A little bit about us

We are a small company based just outside Newlyn, a busy, messy, industrious fishing village in the far west of Cornwall. Art and fishing have mingled for centuries here and we are following in the tradition, stepping over sharks to get into the studio and using fish boxes to store thread.

Poppy started small, back in 2004, selling to one or two galleries locally but eight years on the team has grown from just Poppy and one cranky singer sewing machine to eight  people and 13 cranky singer sewing machines! The products are all still made here in Cornwall and inspired by our beautiful surroundings and we plan to keep it that way. It’s nice to feel we are providing a creative, friendly workplace in the county where we grew up.

In 2010 we opened our first Poppy Treffry shop in St Ives, Cornwall. Do come and visit us if you are in the area (The Drill Hall, Chapel Street, St Ives, TR26 2LR).

Poppy now also runs very popular stitching courses and her second book is out in September 2012.

Poppy has also licensed her popular designs and they now appear on a range of greetings cards and a lovely leather collection.