Festival of Quilts 2011

Festival of Quilts @ NEC 11th - 14th August 2011

It's that time of year again, when everyone, who is anyone displays and exhibits at the biggest quilt show in Europe! And of course, Janome is here to help inspire your quilting projects, and find the best sewing machine for your quilting needs. The Janome Horizon continues to be the most popular long arm machine for quilters, and the little portable JP760 is ideal for patchwork and quilters to take to workshops.

Janome works with many patchwork and quilters, and we are proud to display experts work and wish to thank them for all their support, plus many samples made by the wonderful staff at Janome UK.
Exhibitions are the perfect place to see (almost) the full range of Janome machines, from entry level machines, computerised, specialist quilting machines, to automatic embroidery machines and design software, and not forgetting overlocks and coverstitch machines.


Janome sponsor the Contemporary Quilt Competition, and this gorgeous applique quilt won. This one was one of the quilts that caught my eye... all made from hand knitting and then patched together! Isn't it fabulous!
For more information on the Festival of Quilts and dates for next year, check out Twisted Threads website, and you can follow them on Facebook too.

Lesley Brankin exhibits with Iris threads @ Festival of Quilts

Lesley Brankin is a freelance textile designer and can be seen below at The Festival of Quilts with her Janome Horizon. I've just snapped a photo while she was talking a customer through the features and benefits of the Horizon... and honestly, this photo wasn't set up!
Lesley was working on the Iris thread stand, a new cotton quilting thread, which can be purchased through the website below,
http://www.embroideryandquiltingsupplies.co.uk/
Lesley worked with Janome on the Horizon machine and created this wonderful Lollipop Tree Quilt for us to use on the Horizon leaflet and Horizon advertising. Details of the pattern and instructions of how to make a cushion in the same style, can be found on the Janome website, please see the link below,
http://www.janome.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116:lollipop&catid=5:whats-new&Itemid=10 or the link on the left hand side of this blog.


For more information on Lesley Brankin and her quilts, please go to her website below,
http://www.lesleybrankinquilts.co.uk/

A busy start to Festival of Quilts 2010!

The Festival of Quilts 2010 opened yesterday... and I took a quick photo of our new exhibition stand before the crowds arrived!

Exhibitions are a fantastic way to see our range of machines, and we always have a huge selection of samples to inspire you to sew and be creative at home. (I'll upload some more photo's tomorrow some of our samples).

Our team is on hand during the whole of the four day show, and between us, we have experience in all areas of sewing, and are happy to offer advice for anyone thinking of buying a new machine.... and you never know... you might end up taking one home!

To see a list of shows Janome exhibit at please see the link below,
http://www.janome.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66:exhibitions&catid=6:exhibitions&Itemid=11

The Festival of Quilts is a fabulous event for, not only quilters, but general sewers alike. There is a fantastic display of competition entry Quilts, but also, retailers travel from all over the UK and Europe to display and sell their products. Workshops are also ran over the four days, a chance to learn new techniques and play with new quilting and sewing supplies. To find out more information about the Festival, please see the link below,

http://www.twistedthread.com/pages/exhibitions/viewExhibition.aspx?id=25

I will write a few blog entries about the Festival... there is just too much to talk about in one post!