1.0Storieshttps://stories.qvcuk.comKealan Duignanhttps://stories.qvcuk.com/author/kealan-duignan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HQoGsUk30k"><a href="https://stories.qvcuk.com/living/kealan-duignan/inside-qvc-podcast-episode-190-julie-bates/">Inside QVC Podcast Episode 190 – Julie Bates</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://stories.qvcuk.com/living/kealan-duignan/inside-qvc-podcast-episode-190-julie-bates/embed/#?secret=HQoGsUk30k" width="600" height="338" title="“Inside QVC Podcast Episode 190 – Julie Bates” — Stories" data-secret="HQoGsUk30k" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://stories.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Julie-Bates.png14401028Will Gowing speaks to the founder of Peony Faux Flowers, Julie Bates. Julie tells Will about some of the challenges of launching Peony Faux Flowers in the early days, getting the seal of approval from some very well-known faces and the Peony design process.