What a day! Over 300 visitors joined us at Empress Mills for our Autumn Sewing Event Day, with guests travelling from across the UK. From international sewing experts & fascinating demonstrations to the launch of Winter Wonderland, take a look back at a wonderful day at Empress!
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It’s back! Tilda Merry Little Christmas is returning for 2027! After completely selling out during pre-order in 2025, Tilda’s first-ever Christmas fabric collection is making history again as their first-ever reprint. Discover what’s coming back!
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Join us for what promises to be one of the biggest Event Days we have put together at Empress – with global sewing experts, live demonstrations, new launches, Winter Wonderland & plenty more! We are incredibly lucky to be welcoming Per from Vlieseline, travelling from Denmark, especially to join us. A genuine global leader on
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Join us for an amazing opportunity to meet one of the UK’s leading Sewing demonstrators, Jennie Rayment. Jennie will be unveiling all new techniques she has been developing alongside Vlieseline (Vilene) for use with their interfacings, including Quilters Grid, Quickscreen Triangle & Bondaweb combined with Lamifix. The finished textile pieces will be perfect for use
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Wallflower is a gorgeous ornamental collection loosely inspired by the Tilda designer’s somewhat romantic take on floral design styles popular in the 1960s and 70s. All prints feature a beautiful colour palette. As always with Tilda, the fabrics are perfect for classic quilts, but also dolls and small figurative appliqués, where the small buttons will
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When it comes to quilt batting, polyester (or “poly”) wadding often gets a bad rap. Whether you’re browsing craft forums or chatting with seasoned stitchers, you’ll likely hear a few recurring myths: “It’s too stiff.” “It’s not breathable.” “It’s not safe for kids.” But are any of these really true? Let’s take a closer look
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Elevate Your Bag Making! We are super excited to invite you to our next Event Day. We will be joined by TV’s incredibly talented Emily from Emi B Designs. Emily will be showcasing how her innovative tools can elevate your bag-making projects and showing you exactly how to use them. Not to mention no end
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The interest is huge in the upcoming Tilda Wallflower Fabric Range. Many have been asking about the project/pattern fabric requirements. We are pleased to make the info available below. We don’t normally pop these on the website as, like Tilda say, they should be used more as a guide than set-in-stone details until the full pattern
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Back by Popular Demand! John Cole Morgan & Janet Kolle both joined us in August. Their demonstrations and information were incredibly well received – we had lots of feedback asking for their return and are delighted to have been able to oblige! There is something for everyone with Two Expert Demonstrators between them covering techniques
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Interest is always huge in a Tilda Fabric Collection and the upcoming Sunday Brinch Range is no different. Many have been asking about the project/pattern fabric requirements. We are pleased to make the info available below. We don’t normally pop these on the website as, like Tilda say, they should be used more as a guide
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