A surge in interest in sewing has helped a mother’s crafts business boom. 

Jennie Caminada is now planning to expand her range of classes by moving operations out of her front room and into a studio in her garden.

The 43-year-old mother-of-three, who runs Cheekyhandmades from her home in Thorpe Crescent, Walthamstow, quit working for the NHS three years ago to achieve a better balance between mothering and working.

Jennie said: “I’ve never looked back since leaving the NHS even though I’ve never been so busy.

“I wanted to use my creative skills, I wanted to work for myself and I wanted to be able to work around the children."

She puts her success down to a friendly, informal approach which was helped by classes being held in her living room.

“It’s a very local business, teaching locals and repairing local people’s sewing machines,” she said.

“Walthamstow is such a cool place to be, it’s so creative and friendly, it’s a proper community still and it feels really nice to be part of that.”

The entrepreneur, who puts the popularity of her work partly down to the BBC's Great British Sewing Bee series, recently completed a crowd-funding campaign for the new studio.

Her business also includes sewing commissions, repairs, repairing vintage sewing machines and organising crafty hen parties.

Jennie is also writing her first sewing book, which is due out next year.

Courses cover a host of crafts and include beginners sewing class, dress making, free motion machine embroidery, bunting, quilting and making children's clothes.

Visit cheekyhandmades.co.uk for more information.