About

Croft Design is owned and run by Brendon and Julie Quinn. They started the business in 1992 at their home in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. They moved the business to the Bull Ring, in Much Wenlock in 1995. In 2012 the business moved to Barrow Street and finally to its current home 22 Barrow Street.

Croft Design aim to offer high quality and unique design in the service of the church, through experience and reverence of what has gone before and also the embracing of contemporary ideas and technologies.

Brendon

Brendon is the managing director and deals with the day to day running of the company.

He is actively involved in the life of Much Wenlock Parish Church, where he has served twice as Churchwarden and is currently Director of Music. He studied music at Birmingham University gaining an honours degree in music with an emphasis on composition of church music. He was awarded the Archbishops' Certificate in Church Music in 1995 and received a Special Service Certificate from the RSCM in 2021.

Julie

Julie is the artistic director and oversees the manufacturing side of the company.

Julie completed her honours degree in embroidered textiles in 1991 and has both secular and religious embroidered pieces commissioned worldwide.

She is also a very active member of Much Wenlock Parish Church, singing in the choir.

Clare

Clare is our sewing room main seamstress, making many of the cassocks and surplices that we supply.

Kirsty

Kirsty joined us as an apprentice and is now a valuable fulltime member of staff in our sewing room. She has a degree in Fashion and Textiles and is very talented, working mainly on designs for new commissions and embroideries.

Pat

Pat works in the gift shop side of the business and always has a friendly word or two for the customers.

Julie 2

Julie works in the gift shop side of the business and tries her hardest to keep Brendon organised.