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 Returns for 2027!
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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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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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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Join us for an inspirational day of sewing with industry leader Stuart Hillard. A little different to our past events this super day will be split into two distinct sections: • The Morning – A ticketed Audience With Stuart • The Afternoon – A free access Meet & Greet, Book Signing & two fabulous Demonstrations!
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The team at Empress cordially invite you to the Empress Christmas Party! Expect a Free Sewing Gift for everyone, Free Prosecco, Festive Sewing Demonstrations & More! For amazing demos, we are delighted to be welcoming the super-talented, TV Sewing Guru – Anthea Venn! In addition, we are welcoming Sharron Belcher, the Bosal UK & European
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Free Prosecco and Sewing Demonstrations – heaven! It is our pleasure to invite you to the Empress November Event Day! Join us for Prosecco, Nibbles and of course Sewing Demonstrations at Empress HQ. For amazing demonstrations, we are delighted to be welcoming the super talented, TV Sewing Guru – Anthea Venn of Quilting Antics! Focusing
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World Bamboo Day! With Bamboo Jerseys, Towelling, Wadding & Fabric we have a super range of Bamboo Textiles for you. The fabrics cover a range of uses from quilting to dressmaking, apparel, towelling & more! But – what makes Bamboo ideal for textiles: 🌿 Incredibly soft 🌿 Stable & washable 🌿 Temperature regulating 🌿 Naturally
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