The Festival of Quilts is Europe’s leading patchwork and quilting event attracting 24,000 quilters from all over the world. The show is a celebration of quilting in all its forms, with over 300 exhibitors offering essential supplies, professionally curated galleries of quilts from leading international makers, 350 workshops, talks and demos plus a magnificent display of over 700 competition quilts. It is the ultimate patchwork and quilting experience.
Urbanstax will be on stand I22 with a whole bunch of new wax prints, batiks and shweshwe fabric from West and South Africa. We also have some new wax prints from Tanzania which are even more gorgeous to behold in person. Come and check us out!
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Festival of Quilts, 2018
The Festival of Quilts is Europe’s leading patchwork and quilting event attracting 24,000 quilters from all over the world. The show is a celebration of quilting in all its forms, with over 300 exhibitors offering essential supplies, professionally curated galleries of quilts from leading international makers, 350 workshops, talks and demos plus a magnificent display of over 700 competition quilts. It is the ultimate patchwork and quilting experience.
Urbanstax will be on stand I22 with a whole bunch of new wax prints, batiks and shweshwe fabric from West and South Africa. We also have some new wax prints from Tanzania which are even more gorgeous to behold in person. Come and check us out!
WHEN: 9th to 12th August, 2018
WHERE: NEC, Birmingham
SHOW OPENING TIMES
THURSDAY 9th August: 10.00 AM to 5.30 PM
FRIDAY 10th August: 10.00 AM to 5.30 PM
SATURDAY 11th August: 10.00 AM to 5.30 PM
SUNDAY 12th August: 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM
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