Ever since I can remember, I've enjoyed making my own clothes .My friends were always commenting on my original designs, so I often made clothes for them as well. It never occurred to me that I make a living at it until a friend of a friend asked me to make her wedding dress and offered to pay me. Suddenly more and more people started approaching me and asking me to make a clothes for them. It soon reached the point where I was spending all my spare time at the sewing machine and my I designs were bringing in more money than my job ! l handed in my notice at work and rented a small shop with a flat above which I turned into my workshop. I'm happy to say that business is booming: I now employ ten people and I'm about to open a second branch! Jean