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Advertise in our Preview Edition
The Textile Trails is a brand-new quarterly magazine for sewers, quilters, knitters, makers and creative shoppers. Launching with a free online Preview Edition covering Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset and the Isle of Wight.
Why advertise
Made for textile lovers
A quarterly guide readers can keep, fold down and act on.
The right readers
Fabric lovers actively looking for shops, classes and days out.
A three-month shelf life
Quarterly, so your advert works for a whole season, not a week.
Print and online
Every edition is published online too, with your advert in it.
Free design
No artwork? We'll design your advert free on your first booking.
Sizes & prices
Choose your space
Prices are per edition, including artwork on the page and in the online edition. All sizes are portrait unless shown otherwise.
Eighth page
94 × 60 mm
£39
Perfect for a shop name, town and website.
Quarter page
62 × 92 mm
£69
Room for a photograph and a short offer.
Half page
128 × 92 mm
£119
Our most popular size for shops and classes.
Full page
148 × 210 mm trim (+3 mm bleed)
£199
A full editorial page of your own.
Premium positions
The pages everyone opens first
Limited to one advertiser per edition — these go early, so book ahead.
Page 3 full page
First page readers land on.
£249
Page 5 full page
Opposite the contents and welcome.
£225
Inside front cover
Facing page 1, full bleed.
£275
Inside back cover
Last look before they close it.
£249
Back cover
Seen on every coffee table and counter.
£299
Artwork
What we need from you
- Print-ready PDF preferred. High-resolution JPEG or PNG also accepted.
- 300 dpi at final size, CMYK colour.
- Full page: add 3 mm bleed all round and keep text 5 mm inside the trim.
- Embed or outline all fonts.
- No artwork? We'll design it for you free of charge on your first booking.
Send artwork to hello@thefabrictourist.com quoting your business name and edition.
Deadlines
Seasonal dates
| Edition | Book by | Artwork by | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 10 January | 24 January | 1 March |
| Summer | 10 April | 24 April | 1 June |
| Autumn | 10 July | 24 July | 1 September |
| Winter | 10 October | 24 October | 1 December |
Booked after the deadline? Ask anyway — we often have a little space left.