{"id":135558,"date":"2024-10-24T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T11:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/?p=135558"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:30:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:30:53","slug":"november-event-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/november-event-day\/","title":{"rendered":"November Event Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free Prosecco and Sewing Demonstrations &#8211; heaven!<\/p>\n<p>It is our pleasure to invite you to the Empress November Event Day!<br \/>\nJoin us for Prosecco, Nibbles and of course Sewing Demonstrations at Empress HQ.<\/p>\n<p>For amazing demonstrations, we are delighted to be welcoming the super talented, TV Sewing Guru &#8211; Anthea Venn of Quilting Antics! Focusing on Bag Making and Creative Applique to enhance your projects (but there is more read on!).<\/p>\n<h3>When<\/h3>\n<p>Saturday 2nd November. 10am \u2013 3.30pm<\/p>\n<h3>Where<\/h3>\n<p>Empress Mills (1927) Ltd., Empress Street, Colne, BB8 9HU<\/p>\n<p>Full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/visiting\">How To Find Us<\/a>\u00a0Info Here.<\/p>\n<h3>What To Expect<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Free Prosecco or Orange Juice with your Empress Card (you can register free on the day).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1000s Of Fabrics &amp; Notions<\/li>\n<li>Brand New Quilting &amp; Apparel Ranges<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive Offers \u2013 across various fabrics &amp; notions<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrations: Anthea Venn &#8211; Quilting Antics<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrations: Christine Driver \u2013 Empress Mills<\/li>\n<li>Free To Enter Competitions \u2013 including a Bag Making Hamper, Empress Gift Card &amp; Fabric Bundle!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Anthea Venn \u2013 Quilting &amp; Creative Stitching<\/h3>\n<p>Anthea is an experienced stitcher, designer, pattern writer and Sewing TV personality having regularly appeared on Hochanda and Create &amp; Craft.<\/p>\n<p>On the day, Anthea will be covering a variety of techniques including <strong>Bag-Making<\/strong>, associated notions and the effective use of <strong>Creative Applique<\/strong> to enhance your bag, quilt, wallhangings &amp; other projects.<\/p>\n<p>She specialises in the use of Boiled Wools, Tweeds &amp; Quilting Fabrics to create amazing applique works but also uses other materials to wonderful effect. Not only that, Anthea further enhances the bags &amp; appliques with foam stabilisers to add structure to the bags and 3d finishes to the projects. Look out for an amazing day!<\/p>\n<p>Overall you can expect<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bag Making<\/li>\n<li>Creative Applique Techniques<\/li>\n<li>Foam Uses for bag making &amp; applique enhancement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite her vast skill set Anthea is a down-to-earth personality who we are sure you will get on like a house on fire. Come with your questions &amp; she will be delighted to help!<\/p>\n<p>Take a peek at Anthea&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltingantics.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quilting Antics Site<\/a> here to get a feel for just some of her work!<\/p>\n<h3>Christine Driver \u2013 Bag Making &amp; New Arrivals<\/h3>\n<p>An eclectic mix of demos with a general focus on bag making but also taking in new arrivals and some popular items including Grippy (for use with rulers &amp; cutters), new Vlieseline interfacings and more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<h3>What Are People Saying?<\/h3>\n<p>Not visited us before? We think you will have a great time.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t just take our word for it &#8211; read some of the splendid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/empress-warehouse-shop-reviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warehouse Shop Reviews Here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Prosecco and Sewing Demonstrations &#8211; heaven! 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