Craft Focus - Feb/Mar (Issue 65)

EDUCATION TO LOOK FORWARD TO AT CHSI STITCHES: THE LEARNING ZONE Visitors can familiarise themselves with the newest products and techniques with the packed programme of workshops, demonstrations and presentations, which run every day at the show. WORKSHOPS The superb selection of free workshops are designed to introduce retailers to new products and provide the hands-on experience, skills and knowledge they need to sell craft to their customers. The workshops are delivered by a host of experts and top names within the industry. Bookings do need to be made in advance and for more information visit the workshops section of the CHSI website. HERE’S AN A-Z OF WHAT WORKSHOPS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS ARE ON OFFER AT THIS YEAR’S SHOW: WORKSHOPS • A Vintage Voyage with PaperArtsy • Craft Buddy and Dawn Bibby with Craft Buddy Ltd • Craft Buddy Crystal Cards and Art with Craft Buddy Ltd • Decopatch Workshop with Exaclair Ltd • Decorative Utopia Crochet Table mat with Cygnet Yarns Ltd • Diamond painting kits – How to make it work with Artibalta • Dreamy Big Blooms with PaperArtsy • Explore the World of Powertex with Powertex • Making and creating with Trimcraft • Melt & Mould Foam with Stix2 • Minimal Vintage Bliss with PaperArtsy • PaperArtsy Make and Take Drop In with PaperArtsy • Pinty Plus spray chalk paint with Novasol Spray UK • Retro Bouquet with PaperArtsy • Scrumptious Spunbond with Freudenberg Vlieseline • Spring has Sprung with PaperArtsy • Stumpwork starter with Dizzy & Creative • The cake’s on me with PaperArtsy • Tools of the Trade with Stix2 • Weaving Worry-free: bracelet and mini looms from Purl & Loop with Octagon Distribution • Wreath Decoration with crochet flowering with Cygnet Tarns Ltd DEMONSTRATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS • Flat Out Fabulous: Flatter starch- free smoothing spray for quilters and dressmakers with Octagon Distribution • Introducing The Lap App and The Stitch App with The Lap App Store • Lampshade Making with Needcraft Kits with Dannells – Martin Dannell & Co Ltd • Luxury Laundry: Blocking knitwear with Soak, Cocoknits and Lazadas with Octagon Distributon • PANNA Living Picture ribbon embroidery kits with Gamma TH JSC • Peppy patchwork-style appliqué kits for children with Gamma TH JSC • Sewing Bin Making with Needcraft Kits with Dannells – Martin Dannell & Co Ltd • TAGIT – one stop shop for Labelling, marking and hemming by Jenni Taylor with Korbond Group • Textile Wall Art with Needcraft Kits with Dannells – Martin Dannell & Co Ltd • When light matters with The Daylight Company Ltd • Woolla kits for wool-based crafts with Gamma TH JSC CRAFT FOCUS Stand J31 craftfocus.com And of course, don’t forget to come and see Tracy and Andrea on the Craft Focus stand for all the latest news and gossip from the craft and hobby sector and to sign up for a regular copy of the magazine or any other trade publications in the KD Media Publishing portfolio. craftfocus 47 CHSI show preview