January 30, 2009

Avlyn Fabrics is excited to announce the appointment of Jeremy Jeffries to Vice President of Sales for the Independent Retail Store division. In his new role, Jeremy will be working with Distributor and local sales representatives visiting stores, and liaising with the growing design team, which now includes Karen Combs. The emphasis is to increase the premium fabric designs and provide feedback to compliment the already successful novelty fabric collections. He will attend industry trade shows and continue to attend and teach at Shop Hops and Open Houses.

Jeremy has worked in the textile industry for more than 20 years, with particular emphasis on working with the independent Quilt and Fabric shops, specifically tailoring the collections to work with existing store inventory. During these 20 plus years, he has had the privilege of working in over 1000 stores and will continue to do so as he grows the Avlyn Fabrics business.

“I am delighted to be able to stay in an industry I love, sell a premium fabric collection and work with the many customers and friends I have come to know over the years. It is particularly exciting to work with Richard Gross (owner) and Michele Wojcicki and Karen Combs in the design departments.”
He adds “Avlyn Fabrics is a young, dynamic and growing company, open to new ideas, new designs and patterns. We are able to react to new trends and colors we learn about from the independent store owners and classroom teachers.”