Meet top crafting experts as they bring to life their craft on our New Product Demo Stage – No pre-booking required, just take a seat and learn how you can you enthuse your customers and keep them coming back for more.
Sunday 23RD FEBRUARY 2025
10.30am Uncover the magic of stick & stitch embroidery designs
with Heather Plant, The Crafty Kit Company
Learn how to use Stick & Stitch, a water-soluble fabric stabiliser that makes transferring embroidery designs onto textiles effortless.
Perfect for beginners, it allows you to stitch onto bags, hats, clothing, and more with ease.
In this demo, you’ll learn how to create beautiful embroidery while exploring one of the best tools for confident and creative stitching.
11.45am UNLOCK YOUR CRAFT BUSINESS POTENTIAL
with Suzanne Clark, Design Bundles
Discover how Design Bundles’ Business Tier empowers crafters to turn their passion into profit with tools, resources, and expert guidance:
- Master essential skills to grow your craft business, from branding to customer engagement.
- Access exclusive tools like Designscape, Craft Designer, and Illustrate AI for creating standout products.
- Stay ahead of trends with project-focused templates and assets that resonate with customers.
- Gain insider tips for scaling your business and exploring new markets.
Join Design Bundles to learn how the Business Tier can transform your crafting journey into a thriving venture!
The only License you need for all your staff and limitless products.
13.00pm Introducing pattertrace – Swedish tracing paper and associated products
with Lauren Guthrie, Patterntrace
Discover the versatility of Patterntrace Swedish Tracing Paper in this practical demonstration, where Lauren will guide you on how this newly developed product range will be a great addition to your offering for sewing and dressmaking customers.
The lightweight, semi-transparent yet durable tracing paper, made in the UK from sustainable abaca fibres, allows you to easily trace, cut, stitch and adjust sewing patterns with ease.
Inspire your customers to organise their tools, plan upcoming projects and document and archive their projects with our Patterntrace product range of stylish and sustainable items designed by sewists for sewists.
2.15Pm Sustainable needle felting: what is left behind?
with Steffi Stern, The Makerss
In this demonstration Steffi takes you through you the impact that kit contents and packaging may have on the environment, learn how to:
- Craft with a good conscience using natural materials
- Know where materials are sourced, what their carbon footprints are
- Find out what is left behind in future years when the finished project may end up in the bin
- Are you ready to craft in style and consider the environment?
- Feel good about using your hands, create a moment of peace and quiet, learning something new and know that in doing so you support the planet too!
3.30Pm How to add a zip pocket to any bag with the zip pocket tool
with Emily Gillott, EMI B Designs
In this session Emily will be demonstrating how to use the zip pocket tool to create zip pockets in any bag making projects. This tool takes the stress out of measuring and creates perfect pockets every time. The zip pocket tool is a handy gadget for your customers to have in their sewing rooms and it’s easily transportable to classes and groups.
Monday 24th FEBRUARY 2025
10.30am sewing on social media – how to make social media content
with Holly Dennett
Holly Dennett takes you behind the scenes of how she films her eye catching content.
Holly will demonstrate her equipment setup, how to achieve the best shots and then how to edit your content once filmed to ensure you catch your audience’s eye. Holly will also show:
- Essential Equipment needed to make eye catching content
- How to successfully light and film your content
- How to batch film social media content
- How to get the most views on video content
- I have filmed content… and how do I now edit?
- Batch filming, edit and draft schedule
11.45am uncover the magic of stick & stitch embroidery designs
with Heather Plant, The Crafty Kit Company
Learn how to use Stick & Stitch, a water-soluble fabric stabiliser that makes transferring embroidery designs onto textiles effortless.
Perfect for beginners, it allows you to stitch onto bags, hats, clothing, and more with ease.
In this demo, you’ll learn how to create beautiful embroidery while exploring one of the best tools for confident and creative stitching.
1.00pm how to run lampshade making workshops with dannells workshop pack
with Sam Sterken, Dannells
Join Dannells to learn both how to provide a unique workshop experience for your customer, and get your craft or retail business noticed, with a Dannells Lampshade Making Workshop Pack. Dannells’ demonstrator Sam will share how to plan and set up a lampshade making workshop and demonstrate how to teach customers of every skill level to make a beautiful, bespoke lampshade, from their own choice of covering.
2.15Pm UNLOCK YOUR CRAFT BUSINESS POTENTIAL
with Suzanne Clark, Design Bundles
Discover how Design Bundles’ Business Tier empowers crafters to turn their passion into profit with tools, resources, and expert guidance:
- Master essential skills to grow your craft business, from branding to customer engagement.
- Access exclusive tools like Designscape, Craft Designer, and Illustrate AI for creating standout products.
- Stay ahead of trends with project-focused templates and assets that resonate with customers.
- Gain insider tips for scaling your business and exploring new markets.
Join Design Bundles to learn how the Business Tier can transform your crafting journey into a thriving venture!
The only License you need for all your staff and limitless products.
