{"id":29064,"date":"2016-06-22T00:34:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T00:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/m2dev.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/?p=29064"},"modified":"2016-07-09T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T12:12:44","slug":"festival-quilts-2016-need-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/festival-quilts-2016-need-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The Festival Of Quilts | All You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #a4894e;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Empress-Team-Festival-Of-Quilts-Close-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"Empress Team Festival Of Quilts Close\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Empress-Team-Festival-Of-Quilts-Close-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Empress-Team-Festival-Of-Quilts-Close-114x87.jpg 114w, https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Empress-Team-Festival-Of-Quilts-Close.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Festival Of Quilts Event &#8211; Key Info<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The most amazing quilting event of the year!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Halls 7, 8 &amp; 9 \u00a0| \u00a0NEC, Birmingham, England<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong>\u00a011th &#8211; 14th August 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Empress Stands:<\/strong>\u00a0G30, G31, G32 &amp; G37<\/li>\n<li><strong>Register For:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/foq-nec-show-registration\/\">Pre Show Info &amp; Offers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As Europe&#8217;s premier quilting event the Festival Of Quilts is a celebration of the art and a great shopping event rolled into one fantastic show. It features over 700 competition quilts &amp; a host of specially curated galleries from internationally renowned stitch artists.<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t resist Sewing Retail Therapy? &#8211; Then the Festival is &#8216;THE&#8217; place to be. With over 300 exhibitors (including us) you can find everything from the latest designs through to haberdashery essentials.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #a4894e;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FOQ-2015-Stand-Post-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Festival Of Quilts Stand 2015 Post\" width=\"312\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FOQ-2015-Stand-Post-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FOQ-2015-Stand-Post-114x65.jpg 114w, https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FOQ-2015-Stand-Post.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/>The Empress Stands<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We would love to meet you at the Festival, the Empress Stand Numbers are:<br \/>\n<strong>G30, G31, G32 &amp; G37<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As our main show of the year we go all out to bring you a stunning range of fabric, sewing threads &amp; waddings plus plenty of inspiration including samples and Empress Demo space!<\/p>\n<p>We have four stands, each with their own specialism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sewing Threads &#8211; the largest thread range at the show! All the quilting &amp; creative threads you could need!<\/li>\n<li>Fabrics &#8211; The latest quilt fabric designs and an ecclectic mix of other quirky creative ranges!<\/li>\n<li>Waddings &#8211; Huge range of quilt waddings from leading suppliers (Vilene, Bosal &amp; Warm Company)<\/li>\n<li>Classics &#8211; Calicos, extra wides, fleeces, block colour plains, Egyptian cottons &amp; more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When visitng the stands be sure to say hello! We are a friendly bunch and love meeting people. The Empress Festival team this year is: Anna, Aunty Jane, Christine (Mum), Fern, Jennifer, Louisa, Vikki, Jamie &amp; Charles (me!).<\/p>\n<p>Remember we are on stands:\u00a0<strong>G30, G31, G32 &amp; G37!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Register for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/foq-nec-show-registration\/\">Empress Pre Show Welcome Pack<\/a> to receive exclusive Festival Of Quilts offers, samples, &amp; more.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #a4894e;\">Getting To The Event<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The NEC is a great place to reach whether you are travelling by road, rail or air. Head to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk\/getting-to-the-nec\" target=\"_blank\">Festival Of Quilts NEC Website<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to add a list of coach companies who are running trips to The Festival very soon. In the meantime the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk\/getting-to-the-nec\" target=\"_blank\">FOQ Website<\/a> is the best place for more info.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29078 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Festival-Of-Quilts-Opening-Morning-Post.jpg\" alt=\"Festival Of Quilts Opening Morning - Post\" width=\"719\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Festival-Of-Quilts-Opening-Morning-Post.jpg 921w, https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Festival-Of-Quilts-Opening-Morning-Post-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Festival-Of-Quilts-Opening-Morning-Post-114x45.jpg 114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #a4894e;\">Heading to The Festival Of Quilts? Let Us Know!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you are heading to the show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/foq-nec-show-registration\/\">Let Us Know<\/a>. We will enter you in a draw for one of Five \u00a325.00 Vouchers and will send you our\u00a0Empress Pre Show Welcome Pack<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium\" style=\"background-color: #a4894e; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.empressmills.co.uk\/sewing-news\/foq-nec-show-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-fasc-style=\"background-color:#a4894e;color:#ffffff;\">Let Us Know If You Are Visiting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Festival Of Quilts &#8211; Europe&#8217;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 &#8211; sewing paradise awaits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":29088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,1054],"tags":[1055],"class_list":["post-29064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sewing-shows-events","tag-festival-of-quilts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Festival Of Quilts 2016 - All You Need To Know<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Info on Europe&#039;s leading premier quilting event of the year - The Festival Of Quilts at the NEC Birmingham. 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