{"id":1720,"date":"2023-07-26T09:31:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=27540"},"modified":"2023-07-26T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:32:16","slug":"birminham-festival-of-quilts-uk-showg-post-with-lots-of-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/birminham-festival-of-quilts-uk-showg-post-with-lots-of-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Come meet me in the UK next week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: segoe; color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\">Yeeeehar!!!!! My UK visit&#8217;s just around the corner!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">I am going to be at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30171 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Birming-Festival-of-Quilts-Show-2023-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Birming-Festival-of-Quilts-Show-2023-WEB.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Birming-Festival-of-Quilts-Show-2023-WEB-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Birming-Festival-of-Quilts-Show-2023-WEB-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Birming-Festival-of-Quilts-Show-2023-WEB-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Birming-Festival-of-Quilts-Show-2023-WEB-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><b><u>WHEN<\/u>:<br \/>\nAug 3rd to 6th (2023)<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><b><br \/>\n<u>WHERE<\/u>:<br \/>\nBirmingham, England\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><b><br \/>\n<u>EVENT<\/u>:<br \/>\nThe Festival of Quilts at the NEC.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/15.0\/1f1ec_1f1e7\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\" data-emoji=\"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\" aria-label=\"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\" \/><\/b><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ud83c\udf89<strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">How to meet Pauline:<\/span><\/strong>\ud83c\udf8a<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">That&#8217;s me (LOL!!!) Yes, it seems unbelievable but NEXT WEEK I will be, in the booth of the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/uk-wholesale-distributor\/\">UK distributor of Funky Friends Factory patterns, Oh Sew Sweet Shop<\/a><\/span><\/strong> &#8211; at the Birmingham Quilt Show!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30174 \" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Funky-Friends-Factory-UK-pattern-distributors.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"801\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">They&#8217;ll have printed Funky Friends Factory patterns, sample toys, fabrics, and lots more&#8230; I&#8217;ll be at their booth the whole show (except when I&#8217;m shopping for fabric myself!).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Festival of Quilts info<\/span>:<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">https:\/\/www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Oh Sew Sweet Shop Info<\/span>:<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/ohsewsweetshop.co.uk\/<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">This is my first UK show!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">I am sooooo looking forward to meeting our UK makers, taking selfies with you, talking about toy making, patterns &amp; FABRIC&#8230; did I mention taking selfies???\ud83e\udd23<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">You&#8217;ll love meeting Lorraine &amp; Jeff, the fun owners of Oh Sew Sweet Shop! (You can see them in the photos below&#8230; taking selfies! LOL)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30175 \" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Birmingham-festival-of-quilts-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"879\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000; font-family: segoe;\">I&#8217;m super-excited NOW&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>I can&#8217;t wait to see some of you in the UK!!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Pauline McArthur\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pauline-McArthur.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur\" width=\"202\" height=\"196\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Till next time, h<\/strong><strong>appy sewing,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 26px;\">Pauline<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>xxx<\/strong> <\/span><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeeeehar!!!!! My UK visit&#8217;s just around the corner! I am going to be at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham&#8230; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; WHEN: Aug 3rd to 6th (2023) WHERE: Birmingham, England\u00a0 EVENT: The Festival of Quilts at the NEC.\u00a0 &nbsp; \ud83c\udf89How to meet Pauline:\ud83c\udf8a That&#8217;s me (LOL!!!) Yes, it seems unbelievable but NEXT WEEK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-day-in-my-life","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/500-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1720"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30181,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions\/30181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}