Kate’s Atelier

Kate’s Atelier is a new dress-​making and alterations shop in the D7 area and, from what I can see, has no shortage of custom at this early stage. There’s a touch of elegance to the shop layout and décor that reflects the owner’s design sensibility, split into a waiting area at the front and back room behind with a fitting room and work space. Kate’s clear flair for design is showcased in her range of fabric and leather mix handbags on display, and she has plenty more that aren’t on display — they offer good value for a designer good at around 50 – 60 euros and would make a lovely gift.
Though specialising in dress-​making and alterations, Kate kindly took on a curtain alteration job for me, transforming a pair of Ikea cotton velvet tab-​top curtains into a finished pair of lined curtains with a hidden tab top. She did a fantastic job for a reasonable price. Given Ikea’s amazing value (65 euros for nearly six metres of decent quality cotton velvet fabric), this was a very budget-​friendly way of creating a striking set of curtains.
She’s currently on her second slightly more complicated job and I’ll report back later on that.
I wish her all the best of luck with her new venture — she clearly has real flair and talent and plenty of experience so no doubt it will flourish.