🌿 About the Cottage Grandma Skills School If you’ve ever felt that quiet tug, the one that whispers “there must be more softness, more slowness, more beauty in my days” then you’ve found your place at the table. So many people arrive here carrying the same ache: a longing to romanticize their life, to stitch a little magic back into the ordinary, to learn the old analogue skills their mothers or grandmothers never had the chance to pass down. Sewing. Knitting. Mending. Cooking. Budgeting. The gentle, homely arts that make a life feel lived‑in and loved‑through. If that’s you, come in. Hang your cardigan on the peg by the door. The kettle’s already murmuring. 🌼 What We Do Here I’ll teach you the way I’ve always taught, side by side, as if we were sitting at the kitchen table with a pot of tea between us and Teazel the beagle snoring by the stove. Ask anything. Truly. Bring your half‑finished projects, your “I’ve never done this before,” your “I think I messed it up,” your “I wish someone had shown me this years ago.” We’ll make do and mend. We’ll sew seams and unpick them. We’ll learn the small domestic magics that turn a house into a home and a day into a memory. No perfection. No pressure. Just the old, comforting rhythm of learning at the hip. 🌾 Who’s Teaching You I’ve been a homemaker for fifty years, a mum, a grandma, and now a great‑grandma! with hands that have mended more knees, stirred more soups, and hemmed more trousers than I could ever count. My life has been stitched together with the very skills I’ll be passing on to you. This school is my kitchen table, opened to you. A place where those who never had a mum or nan to show them can finally learn the gentle, practical, heart‑warming things they’ve always wanted to know. If your soul sighs with relief reading this, then you’re already home. With warmth, Ellie Cottage Grandma (and Teazel the beagle who insists on being included)

Dear friend, Before you settle in with your scissors and thread, here’s a little card of house rules, the sort you might find tacked beside the counter in a country post office. Nothing stern, just the gentle boundaries that keep this a warm and welcoming place for all. 1. No politics This is a cottage, not a debating hall. We leave the wider world at the gate. 2. No religion Everyone is welcome here, and we keep the space neutral so it stays comfortable for all. 3. No unkindness or poor manners No rudeness, no snide remarks, no sharp tones. We speak to one another the way neighbours once did over a garden fence, kindly, simply, and with good humour. 4. No drama, no stirring, no troublemaking This is a place for making, mending, and gentle company. Anything that disrupts that peace doesn’t belong here. 5. Violations will result in removal Anyone who disregards these boundaries, or behaves in a way that makes others feel unsafe or unwelcome, will be kindly but firmly shown the door. The cottage must remain a safe, cozy place for everyone who steps inside. Think of it this way: If you wouldn’t say it at a neighbour’s kitchen table, it doesn’t belong here. Thank you for helping keep this school warm, respectful, and full of good company. With warmth, Ellie Cottage Grandma

Welcome in, friend. I’m so glad you’ve found your way to the Cottage Grandma Skills School. Here on the kitchen table, beside a warm mug and a few stray threads, you’ll find a tiny handwritten map to help you settle in gently. Teazel the beagle is probably asleep by the stove, she takes her welcoming duties very seriously. 🌸 1. A few cosy first steps - Read your Welcome Letter - Watch the Stitch Lesson — Teazel often wanders through the background - Choose your first small project or creature - Introduce yourself if you’d like — no pressure at all. 🌿 2. Where things live in our cottage - The Sewing Basket → stitches, mending, simple sewing - The Cottage Kitchen → warm, everyday kitchen wisdom - The Snug → soft homemaking and gentle domestic rhythms - The Kitchen Table Crafts → paper, nature, and tiny makes for (or with) little ones - Community → sharing, questions, cosy chats - Announcements → new arrivals and seasonal happenings 🌼 3. How to enjoy this place - Take things slowly - Ask questions anytime - Share your makes — wobbly, wonky, wonderful - Let the rhythm be gentle; this is a calm corner of the internet - And if you ever see a beagle tail in a lesson… that’s just Teazel helping. 🌙 4. What’s coming next More stitching projects, more homemaking lessons, more tiny rituals, all arriving in their own time, like good mail delivered to your door. Welcome to our home. The kettle’s warm, Teazel’s snoring softly, and there’s a chair waiting for you by the window.