What a Fantastic Show! Review of the 2008 Show

If you didn't manage to get along to Stitch & Craft at Olympia from 27-30 March you missed a great action-packed exhibition! The show opened its doors on a rain swept Thursday but the atmosphere soon warmed up, as people streamed in to buy their supplies, visit the demonstration theatre, take a workshop or speak to their favourite Stitch & Craft stars.
The Stitch and Craft Show has something for everyone; it covers stitching, knitting, papercrafts and scrapbooking and no-one left empty handed!
Stitch and Craft offered so much to the visitor with free demonstrations throughout the day, the Scrapbook Theatre offering free, drop-in sessions all day, plus nearly 150 workshops to choose from in subjects including cardmaking, jewellery-making, gift bags, knitted necklaces and many more. It was great to welcome stars such as QVC's Dawn Bibby and the new, themed workshops brought in by organisations such as Do Crafts, Rowan and Fiskars proved immensely popular.
There was a fantastic buzz around the exhibition, with many happy, smiling faces everywhere.
Make sure you put the dates - 19th to 22nd March 2009 - in your diary now so you don't miss next year's show, which is set to be bigger and better!

Don't miss out - buy a stand today!

This year's Stitch & Craft Show was better than ever; full of enthusiastic, and high focused visitors. The show brings together four distinct craft elements (stitching, knitting, cardmaking and scrapbooking) and whilst in previous years success had been clearly demonstrated in 3 out of 4 of them, this year all corners of the hall reported strong business.
By the time the event closed on Sunday night, the organisers were able to announce a 5% increase in attendance. Of greater importance, however, was the fact that, in difficult trading conditions, (and with doom and gloom a constant feature in the news), visitors had clearly come with specific purchases in mind. Business had proved brisk with the Saturday being a particular high point.
One enthusiastic tour group organiser, making her 10th visit to Stitch & Craft and coming all the way from Wales, declared this year's event the best ever! "A terrific show" she declared.
Regular exhibitors and visitors know that Creative Exhibitions (twistedthread) stage the very best events in the business, but, with a goodly number of new exhibitors coming into the mix for the first time, it was particularly important that Stitch and Craft proved a storming success. Exhibitor comments - noted below - demonstrate that the year has started well.

It's been a fabulous experience - our first time at Olympia. Great!
Let's Create

This was a good Show - great range of products available, friendly exhibitors and plenty of interested customers with money to spend.
Alison Gillies - Jamie Possum

A really busy Show with friendly organisers and lots for the public to see and do!
Andy, Lili of the Valley

Great fun meeting our customers at this busy Show. The friendly and helpful staff at Creative Exhibitions made it a breeze to exhibit here - can't wait for next year!
Sarah, Stitchtastic

This is our first Show and we've had lots of support from the organisers and contractors. We've met lots of exhibitors who have been very friendly and also lots of positive feedback from visitors. Can't wait for Ali Palli!!
Which Stitch Crafts

Interested in exhibiting in 2009? Contact rhonda@twistedthread.com or call 020 8692 2299 and ask for Rhonda or Agnes.

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