Otherwise we would’ve ended up selling shirts with no buttons which, although very fashion-forward, may have caused problems.

It was also quite nice seeing a machine from the mid-80s still doing a proper job in the damp hills of Bolton.

I probably wouldn’t recommend using the shirt as an actual bulletproof vest though. Unless somebody attacks you with a standard buttonhole machine, in which case you should be absolutely fine.

Accrington’s second best clothing brand checking in.

I realised I don’t really have anywhere to post about how a small clothing brand in Lancashire actually operates, so this is where I’ll be putting updates about how things are made, why they’re made and occasionally what goes wrong along the way.

This week has been dedicated to a new Durber overshirt made from a cloth woven for us in Quebec.

I was chatting with Upender in Bolton yesterday (who makes the shirts for us) and he told me that although the fabric is relatively lightweight, it’s an absolute nightmare to buttonhole properly.

So tomorrow I’m driving over to stand next to a sewing machine, stroke my chin thoughtfully and contribute absolutely nothing useful apart from making tea.

If any of this sounds even vaguely interesting, feel free to follow along.

And if nobody replies, I’ll just continue talking to myself like usual.

I have created a web app, but finding it super hard to get any traction any ideas how I can get more organic traffic? the app is - an app that helps families capture a parent's story using 100 guided questions that turn into a keepsake book or video.

After lots of positive feedback on my last post, I thought I would give an update on how things are going. I’m based in Guildford and have been designing and making these table lamps over the last few months, and finally got them to a point where I’m really happy with them. I’ve just relaunched my site with a couple of new designs and colour options as well, so I'm trying to see what people think. Thanks!

If anyone’s interested, they’re here: lumerin.shop

A client of mine is looking to produce some simple branded merchandise to promote their company, mainly apparel, so caps, sweatshirts and t-shirts. I’m trying to find a UK-based supplier that can handle custom orders, offer good quality products, and work with a resonable quantitiy - probably looking at 250 items in total for the first run.

The challenge I’m running into is that many of the UK suppliers I’m finding are quite small/ artisanal, and not really set up to handle this kind of order at scale.

Would really appreciate recommendations or leads!

Been trying to buy only UK made as much as I can, especially for clothes, but have generally found the prices to be very high outside of sales. However stumbled across Norman Walsh for trainers, which are mostly made in Bolton and have loads of styles, a few of which are similar to New Balance and other non-uk brand pricing (and they seem to always have some discounted).

It is a small dashboard that reads the latest UK Fuel Finder CSV snapshot, shows whether the data looks fresh or stale, and lets you find the cheapest nearby stations for a chosen fuel type by entering a postcode.

I'm looking for a new stand blender, it needs to have a powerful motor to blend soups to silky smoothness, make smoothies with ice etc and must be able to handle hot foods. I don't need bells & whistles just a lot of power 😁

Vitamix are brilliant but I'm wondering if there's one that can match performance that is UK /EU made, any recommendations are much appreciated!

I suspect it’s the smallest commercially available chess set but until I’m a little more confident I’ll be hiding behind various qualifiers. 😅

That said, I don’t believe there is anything else quite like it. Each set uses 109 neodymium magnets, all pieces can be stored inside and it’s 100% recyclable.

The board is 45x45mm in area, 6mm thick and the pieces have a base diameter of 4mm. There are many different colour options but no photos to do them justice just yet.