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Meet the staff at Addicted to Fabric

Kerry

A national and international award winning quiltmaker, Kerry Gavin manages the vast patchwork collection. Kerry is affectionately known as our passionate Quiltmaker In Residence - she never sleeps.
Kerry

Irma

Silk is her passion - all those colours, she just loves them. But, then again, the Japanese fabric is delicious too!
Irma

Samantha

Samantha loves all things colourful and textured and has developed a fascination for “notions” since joining the team at Addicted to Fabric. With many years of quilting under her belt, she’s now branching out into dressmaking

Samantha

Sarah

The princess of kits and gift wrapping- a recent convert to the joys of stitching but fast making up for lost time. Loves spots and dots and is responsible for their inclusion in many of our kits.
Sarah

Stefanie

Steffie is one of our recent arrivals in store. She loves sewing, particularly making bags (she has come to the right place!) Steffie is also interested in fabric design and jewellry making and has recently qualified as a personal colour analyst.
Steffie

Chris

Chris enjoys being absorbed in colour and style, and loves chatting with customers about all their projects and ideas.  her quilting leans towards traditional with a twist
Chris

 Donna

Fun loving and the life of the front counter, Donna is an avid collector of fabrices all destined to be quilts "one day" 

 Donna

 Jenny

Jenny is our latest arrival on the staff.  She is a skillful dress maker and quilter and will also be teaching some workshops in the store 

 Jenny P

Alex

Alex is our new Girl Friday on weekends!  She loves all things vintage, dressmaking and buttons. Since joining the staff, Alex has discovered quilting and is well on the road to ruin, like the rest of us.

Alex

Kylie

Kylie believes she could not be working in a more appropriately-named store and puts fabric in the same category as oxygen. She finds it hard to resist turning beautifully designed prints into children's clothes and thinks quilts make the best gifts!

Kylie

Jenny

Recently a grandmother for the fourth time- pays the bills, buys lots of fabric and talks a lot about the quilts she will do one day……..
Jenny