Anyone remeber these ladies

[catlady]

When QVC sold crafts these two American Ladies, Mother and daughter demonstrated fairy dies, stamps and powders and used to blow "Fairy Dust" towards the camera.
Does anyone else remember them. I think the Mother became seriously ill, and might have now died.
Was talking about them with a friend who couldn't remember their names, or company either
Thanks

[PinkPig]

Kirks Folly I think.

[Jacksmissis]

Yes, I was going to say that - I remember her mainly for jewellery though?

You can try this link

https://www.kirksfolly.com/

[Little Jan]

Never saw them do anything but jewellery
The company was run by 2 sisters
The company ceased trading in 2014 but they are trading again now

Only duo from USA I can remember on QVC doing craft
Was Carol Smith and Donna Dewberry
Which has reminded me I must get their kits down from the loft see if the stuff is still usable
Have told myself I must use at least 5 items from my old stash
before the end of the year

[Lioness]

I seem to remember fashion items, with burn out material, oversize floaty stuff, but that might have been the daughters line. The fairy dust must have driven the presenters nuts. I think the mother did dabble a bit in craft at one point

[RozMinis]

Must have been before my time I think. Apart from DB I don't remember anybody else doing paper crafting as such. I remember Donna Dewberry, mainly because she drove me nuts, had to turn the sound off. As for Carol, well I loved her Bucilla felt kits. Kate bought me my first Advent calendar for my birthday One year, which is in May. I had it finished and hanging on the door well in time for C********. Since then I have bought three others, they are hung on doors/walls each year.

Each one has its own hand made bag to keep the felt ornaments in. Come to think of it, one isn't hand made, it being a Avon velvet stocking. However, it is a really attractive stocking, that looks as though it should have been hand made. This year I have designed, with the help of a booklet bought many years ago, a cross stitched Advent calendar. There are 100 teeny designs in the booklet, and I have used 63 of them. 25 on the calendar panel, 25 ornaments, plus a spare as I obviously miscounted, and 12 on the wee bag that the ornaments will be stored in. Hoping to finish the bag tomorrow, it just needs blanket stitching around the edge.

Roz

[catlady]

Kirks Folly I think.

Yes those were the ladies I was thinking about. I misremembered about the craft( all that glitter dust!!!!!) but was right about the fairies.
Thanks PinkPig

[Jazzydrury]

And of course Stephanie Weightman, who had a short stint never looked comfortable, soon left.

And launched Tattered Lace not so long after, was Tattered Lace meant for QVC, as the quick turn around most have had her sorting that out while at QVC

[pyjama princess]

QVC did sell a coupleof TL dies. They had loads of complaints about them because they didn't cut very well. I think there was also a 'square' set which turned out to be not completely square. I must turf them out and try to cut them on the modern machines to see if they cut any better.

[RozMinis]

I thought TL started long before Steph was on QVC. I remember buying some when I went to the NEC, which must have been November 2012, though it could have been 2013.

I know the second time I went, the following year, TL was one of the few products I actually wanted, along with Rob Addams and Pinflair. All three were within chucking distance of each other. At that point I wanted to go home as I'd had enough of the place, and was bored out of my socks. I had my first visit to the knitting/stitching show at Harrogate that year.

At one o'clock Christine asked me if I wanted to go home, having told her about my being fed up at the NEC. Well as we hadn't even finished in the first hall by one, there was no way I was going to be dragged out. As it turned out we were one of the last to leave at five(ish), just as we were last year as they had changed their seven o'clock closing on the Thursday to five. :(

Roz