Sales to the EU and Northern Ireland

As you may have already heard, the EU are bringing into force their updated GPSR regulation on the 13th of December 2024. This is a major update from the last regulation that focuses on product safety. Whilst we appreciate and support the need for product safety, the new regulation means all businesses selling to the EU and Northern Ireland must appoint an EU-responsible person. That person needs to be in place prior to the date of the regulation coming into force. This places an enormous cost on thousands of small businesses, which means this is not sustainable for many, including ourselves.

As a result, we have been left with no option but to exclude sales to the EU and Northern Ireland. We are just as saddened and disappointed as you are.

Sadly, this means that we will not be able to sell to Europe or Northern Ireland after the 12th December 2024. We are making arrangements so that purchases from those areas can’t be made on the website. If however, a sale manages to get through, regrettably, we will have to cancel and refund that order.

We have closed our Etsy store and have temporarily suspended our printed and posted patterns. We are however, currently working on a project to bring a limited service back for printed and posted patterns. We hope to have this up and running after Christmas. We will of course, keep you updated.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank our wonderful customers from the EU and Northern Ireland for their custom over the years.

We are so sorry it has come this. This is not what we wanted.