Diane Gaffney: Trader In South East Asian Textiles

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Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Diane Gaffney shares her fascinating story of developing a well-established business based around her love of travel. Diane and her husband Jim, are the founders of Textile Traders. They have been buying and selling hand made textiles from south east Asia since 1984.

Susan Weeks chats with Diane about:

Organising World Textile Days
The logistics of organising long duration buying trips
How Diane and Jim created this business
Their first forays into flea markets and festivals
Being commissioned to collect Batik from all over Java
A deep interest in batik
How to manage buying 'stuff' in different languages
Making long term friendships with inspiring village women in Java and Thailand
The adventure of taking an adult 'gap year'
Overland travel challenges... and toilets!
Remembering the stories and people around purchases
Managing a business with extended buying trips
The benefits of having help in our businesses

For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Photos of Diane's travels and textiles at http://www.stitcherystories.com/DianeGaffney

Visit: https://www.textiletraders.co.uk/

Visit: http://worldtextileday.co.uk/

Read: https://asiatextilejourney.wordpress.com/

Like: https://www.facebook.com/Textile-Traders-1131127837033379/

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