Hello, wonderful sewing enthusiasts!

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Our summertime break officially kicks off after our last Zoom workshop on Saturday 21 June 2025 and we commence classes once again in September 2025. In past years we've felt the long stretch without your lovely faces and the joy of sewing leaves us feeling a bit empty, like something's missing! So we’re thrilled to announce our very first Online Summer Fete Day to break up the drought!

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Join us for a fabulous afternoon filled with Fun, Learning, Chat and Engagement with fellow students. Not only can you meet and sewalong with some friendly faces, but we’re also bringing in some of your favourite talented quilters including: Nicholas Ball, Trudi Wood, Sarah Payne, Kate Sandford, and Sarah Hibbert who will all be popping in for a while to share their expertise and maybe even sew alongside you all!

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We're also delighted to announce that Stephanie Hackney (Director of Sales & Marketing, Craft & Retail of Hobbs Bonded Fibers: pictured above) has agreed to deliver a 90-minute interactive Lecture entitled 'Batting: What's Inside Matters!' between 2.00-3.30pm on that same day - how fabulous does all this sound?!

 

Stephanie's lecture offers quilters and other creatives a chance to learn all about fibers/fibres and batting.

 

The lecture covers:-

• the questions we ask quilters to assist them in narrowing down the many batting choices to what’s ‘best’ for achieving the results they desire;

• the various fibre/fiber types, the pros (and potential cons) of each type;

• what we recommend for specific use cases (modern quilts, charity quilts, art quilts, wall hangings, runners, throws, etc.)

• proper use and care of battings and quilts;

• tips and tricks for best results

• bearding: how to prevent it, and how to fix it if it happens 

• oh, and in case you were wondering we'll also have more than a bit of fun!

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We'll have a brief Q&A session at the end of the lecture, at which time Stephanie will be happy to answer anything that might not have been covered during the lecture.

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Stephanie Hackney is responsible for sales of Hobbs’ craft & retail products, and for all marketing activities centred around the Hobbs Batting brand, including educating quilters and other creatives on the products Hobbs manufactures.

 

Stephanie has shared her batting expertise through in-person lectures at most major quilt industry events, including Quilt Market, AQS Paducah and QuiltCon, and she has shared it virtually via Zoom more than 200 times in just the last 2+ years. Stephanie has extensive experience in brand management, sales, marketing strategy and execution, and event production across a variety of industries; has served in numerous retail sales and management roles and enjoys giving back through non-profit fundraising.

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There won’t be a Zoom 'Waiting Room' for this event so once you grab your ticket, and we open the door, you can jump into the Zoom session and leave whenever you like and return again as much as you like between the hours of 1.00pm and 6.00pm. Throughout the afternoon, there will be exciting Prizes to win and plenty of encouragement to ensure you have a fantastic time. You can ask our wonderful teachers questions and get as much sewing help as you would like.

 

All of this can be yours for a donation of just £10.00! We can’t wait to see you there. Let’s make this summer memorable together!

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Happy sewing everyone!...

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​Tickets for this 2025 Online Summer Fete Day (via the Zoom platform) will be limited & allocated on a first-come/first-served basis! The ticket price of £10.00 is based on ONE person attending the 2025 Online Summer Fete Day.

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This CraftyMonkies Online Interactive Event is being broadcast from the United Kingdom and the class time given is based on British Summer Time (BST). We advise you check via Google Search (or similar) to see corresponding start-time in YOUR location!

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Please note: This class is NOT being recorded. There will be NO recording sent out after class. It's simply a live event only.