04/06/2026
🧵✨ Meet the woman who was born to create!
At Limboland Stitch Creations in Ellesmere Market Hall, you'll find the wonderfully talented Pam Morris surrounded by a riot of colour and imagination. From beautifully crafted bags and purses to glasses cases, quilts and unique handmade gifts, every piece is stitched with skill and love.
"I've always sewn. I can't remember a time when I didn't have a needle in my hand," says Pam.
"My mother was what I called a village dressmaker, and she was always making something for somebody.
“It rubbed off on me. I’ve always knitted, embroidered, sewn – done it all!”
At Limboland Stitch Creations Handmade bags you will find Pam busy at her sewing machine conjuring up unique bags, purses, glass cases, small quilts and gifts. And everywhere you look is colour. “I’m particularly inspired by colour,” she says.
She will take on the occasional commission for customers who want more unusual items. Recently she came to the rescue of a lovely young man who wanted his favourite iconic patch neatly stitched onto his rucksack.
Pam had a career working in hospitals and care homes for much of her working life, but always found time to stitch, knit, embroider and create. Back in the ‘80s she ran a knitting wool stall in Oswestry for a couple of years too.
In 1996, the loss of a dear friend, inspired Pam to do enrol on a City & Guilds course in Creative Design and Embroidery at Shrewsbury College. She did the course part-time over six years, while working at the same time, and also completed a teaching certificate so she could pass on her skills to others.
She then taught an adult City & Guilds course in Creative Design and Hand and Machine Embroidery at Oswestry College for a decade.
For four years she was also part of an exhibiting group which exhibited all over the country from Harrogate and Halifax to Brighton and the NEC in Birmingham.
When husband Geoff retired from a career in engineering they pursued his dream of living in Greece. They bought a lorry on Ebay and an olive grove on the island of Rhodes. They lived in the lorry and enjoyed the life of Greek olive growers, on the edge of a mountain, for four-and-a-half years before Geoff sadly passed away.
“We saw a different side of life and Geoff absolutely loved it. He really wanted to do it. It was his dream,” says Pam.
Pam return to Shropshire six months later and built a new life for herself.
Four years ago she began selling her handmade products in Ellesmere Market on craft Saturdays. Then, last September, she took the plunge to be a full-time stallholder here - trading on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
“I love it. I love the market. It’s my happy place. We’re all friends here,” she says.
Pam has just moved her stall location to the entrance of the market and has big plans for her new retail space. She also plans to teach regular creative workshops. So watch this space!
