Here is a list of traders at the 2016 show.
If you know of a high quality trader which you would like to see at our shows, please let us know.
The Silk Route
Luscious silks in beautiful colours Online shopping with fast mail-order, Trading for 25 years.
Parvabrook Rare Breeds
Fleeces, tops and yarns from rare breed sheep. Knitting kits
21st Century Yarns
Unique hand-dyed yarns, threads, fabrics and designer kits for embroidery. Our beautiful and inspiring colourways are suitable for all creative textile art.
The Old Bookshop
Out of print, second hand and new books on Textiles, including knitting, crochet, weaving and Costume and Fashion including tailoring and jewellery
www.fjwarnes.co.uk
[email protected]
The Sewing Cafe
A social sewing emporium, offering workshop or simply sew by the hour in the social surroundings of the shop.Full of beautiful fabrics and haberdashery.
Bead Éclair
Designer and creator of unique hand stitched jewellery and accessories. Pieces are designed and created by knitting, crocheting and stitching with both sterling silver and jewellery and craft wires. Products for sale include kits for knitting and crochet with wire using my own designs and instructions, sale of craft wire for use in knitting and crochet with wire. Finished stitched and wirework jewellery and accessories, hangings and pictures. Designer and creator on hand for demonstrations, ‘have a go on stall’ and advice on all aspects of knitting and crochet with wire. Examples of current pieces are available on Facebook at Bead Éclair.
The Arty Crafty Place Ltd
Handcarved Indian printing blocks, fabric paints and blank fabric items.
We are working on a fair trade basis with the wood carving artists in rural India to produce traditional Indian and contemporary style printing blocks which you can use to create beautiful hand printed fabrics.
We will be demonstrating on our stand all weekend.
www.theartycraftyplace.co.uk
[email protected]
Leicestershire Craft Centre
Leicestershire Craft Centre – wonderful haven for crafting, sewing and art in the centre of Market Harborough. Offering classes and workshops, crafting supplies, haberdashery and its own line of unique kits.
www.leicestershirecraftcentre.co.uk
[email protected]
The Common Thread
The Common Thread carries a range of hand dyed embroidery threads and silk ribbons, as well as a range of designer embroidery kits in silk ribbon embroidery, stumpwork and counted thread work. We also stock beautiful mother of pearl sewing accessories. My website has only recently been up and running which means that not all of my products are on there. Should you wish to see a bit more of what it is that I do and sell, please go to my Etsy shop www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheCommonThread1
www.thecommonthread.co.uk
[email protected]
Alison Linnell – Feltings
Feltmaker offering workshops in Leicestershire and selling handmade felt goods and felting equipment.
www.feltings.co.uk
www.facebook.com/feltings
Little Gem Felts
We are a husband and wife team who design and make everything we sell. We use Marino and Lamb’s Wool from British Mills. Paul knits the yarn and we make it into felt. I design and add the pictures using needle felting techniques. We then turn our designs into bags, pictures and cases, sewing bags, glasses case etc. We also design and put together needle felting kits of our designs for people to try. Our kits include everything you need to make a picture, bag, purse or tablet case. Lastly we use glass, copper and wood to make buttons.
http://LittleGemFelts.co.uk
[email protected]
Adelaide Walker
British breed wools, including rare breed wool, dyed Merino, dyed Bergschaf and a range of plant and silk fibres for spinning and felt making. Felt making kits for beginners, equipment, books and dyes.
http://www.adelaidewalker.co.uk
[email protected]
Felt Creative
A fantastic selection of recycled sari material, yarn and fibre: perfect for felting, quilting and embroidery.
Also a great range of feltmaking instructions, felting supplies and handmade felt products.
http://www.feltcreative.co.uk
[email protected]
Manfield Crafts
Manfield Crafts specialises in Knitting and Crochet kits, patterns and accessories. Our wooden knitting and crochet kits are unique to Manfield Crafts and have proved very popular.
http://www.manfieldcrafts.wordpress.com
[email protected]
La La with Love
A rainbow of ethically produced natural fibre yarns & spinning fibres with unlimited uses !
Banana & Sari Silks from India & Nepal. 100% Bamboo Yarn from South Africa.
All fair trade & recycled or sustainably sourced. Plant fibres suitable for Vegans.
http://www.lalawithlove.co.uk
[email protected]
The Laughing Cactus
The Laughing Cactus, stocks a collection of handprinted textiles, papers, hand-bound books and limited edition prints. Linocut and screen printed products range from fabrics in assorted sizes for your sewing projects, scarves and table linens to paper stationery, handprinted and hand-bound books, hanging garlands and original prints.
Collections are thoughtfully designed and lovingly handprinted in Mandeep’s Leicester-based home studio. Designs and creations are inspired by natural and organic forms, whether rambling in the great British countryside or immersed in the equatorial environment of her childhood home in Kenya.
Products soon to be stocked at Leicestershire’s Studio NL at Tur Langton and Wistow Gallery. Online collection available soon.
WhiteTree Fabrics
WhiteTree fabrics is an online retail company specialising in dressmaking fabrics and sewing supplies. At the moment, we’re exclusively online and don’t have any stores. We launched in June 2014 and had a successful, busy first year which saw us supplying laces for Series 3 of The Great British Sewing Bee, as well as building a fantastic blog team. We made sure to listen to our customers and discover what they’d like to find in our store that wasn’t already there. Since we launched we’ve added hundreds and hundred of product lines and we continue to grow and add new items every single day.
In our extensive fabric collection, you will find just about every dressmaking material you can think of, including:
Lace, Net, Chiffon, Satin, Tulle, Organdy, Linings, Guipures, Embroidery, Trims, Plain fabrics, Prints, Novelty fabrics, Dancewear, Activewear, Plain Cottons, Printed Cottons, Organic Cottons,
You will find much more instore, including some fantastic brands like Liberty, Tilda, Tilly & The Buttons, Vogue, Prym, Hemline, Gutermann, Clover, YKK, Hobbygift and lots more.
http://www.whitetreefabrics.com
[email protected]
Fi Oberon
Fi Oberon is the author of The Natural World of Needle Felting. Fi has a range of supplies for felters including her filled felting blocks, hand dyed
pre-felt and cotton covered wire.
Agnes Creations
My work is textile-based, using mainly African fabrics.
I make what I call “Fabric Pictures” on foam board, a technique originally from France, and now focus mainly on two subjects: African women and animals.
I have developed a passion for African fabrics and have been collecting fabrics from different origins. I find the vibrant colours and imaginative patterns fascinating.
Inspired by my collection of fabrics, I designed colourful fashion accessories: necklaces, earrings, scarves and bags. They give a bright ethnic touch to outfits.
http://agnescreations.co.uk
[email protected]
Wool Zone
Yarns from leading suppliers including Drops, Opal, West Yorkshire Spinners, Schoppelwolle and Lang plus knitting and crochet kits to create beautiful things for you, your family and your home.
http://www.woolzone.co.uk
[email protected]
Sheep On Mars
We sell kits for art scarves (crochet or knitted); hand-dyed sheep locks; silk voile and scrim for felting; dyes for wool; hand-dyed yarn; and felted goods.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sheeponmars
[email protected]
Knit One
Award winning Leicester yarn shop will have a selection of their best bits!
We’ll be bringing blanket crochet kits, some lovely knitted scarf and snood kits and yarn from Rowan, Rico, and Katia and lots more. ALSO We’ll be running Snood arm knitting classes too.
http://www.knitone.uk.com
[email protected]
TextileGarden
TextileGarden offers a wonderful selection of buttons, shawl pins, ribbons and other clothing / textile adornments. The emphasis is on high quality and great design.
http://www.textilegarden.com
[email protected]
Betty’s Sewing Box
We specialise in vintage fabric & haberdashery.
We make & sell Bespoke kits & unique products from recycled,rescued & preloved fabric mixing them with beautiful new prints .
We have a huge supply of beautiful old embroiderd linens , lace & buttons.
We are passionate about fabrics, haberdashery, sewing & creating beautiful things.
http://www.bettys-sewing-box.co.uk
[email protected]
The Door to the Himalayas
Finest hand embroidered stoles from Srinagar, Kashmir including hand spun PURE PASHMINAS, hand embroidered by the Master Craftsmen of Kashmir.
‘Door to the Himalayas’ is also working with women’s livelihood projects across the Himalayas and the new range of products will be previewed at this event.
http://www.doortothehimalayas.co.uk
Carol Devaney Contemporary Textile Artist (Crafty Carol)
I am a contemporary Textile Artist and describe my work as ‘art with stitch’. My work is always evolving, inspired by the colours of nature as well as the materials I use, materials that would often be thrown away.
I love to recycle as much as possible and use everything and anything in my work ie old paper, used teabags, leaves, fruit netting, plastic bags etc etc.
I sell experimental packs of colour, fabrics, thread, trimmings, art work, framed pictures, pin cushions, book covers, bags and corsages. I am also very generous with my ideas and will pass this on to you.
Bobbins and Buttons
Bobbins and Buttons offers relaxed friendly sewing classes and courses. A selection of high quality fabrics as well as a range of clothing styles which can be bought made to order or made at sewing classes.
http://www.bobbinsnbuttons.co.uk/
Art van Go
An extensive range of creative materials for the mixed-media and textile arts.
Art materials, dyes, papers, fabrics, tools & equipment – it’s all here! 27 years of colour, texture, inspiration and knowledge.
Papers, fabrics, dyes, paints, gels, pigments, mediums & binders, stencils & stamps, tools & brushes ……
Workshops & exhibitions held at The Studios alongside the extensively stocked shop.
Take a virtual tour of The Studios by copying and pasting the link into your browser – https://goo.gl/maps/eScMNGU4dhr
Being Knitterly
Nicki from Being Knitterly is a knit and crochet designer.
Nicki has a range of patterns, kits and tools, as well as offering short courses and workshops.
Crafty Sew & Sew
Crafty Sew&So offers everything a keen stitcher could need, from buttons and zips to designer and top quality dressmaking and quilting fabrics, independent patterns and Brother sewing machines. We also host regular lively and insightful workshops, as well as offering product advice sessions and guest classes from a range of talented tutors.
We’ll be demonstrating the fantastic Brother embroidery machines and many of our other exciting and unique products on our stand at the Big Textile Show 2016! So come and discover a treasure trove of sewing goodies for everyone from beginners to experienced stitchers!
Stitch-Upp
For knitters and crocheters, we have interesting and different carefuly chosen yarns in mostly natural fibres from all around the world, including Adriafil (Italian), Jamiesons (Scottish), Juniper Moon Farm (American), Lotus (Chinese), Manos del Uruguay (Uruguayan!) Navia (Faroese – where’s that?) and Woolyknit (English), together with needles and hooks from Addi (German) and Brittany (American).
For hand stitchers we offer Appletons Tapestry and Crewel Wools (English), and DMC Embroidery Threads (French).
We stock kits for knitters, crocheters, children learning hand stitching and felters.
Our full range is available at our shop on the High Street in Uppingham, Rutland.
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