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Nusrat Ghani MP visits award-winning haberdashery shop in Hailsham

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Thursday, 1 December, 2022
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Pumpkin Patch

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, was pleased to visit The Pumpkin Patch in Hailsham, to congratulate its owner Julie Ellis on a recent award.

The Pumpkin Patch has been in business since 2002, offering a great stock of patchwork and craft fabrics, knitting yarns and haberdashery. It boasts about 1200 bolts of fabrics and also offers sewing and craft work classes for beginners through to advanced.

The shop was previously awarded Best Independent Local Store in the South East of England 2021 and has also been recently recognised with Fabric Shop of The Year award at this year’s London and South East Prestige Awards.

The Pumpkin Patch is located at St Mary’s Walk in Hailsham and opened Mondays to Fridays 9.30am to 3.30pm, and Saturdays 9.30am to 3.00pm. For more information, please visit www.pumpkinpatchquilting.co.uk.

Nusrat Ghani said: “The Pumpkin Patch has everything you could possibly need for sewing or knitting and it was a pleasure to visit it in person and congratulate Julie on this fantastic achievement. Small independent businesses are at the heart of our local economy, creating vibrant town centres across Wealden. This award is a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate how valued the Pumpkin Patch is by our local communities and I am delighted that Hailsham has yet again been put on the map for its outstanding businesses.”

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