Welcome to Quiltessential
Quiltessential opened for business on 15 October
2005. Located in Derbyshire's beautiful Derwent
Valley at Sir Richard Arkwright's historic Cromford
Mill, it is a specialist textile craft shop
selling a wide range of quality patchwork and
quilting fabrics, along with equipment and items
useful for a variety of textile crafts including
cutting mats, rotary cutters etc. General sewing
equipment is also stocked, as are decorative
trimmings including ribbons and beads. There
is a changing range of quilts on display, some
of which are for sale. Regular workshops take
place in the shop for varying skill levels including
beginners. New fabric ranges are arriving every
week and there are now over 1000 fabrics to
choose from, including limited edition Japanese
fabrics and an extensive range of batiks and
black and white prints.
t: 01629 825 936
e: annmayner@quiltessential.co.uk
Open every day except
Wednesday
Mon to Sat 10 - 4:30
Sun 12 - 4
Arkwright's
Mill
Cromford, Derbyshire
DE4 3RQ
18 Jul 2009 - African Fabric Shop Safari To Quiltessential
My friend Magie Relph will be bringing her African fabrics, beads and baskets to the shop - one day only.
A great chance to visit my new BIGGER shop: Same location, just more space and more fabrics!
20-23 Aug 2009 - Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham
"Fabric hunters" on the loose:
African Fabric Shop Safari
to Quiltessential
Owner
Ann Mayner has 25 years experience of patchwork.
She started sewing at
the age of four and has never really stopped!
Past interests include dressmaking, tailoring
and soft furnishings but patchwork has become
an all-consuming passion in recent years. Patchwork
is enjoying something of a renaissance and more
people see it as an exciting contemporary art
form. This is reflected in the growing number
of national and international exhibitions, which
attract many thousands of visitors. Ann has
exhibited quilts in a number of major shows.
She particularly enjoys creating small decorative
items such as wall hangings. Ann is an active
member of The Quilters' Guild of the British
Isles, latterly as regional co-ordinator and
she currently serves on the Guild's Exhibitions
team.
This is Ann's first business, and it is the fulfillment of a long-held ambition. She took the decision to open a shop in July 2005, and after a day spent searching for suitable premises, visited the café in the mill yard for much-needed refreshment. Unbelievably, there was an empty shop unit in the mill and it was the ideal size for the venture. The synergy between textile crafts and the historic cotton mill made it the perfect location. It is a great place to work and to visit!
Ann has expertise in many patchwork techniques and is also knowledgeable about the history of the craft and about the place patchwork and quilting has in contemporary textile art. She gives individual tuition and also arranges regular practical workshops with visiting tutors demonstrating a range of techniques...an enjoyable, entertaining and productive way to spend a day. Workshop dates are available by email.
There is free parking nearby and level access into the shop. Also on site are gift and book shops and two cafes.