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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May Sewing Event Day!
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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We are delighted to share some exciting news from Empress HQ! With a major reorganisation underway we are moving warehouse to fully maximise 20,000sq ft of space for expanding stock, more fabrics, haberdashery & notions. The move will free up lots of space in the Empress Sewing Centre meaning we can dedicate all 5000sq ft
Continue reading »The Festival Of Quilts | All You Need To Know
The Festival Of Quilts – Europe’s premier quilting event. Learn more about this fabulous event which sees over 700 competition quilts displayed, exclusive curated galleries built, 300+ specialists exhibitors gather and 25000 visitors! Join the Empress team at the 2016 Festival Of Quilts – sewing paradise awaits!
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Well, nearly a full year has passed since last year’s event and preparations for the Festival Of Quilts 2016 are hotting up Mum & I have stand plans and drawings all over the dining room table and are already planning fabric ranges, samples & more. Register for
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