Craft Focus - Feb/Mar (Issue 71)

Show stats • Over 50 per cent of UK craft businesses are represented, with a combined spend of £407 million available. • Nine out of 10 visitors are able to make buying decisions. • 75 per cent of visitors are owners or directors within their business. • Exhibitors will have access to buyers from an estimated 35 countries. This year’s workshop and demonstration programme CHSI Stitches 2019 includes an amazing selection of workshops designed to introduce buyers to the latest new products. Each event is free although booking is required. Look out for: • Easy mixed media with PaperArtsy’s Leandra Franich • Candle-making with Ed Maudling from Eazicandle • Wool embroidery with Alison Moreton and Graeme Knowles-Miller from baa ram ewe • Vintage pow! with Tracy Scott from rubber stamp specialist PaperArtsy • Magic windows cards by Angela Poole • Wool local with Erika Knight • Mixed media techniques with Michelle Johnson from Stix2 • Lampshade-making with Dannells’ Sam Sterken • Make a picture or keyring with Janet Eden from Pixelhobby UK • Nordic knitting with Sari Nordlund from Novita Oy • Infused flowers with Raquel Burillo from PaperArtsy • Dawn Bibby’s 2019 collection • Easter mixed media plaque with Marija Romanenkova from Daily Art • Stix2 calendar workshop • Needle-felted little owl with Steffi Stern from The Makerss • Supersized summer flitters with Kay Carley from PaperArtsy • Pretty Gets Gritty 2019 by Lynette Jasper • A Tag Full of Yum with Jo Firth-Young from PaperArtsy Craft Focus Stand G30 craftfocus.com Don’t forget to visit Tracy and Andrea on the Craft Focus stand for all the latest news and gossip from the craft and hobby sector. Visitors can sign up for a regular copy of our bi-monthly magazine or any other trade publication in the KD Media Publishing portfolio. craft focus 57