Brother Sewing UK

In today's Dealer Focus, we visit Sew Something in Northampton, a community sewing centre with workshops, machines and all sorts of sewing supplies . A passion sewing, quilting and crafting in Northampton Sew Something opened in February 2015. After a rather bumpy 2014 for founder Cathie, the decision to open a sewing shop happened over the Atlantic Ocean, on a flight from New York back home to the UK. She came to the conclusion it was time to do something that would bring more joy and passion into her life, and realised that anything to do with sewing was the way to go. Sew Something prides itself in providing customers with a personal and friendly service. Staff love the fact that many of their regulars proudly bring back their finished projects, sharing what they've sewn! An extensive stock of quality sewing products The store sells quality fabrics and accessories including zips, threads, Simplicity sewing patterns and ribbons. Beginning with fabrics and...

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. As the ultimate patchwork and quilting experience, we set up shop at the Brother stand this year at Birmingham's NEC between August 9th-12th, and while it was a busy weekend, we had a few moments to wander around – here are some of the interesting exhibits we found. Entitled 'Hickory Dickory Dock', this wonderful quilted Cuckoo Clock really stood out! A remarkable piece, it was made by the Burgess Hill Girls, aged 12 to 16, and  was Highly Commended in the Secondary School category. We especially like the Cukcoo peaking out from behind it'...

Brother Sewing UK recently visited the Sewing for Pleasure event at the Birmingham NEC event, 15018th March 2018. Here is our review. Unleash the creativity within you at Sewing for Pleasure – if sewing, knitting and patchwork are your passions, this spring visit the ultimate stitchers’ paradise – with all the latest supplies and ideas including must-have fabrics, fabulous yarns, patterns and threads; plus plenty to inspire and help refine your craft, including hands-on workshops, demonstrations and a chance to speak with the experts – you’re sure to leave with your imagination ignited with inspirational ideas! We were at Sewing for Pleasure for the last few days. Thank you all for visiting and sharing your sewing passion with us. It was certainly a busy show - with lots of you popping over to say hi! We didn't have much time to wander around this year, but below are a few things that really stood out for us at the show. This wonderful piece of art entitled 'Lion...

The Brother Innov-is VQ2 from Jaycotts . I recently spent a day at Jaycotts finding out from owners of this wonderful machine just what it is that excites them so much. What became obvious very quickly was the tremendous amount of enthusiasm and passion for this machine shown by both owners and staff, so I had to find out more! I interviewed the group of  Jaycotts customers who all own this fabulous machine and have put their comments and thoughts together so that you can see it through their eyes Quilt by Sue from Liberty Bell Chester Ann has been sewing all her life and has not had the VQ2 for very long so she is still learning. She loves the electronic side of it, in particular, the extra-large colour touch screen which is so easy to use. All Ann needs to do is to simply touch the screen to edit stitches, customise the settings, change to one of 13 built-in languages and set the clock. She also loves the on-screen video tutorials and built-in tutorials ...

The Great British Sewing Bee LIVE is an event for anyone with a love of dressmaking, textiles, fashion and tailoring. The show hosts hundreds of workshops, demonstrations, fashion galleries, catwalk shows, drop-in clinics and a celebrity super theatre, as well as over 200 loved exhibitors selling specialist dressmaking and textile supplies. Spend a day re-stocking your material stash, learning to sew, master the art of dressmaking, see the judges and contestants from the TV programme plus so much more. In association with 'K+L', there was an opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the creations from the 4 series of Great British Sewing Bee. A collection of the most stunning, stand-out and some of the most bizarre designs from the programme! ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS - CREATING THE COSTUME! The University of East London (UEL) 2nd year students had the amazing opportunity to work with costume designers on the set of Absolutely Fabulous - The Movie. Th...