TreeFall Design was created by British textiles designer, Manda McGrory.
Following an unusual career path that includes running away with the circus, training as a carpenter and working as a bank manager, Manda discovered her true passion for all things textile whilst expecting her first daughter in 2004.
An interest in traditional quilting led to a passion for fabrics and in turn to the joys of both craft blogs and on line fabric shopping!
After a few years of writing her successful blog (www.treefalldesign.typepad.com) and selling her original designs through a number of international outlets as well as her own Etsy store, Manda was approached by the publishers of the sewing magazine Sew Hip and asked to join the team as the founding Editor.
After the birth of her second daughter Manda decided to refocus her attentions once again on designing and making her own products for the retail market.
She is also a freelance writer and has had features and patterns in a number of magazines, including The Quiltmaker, Australian Homespun, Sew Hip and Sewing World.
Manda’s designs have also been featured in Country Living magazine, Ideal Home, Country Home’s and Interiors, Junior magazine and Country Living US. Her work has also been published in the new book Craft Hope (published by Lark Crafts).
Manda’s family home has recently been featured in Ideal Home magazine and she can be seen teaching Kirstie Allsopp how to make a beanbag in an episode in the upcoming new series of Kirsties Homemade Home for Channel 4.
She was also commissioned at the beginning of 2011 to make an interactive floor quilt by Bradford Museums, to be displayed along side and to compliment David Hockney’s The Diver in Cartwright Hall Museum.
In 2010 Manda also began teaching workshops for Bradford Museums, both for the community and as part of private and home schooling iniatives. She also teaches full day private workshops that include quilt making, dressmaking and introductions to sewing.
Manda’s love of print and pattern is evident in her collection of quilts, soft toys and home accessories, where she manages to combine natural linens and printed cottons to create a look distinctive to TreeFall.
Where possible Manda recycles and uses many vintage, repurposed fabrics in her patchwork creations and believes in using sustainable, responsible materials.
TreeFall Design is about handmade goodness. It’s about originality, utility and beauty and time honoured traditions with a modern twist.
If you would like to stock TreeFall Design products, discuss a workshop, or would just like to know more, Manda McGrory can be contacted on –
Mob – 07803704231
Blog – www.treefalldesign.typepad.com
Shop – www.manda.etsy.com
Email – mandamcgrory@hotmail.com