Fenny Poppers Festival and the Festival of Quilts

What a week! - it was always going to be busy with the NEC running Thursday to Sunday and then the Fenny Poppers Festival also on Sunday. We had a great time! the NEC was wonderful as ever with a feast of beautiful quilts on display and loads of shopping opportunities. It was great to see some familiar faces who popped by - Margaret and Selma who came on our retreat earlier in the year.

I also met a group of Belgian quilters, their group leader Brigitte had contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I would be able to do a workshop for them on the Sunday in Fenny Stratford, on their way to catch the Ferry home. This was all hush-hush as I kept meeting them during the days at the NEC but was not allowed to say anything as it was to be a surprise. So at 11am I stood waving a hastily constructed Belgian flag to guide their coach to its parking spot. The quilters had been told about 30 minutes before that they were coming to me for a class and that there was a festival in progress! The street was full of people - see the photos on the fenny poppers website - http://www.fennyfestival.org.uk/

We set up the 'classroom' on the pavement outside the shop and did the class there, making a lovely candlewicked bag. Many thanks to my customers who turned up to help and welcome the visitors, Glynis, Gwen, Freya, Elaine and Michelle. A big thank you also to Kath who was working in the shop and was kept very busy!

Inge has written about their trip on her blog http://chevremont.web-log.nl

Patchwork Workshop Passport

Our Workshop Passport is proving a great success - and no wonder, our customers are loving the fact that they can make a one off payment and then book as many patchwork and quilting classes as they like for free.

The way this works is - you buy a passport for just £50 and then book in for any of our workshops where it says ' Passport applies'. So long as you turn up for the class there is no further payment ( we reserve the right to charge if you do not attend the class for any reason as you may have prevented another person from attending).

That's it - there are no catches - we worked out that if you attended every class available you would save in excess of £900 on class fees!

The only problem with this is that classes are being booked up very quickly, we shall endeavor to repeat classes where there is high demand, so if you want to book your workshops we suggest you book as soon as possible.

Book your Passport and Workshops here
http://www.threadsandpatches.co.uk/acatalog/Workshops-Clubs-and-Retreats.html