About The Partners

Kate Frankland

The teacher of the team Kate has been quilting for many years and has won 2nd prize in the 2008 Hoffman Challenge.

Christine Hinchliff

The administrator of the team Christine has also been quilting for a number of years whilst holding down full time jobs in sales and office admin before joining the team full time.

Diane Naylor

The retailer bringing a wealth of  experience gained from many years operating Market stalls with her husband.

The 3 of us put our heads together and decided that, of all the options available, a shop unit was the only sensible way to go forward. Investigation showed there is little or no competition locally so our home town looked like the ideal place to open up a specialist shop for Patchwork Supplies. Kate was allowed out on the odd occasion and found our unit at the Garden Centre, and once Chris & Diane had seen it we were able to convince the land lord he should let us have it. The unit was then refurbished, and on 1 September 2005, we were given the keys. Two weeks later we opened the doors to customers.

The 3 partners outside their shop just after it opened in 2005

From left to right they are Christine, Diane and Kate.