http://www.safabrics.com en-gb safabrics.com 2008-9-5T00:00:00Z safabrics.com http://www.safabrics.com/page15.htm#28623 Well the Festival of Quilts 2008 has come and gone so quickly And what a tremendous learning curve for us. This was our very first quilting exhibition and we had jumped in at the deep end with the biggest. The preparation had seemed nerve wracking and endless and yet the Festival itself seemed to last no time at all. From setup on Wednesday through to breakdown on Sunday night seemed to pass in no time at all. Recollections of being an exhibitor in other industries were of tedious foot aching days waiting for it to end. Not so the Festival of Quilts. There was a continuous stream of genuinely interested people who were keen to ask questions and share experience both visitors and other exhibitors. And from all parts of the world too. Our little stand was often overwhelmed with people with inquisitive expressions wanting to see what this Shweshwe fabric was about. It was a little too odd for some who found it strange that it should be starched at the factory but many others were ke... 2008-8-22T00:00:00Z http://www.safabrics.com/page15.htm#25798 Wow Great news. We have managed to secure the very last exhibition stand at the Festival of Quilts 14th to 17th August at the NEC Birmingham. This is such exciting news for us as we thought we had no hope of being able to show our beautiful fabrics this year having started so late in the year to get our fabrics together. Our stand will be C5 and we are now running around getting our thoughts together about how the stand should look and what well take with us. This will be our very first exhibition so we know well have such a lot to learn. More information about the show HERE at the Twisted Threads website. 2008-6-19T00:00:00Z http://www.safabrics.com/page15.htm#25224 Famous for 60 years 100 cotton Shweshwe fabric made in South Africa by da Gama Textiles in the Eastern Cape where they also make beautiful cotton prints and specially manufactured cotton quilting fabrics are now available from SA Fabrics based in the UK. 2008-6-7T00:00:00Z