About us
Kia Ora and welcome to my little business Storm Violet Apparel.
My name is Cattalina Townsley, I am the creative, seamstress and owner of SVA.
I am a mama of three children: B (17y) Storm (6y) and Psalms (1.5y) they are the motivations to what I do and showing them the creations of passion gives me much excitement for their futures too.
Short Story to my business:
Everything in this online store is run solely by myself and all garments are 100% Handmade, one of my main focus and goals behind SVA is to bring out high quality clothing that is unique and stylish with a "wow" factor.
Long Story:
My story began when I fell pregnant at 14yrs of age, had my son at 15yrs and kicked out of home at 16yrs with my son, at 17yrs of age I remember looking at my son and thinking "I'm going to create a better life for you and I'm going to do it doing something that I love- which was/is sewing!" and from that day I had a ten year dream/goal! Fast forward 10yrs and after my daughter turned two years old we were living in Brisbane, Australia and I couldn't bring myself to going back to the workforce to basically work for childcare fees and working for another person so instead I bought a sewing machine, ordered fabrics and made these stylish clothes, took my stock to markets across QLD and found my niche plus met amazing customers who have also turned into friendships, we have been apart of Pacific Runway Fashion Show in Sydney as stallholders, UnSilenced Runway Fashion Show in Rotorua as a designer, many, many kiwi markets across QLD and NZ,
we have been apart of two Fashion Shows at the Historic Village in Tauranga and my two little ones modelled down the runways for both of the later events.
I absolutely love sewing, everything is made in my home with love and care, I am also a qualified garment constructor and some call me a designer but also my kids join in on sewing with me too, they get so excited once they've finished their sewing projects and it makes me happy to give them that experience and also the travelling and meeting people across AU & NZ through my business.