The Festival of Quilts last weekend at the NEC Birmingham
was a colourful and impressive show. The show took up two massive arena halls
and had a presentation of over a thousand quilts. The rooms were packed
full of buttons, threads, fabric, sewing machines (some very impressive) and
enthusiastic craft lovers.
This was the first show for Claire, Charlie and Harriet the
new members of Team Toft. It was a wonderful show and we all thoroughly
enjoyed meeting everyone who came to say hello to us.
As ever the Toft Stand was full of bulb bag kits, yarn and our
softer than soft teddy bears (which people just had to stop and touch).
We also took our 20% summer sale with us, ponchos, cross over dresses and
snoods which proceeded to fly off the stand. We did however, manage to
get some time to have a wander and pick up a few treats for ourselves.
Claire was able to meet Kaffe Fassett, she brought his new
autobiography and got it signed too which was a highlight for her. The
Cotton Patch stand was gorgeous, full of colour and patchwork kits
including Kaffe Fasset and Amy Butler.
Magee was an exciting find of tweed patch work kits, they
are Ireland based company but the colours of the tweed were beautiful. Fabric
Galore were selling Liberty Fabrics showing off there attractive designs and
even had some Manolo Blahnik fabric for sale (not for long we’re sure).
The amount of fabric showcased was amazing!
The four days were very exciting for us at Toft we always
enjoy meeting new and existing customers and helping them get on to the next
Toft kit. As always it was a pleasure to meet some new customers who found us
for the first time at this show.
We are looking forward to next year’s show already.
Look out for Toft coming to a venue near you, next stop Manchester 13th
to 16th September.
