World Bamboo Day! With Bamboo Jerseys, Towelling, Wadding & Fabric we have a super range of Bamboo Textiles for you. The fabrics cover a range of uses from quilting to dressmaking, apparel, towelling & more! But – what makes Bamboo ideal for textiles: 🌿 Incredibly soft 🌿 Stable & washable 🌿 Temperature regulating 🌿 Naturally
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Fusible Batting or Fusible Wadding/Fusible Fleece as it is commonly called in the UK is a type of wadding that has been treated with a heat-activated adhesive on one or both sides. This adhesive can be activated by ironing, allowing the wadding to be fused directly to your fabrics during the construction process of either
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Over a year in the making we are thrilled to launch our Variegated Quilting Thread Range! 13 Stunning Shades, From Brights to Naturals. Learn more and view the full shade collection…
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Seventeen, yes seventeen new fabric arrivals into Lewis & Irene’s ultimate blender collection – Bumbleberries. With clever design L&I include seven shade variations in each fabric to ensure tonal matches to the most difficult of projects is possible. Meet the new arrivals now…
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With eight new arrivals in the Printed Antipil Polar Fleece collection it is an exciting time for the range. Take a peek at the ‘new kids on the block’ and learn about different uses and the best sewing threads for stitching these incredibly versatile fleece fabrics…
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Don’t miss your chance to pre-order the upcoming fabric range A Walk In The Glen from the UK based fabric design house Lewis & Irene. With 15 designs featuring rich Autumnal colours the range has a classy sophisticated feel. Pre order with a free Empress treat today & learn more about the design range.
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This amazing quality Egyptian Cotton Fabric is now back available from Empress Mills in large pieces, by the metre and in half kilo fabric bundles. Crossing all creative sewing boundaries, learn what makes this fabric such amazing quality and why it is so useful for such a wide range of projects…
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Learn how to use Steam A Seam 2 for appliques. Steam A Seam is a heat activated pressure sensitive fusible web it allows you to stick and repostion fabric before creating a premenanent bond meaning you will never make an applique mistake again! Full info and instructions on use.
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