THE SPRING QUILT FESTIVAL, WESTPOINT, EXETER

Plain fabrics on the Strawberry Fayre Stall

QUILTS COME TO WESTPOINT FOR THE SPRING QUILT FESTIVAL

100′s of Patchwork Quilts will be on display!

 Lots of Stalls, demonstrations & workshops. Free parking, cafe & good disabled access.

30th March – 1st April 2012. 10am – 4.30pm (Sunday  4pm)

Westpoint Exhibition Centre, Exeter, Devon EX5 1DJ

Strawberry Fayre will have a large stand with fabrics, quilts & accessories. Hope to see you there!

Bells, Beads, Sequins & Felt

 We now have bells, beads, sequins &  assorted coloured felt  squares displayed under ”Accessories” in our On-line shop & on our Friday Stall at Chagford Flea Market.

VOICES, Quilt Art Exhibition at The Devon Guild of Craftsmen

The Devon Guild of Craftsmen is hosting a touring Quilt Exhibition.

VOICES, expressive approaches to quilting by the International Quilt Art  group.

Quilts on show in the Gallery from Saturday 14 Jan 2012 -  Sunday 26 February.

Open 7 days a week 10am – 5.30pm. Excellent cafe, disabled access.

www.crafts.org.uk

Strawberry Fayre Stall at Chagford Flea Market every Friday morning

JENNY HUTCHISON WITH  THE STRAWBERRY FAYRE STALL AT CHAGFORD FLEA MARKET

Good news!  Strawberry Fayre now has a regular Stall, with fabrics, quilting supplies, quilts & smaller gift items at:

 The Chagford Flea Market, Jubilee Hall, Chagford, Devon TQ13 8DP.

Every Friday  from 10am – 1pm.  Hope to see you there!  Please note, as the Chagford Panto has the Jubilee Hall at half-term, there will be no Market on February10th or 17th. Strawberry Fayre is proud to be providing the fabric for the ducklings feet & beaks.

Chagford Flea Market is a very colourful event, with lots of stalls including plants & flowers, bread, cakes & cheese, books & cards, textiles, antiques & curios.

Refreshments available, good disabled access. Adjacent Car park .

Chagford itself is a delightful Moorland Town, that is easy to reach from all parts of Devon.

It has a good selection of pubs & cafes. Visit the famous emporiums, Webbers & Bowdens & a wealth of charming shops.

Yuli Somme, felt-maker, will have her nearby studio open, please check her website: www.bellacouche.com/blog for dates & times

Links: www.chagford-parish.co.uk

www.dartmooraccommodation.co.uk

Thank you to all of you who’ve come out to the Stall. Great to meet the quilters who came in a bus from Helston, Cornwall & quilters from Barnstaple, North Tawton last Friday & many local quilters too.

We now have assorted coloured felt, beads, bells & sequins on the stall.

Also great to meet all of you who came to the Rag Market. Lots of antique quilts & fabrics & clothes. We’ll let you know dates for next year.

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New Prints to buy on-line

Good news! We have added lots of Print Fabrics to our On-Line Shop.

We have assembled them in colour-ways which we hope you will like.

Just in, new Sewing Prints and new Children’s fabrics, rabbits & dinasours.

New Pink prints, stars & hearts.

Our Easter Prints section also has some lovely fabrics for Children.

Our full range of fabrics, including our Plain range, is still available by ordering our Sample Pack.

Strawberry Fayre in Patchwork & Quilting Magazine

Strawberry Fayre are very grateful to Judi Mendelssohn for choosing Strawberry Fayre to feature in the 200th edition of Patchwork & Quilting magazine in her regular feature article “Lets Go Shopping”.

If you would like to see a copy, it was in the September 2010 issue.

STRAWBERRY FAYRE WILL HAVE  A STALL  AGAIN  AT :

THE SPRING QUILT FESTIVAL, Westpoint Exhibition Centre, EXETER, EX5 1DJ (leave M5 at Exit 30) Free parking/good disabled access/cafe/large display of Quilts/workshops

25th -27th MARCH 2011

For advance tickets contact: Tel: 01775 712100

Hope to see you there!

Jenny’s Prize Winning Quilt

At Strawberry Fayre we were thrilled to bits that Jenny’s quilt “Beach Hut Parade” was chosen to be included in Pam & Nicky Lintott’s new book “Jelly Roll Inspirations” published by David & Charles in October 2009. The quilt used 2 of our new Charm Rolls to complete: Mediterranean Prints & Mediterranean Plains.

All 12 quilts in the book are chosen winners from the international “Jelly Roll Challenge” & include full instructions on how to make them.

Beach Hut Parade by Jenny Hutchison

Charm Pack Quilt

Chloe enjoying her quilt made by Jenny Hutchison from Crackerjack & Tropical Rainbow Charm Packs.

Chloe enjoying her quilt made by Jenny Hutchison

Quilts for the Twins & Friends

A Quilt made by Jenny, for a friend's baby, Lucy

Jenny & Alec are proud to announce the birth of their son Jamie’s twins, Francesca & Laurence born Sept. 11th 2008. Here they are under a quilt made by Jenny, from the Lullaby Charm Pack.

A Quilt for the twins

Here’s a picture of them happily playing on their  quilts made from the Crackerjack Charm Pack by their Mum, Joanna Hutchison.

Quilt for the Twins

See also our full range of Charm Packs