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CreativFestival Fall 2018 Report

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Another busy Toronto show

Brenda Miller at ABQ booth at CreativFestival
Let the games begin!

It was great seeing so many of you at CreativFestival in Toronto this past week. The booth always fills up in the mornings and I am hoping that I didn’t miss talking to you!

ABQ booth visitors

Visiting the booth gives you the opportunity to purchase zippers and patterns at our best prices. We always have a buy 3 and get one free deal at the show.

It’s always interesting to see which patterns do the best. This year’s winners were the Sweet Talk Phone Bag and the Organizer Duo.

For those at the show with no time to sew, we offered finished bags for sale. This year we featured bags woven with colorful plastic strips and 3 sizes of lunch carriers.

Bags made from ABQ patterns were seen walking around the show

I spotted a number ABQ bags in the crowd and was able to get some shots of the bags and the makers.

Alison Empey uses her Everything Goes Bag to carry a CPAP machine. Her Mom,who was with her at the show, supplied the fabric from her extensive stash. Alison’s Mom is 95 and still coming to the CreativFestival show, making a great mother and daughter team.
Trudy Bickford sports a Bistro Bag. This pattern was retired a few years ago but Trudy loves it!
Cindy C. decided to use the Woolly, Woolly Bag as a handbag. She uses the dividers to keep herself organized.
Paulette Ethier shows off her lovely Everything Goes Bag that she made in one of our classes at the ABQ Sewing Studio.

Lots of interesting booths

I enjoyed seeing lots of beautiful pieces displayed in the various booths.

Wonderfill Threads had some lovely pieces on display.
Sherri from Border Creek Station unpacking bins in front of her lovely quilts.

CreativFestival supports budding fashion designers, and with that in mind, there were three design schools vying to win a generous $10,000 prize. I’ll be sharing their story with you soon.

Keith Richardson (right) from the Toronto Film School Fashion Design Program with two of his students, Stefanie and Rani.

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