Kaffe Fasset & Westminister, Free Spirit Fabrics
02-12-2018, 11:57 AM
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Kaffe Fasset & Westminister, Free Spirit Fabrics
This just came across my feed on Facebook. So sad. What now?
Dear Friends, We have just gotten news that Westminster will be closing down the fabric business. Their exact words are, "We will not be producing new Westminster or FreeSpirit Fabrics from today onwards". Come May 2018, the company we started over 20 years ago will be no longer. We feel confident that the Kaffe Collective is a viable fabric line and that another company will want to acquire us. So stay tuned. We wanted you to hear this from us first."
Dear Friends, We have just gotten news that Westminster will be closing down the fabric business. Their exact words are, "We will not be producing new Westminster or FreeSpirit Fabrics from today onwards". Come May 2018, the company we started over 20 years ago will be no longer. We feel confident that the Kaffe Collective is a viable fabric line and that another company will want to acquire us. So stay tuned. We wanted you to hear this from us first."
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02-12-2018, 12:21 PM
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Oh, that's sad. I hope someone else does pick them up. I do understand though. Kaffe is getting older and if he's the driving force behind the fabric line, he may just not be willing (or able) to do it anymore
02-12-2018, 12:33 PM
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its Free Spirit Fabrics, Tula Punk, Tim Holts, Amy Butler, plus a bunch of other designers. All fabrics manufacturer by Westminister.
02-12-2018, 12:54 PM
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If they are profitable lines and the designers want to continue, I'm sure they will find other manufacturer's to pick up their fabrics.
02-12-2018, 02:09 PM
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Terrible. Why wouldn't they sell the company rather than close down? Seems so abrupt. Free Spirit was one of my favorites.
The Kaffe lines have been reprinted and reprinted... same with some of Amy Butler. They are the only ones I know of that you still see the same fabric in the stores from years ago. I think longer than two years is a mistake. As beautiful as they are, I'm tired of them.
I hope their well known and successful designers will be picked up quickly by other companies.
The Kaffe lines have been reprinted and reprinted... same with some of Amy Butler. They are the only ones I know of that you still see the same fabric in the stores from years ago. I think longer than two years is a mistake. As beautiful as they are, I'm tired of them.
I hope their well known and successful designers will be picked up quickly by other companies.
02-12-2018, 02:16 PM
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I just heard this too. I am so saddened by the news. I had signed up for the Faffe BOM and was looking forward to it. I love Tula Pink's fabrics and know how hard she has been promoting her lines.
A friend who has an online shop just put in a sizable order, now she will not be able to reorder.
A sad day for quilting.
A friend who has an online shop just put in a sizable order, now she will not be able to reorder.
A sad day for quilting.
02-12-2018, 05:03 PM
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