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Mouseloft has some lovely new counted cross stitch designs for spring in its new 'Tiddlers', 'Stitchlets' and 'Paw Prints' collections. Mouseloft is a small family company, that has been designing and making its own pocket money kits in Cheshire since 1996. Mouseloft sells mostly to small sewing and crafting shops. These kits all contain the following: aida fabric, threads, needle and instructions. They're the perfect size to let you sew a lovely little picture in an evening!
Posted: 14 April 2022
In hot sunshine, rather than Glasgow's usual inclement January weather, Scotland's Trade Fair returned to the SEC in Glasgow with a fantastic range of suppliers and products.
Buyers were delighted with the quality of products, the huge number of new suppliers and the general level of innovation and originality of products. And being back at an in-person Show was widely welcomed by visitors as they could see and touch the products and connect with the suppliers in person.
Yvonne Carr, Visit Scotland Buyer said: "This Show is so important for us to source and support Scottish producers and we have loved seeing so many new companies. The Show is just not long enough for us to complete all our buying!"
Posted: 13 April 2022
Jakar International will be taking to London Stationery Show its extensive range of Jakar art, craft and stationery materials as well as Caran d'Ache artist materials and colour products. The company has just introduced three different types of spiral bound, micro perforated artwork pads, sketching, drawing and painting, with 12 different front covers, four designs per type. Jakar is also excited about its new range of eight artwork sketch books with hard and flexible covers, 192 pages, case bound. The eco-friendly range of stationery products now includes wooden rulers and pencil sharpeners as well as rulers and sharpeners made from recycled and bio-based materials.
Posted: 12 April 2022
The very first Crafterama @ Alexandra Palace in London, originally planned for 2020, took place on 12-13th March, 2022. The show was a great success with lots of demonstrations and make and takes running throughout the weekend. The show included art stamps, die cutting, card & paper, glitter art, needle felting plus more crafting goods. Alexandra Palace is a beautiful and iconic venue overlooking London with lots of parking and wonderful views. A lovely place to visit! The 2023 dates have already been set - 11-12th March - when the event will be even bigger and better.
Posted: 8 April 2022
The very best of British designer makers are getting ready for this important trade exhibition with the return of the British Craft Trade Fair (BCTF) to the Yorkshire Event Centre in Harrogate from 10-12 April. One of a kind in the trade exhibition calendar for its exclusive dedication to handmade British crafts, BCTF will showcase an exceptional array of design talent from across the crafting spectrum of ceramics, glasswork, fine art, cards and stationery, fashion accessories, textiles and soft furnishings, home fragrance products, spectacular hand-crafted Jewellery and more.
Posted: 7 April 2022
Crochet is by far the most popular craft on Instagram, a new study has revealed. The study, conducted by creative resource expert Design Bundles, analyzed crafts that are possible to practice at home and counted how many times the hashtag has been posted on the trendy social platform. The popular craft crochet comes in first with an overwhelming popularity, as the hashtag #crochet registers a huge 40,662,676 posts, almost double the number of the runner up.
Posted: 5 April 2022
Announcing The Big Sew Off. Sew Over It, one of the UK's popular sewing communities are sewing for 24 hours non-stop this May to raise money for mental health charity Mind.
The Big Sew Off takes place on Thursday 12th May, 2022. Lisa Comfort, founder of Sew Over It, and the team will be sewing for 24 hours from a sewing hub in London donated by Workspace. Other sewing businesses, personalities and sewing Instagrammers will be joining the sewathon in the capital or from their own hubs around the UK.
Posted: 31 March 2022
The Festival of Quilts, Europe's leading patchwork and quilting event, is proud to announce highlights of this year's exciting gallery line-up which features work by internationally-acclaimed artists Michael A. Cummings and Danny Amazonas, African-American Quilts from the Cargo Collection at the International Quilt Museum, and quilts from the Roderick Kiracofe Collection.
The Festival takes place from 18th-21st August 2022 at the NEC Birmingham and features more than 700 competition quilts, an extensive programme of workshops, Academy classes, talks and lectures, more than 200 specialist craft retailers, and a Product Stage offering top tips and advice from brand ambassadors, experts and quilting VIPs. Online ticket sales open on 14th April (6th April for members of The Quilters' Guild).
Posted: 29 March 2022
CHSI Stitches 2022 saw a strong turnout, innovative new products from leading brands and high-profile speakers at its first post-pandemic show at the NEC in February.
The show, the first since February 2020, drew leading creative craft brands, showcasing new ranges, many of which were being displayed for the first time in person since the pandemic started.
The show saw new retailers attending the show for the first time, reflecting the growth in craft during the pandemic.
Independent retailer from Warrington, Stitch Station, was launched by Diane Hughes five months ago after lockdown. She was one of the many new businesses to attend the trade show.
Posted: 25 March 2022
This morning, the ONS (Office for National Statistics) published data showing the volume of UK high street retail footfall in the week to 19 March 2022 increased by 4 per cent from the previous week and was 83 per cent of the level seen in the equivalent week of 2019. Government High Streets Task Force expert and ShopAppy founder, Dr Jackie Mulligan, had this to say...
Posted: 24 March 2022
