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• Advanced Textiles Expo 2025

  • Start
    November 05, 2025
  • End
    November 07, 2025
  • Location
    Indianapolis, IN

  CONNECT with over 4,500 textiles professionals.

  DISCOVER the newest innovations in the marketplace.

  SOURCE from over 300 exhibitors to drive your business forward.

  Advanced Textiles Expo, formerly IFAI Expo, is organized by Advanced Textiles Association (ATA).

  For a century, Advanced Textiles Expo has been the industrial fabrics industry’s flagship show. As the premier textiles event, Expo is the place where industry stakeholders and leaders CONNECT, DISCOVER, and SOURCE in order to grow their businesses.

  
  

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• Intermediate Spring Tying Techniques

  • When
    November 11, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM

  With Upholstery Education's Gareth Rees

  In this webinar, Gareth will expand on an earlier discussion of spring dynamics, how they work, effective lashing methods for a range of furniture styles and methods for choosing the right gauges and heights.

  Gareth Rees has been working as an upholsterer for over 27 years. He gained his training on the shop floor, working in various workshops in England and Wales and is versed in many aspects of furniture making from cabinet work to mattress making.

  Gareth started his own company in 2004 and in this time has taken commissions and private work for high end interior design companies, bespoke furniture makers, private collectors, antique dealers, embassies and museums.

  Here in the US, Gareth is the course writer and primary tutor for Upholstery Education, offering continuing education classes to upholstery professionals and aspiring individuals new to the trade. Back home in the United Kingdom, Gareth is a director and full time instructor at the British School of Upholstered Furniture in Oxfordshire, UK where he teaches the Association of Master Upholsterers and Soft Furnishers (AMUSF) Diploma program. He is also the lead tutor for the Advancements in Traditional Upholstery Diploma, run in association with the Guild of Traditional Upholsterers (GTU).

  Past Chairman of the Guild of Traditional Upholsterers. Currently he sits as its vice chair and examination/journeyman secretary.

  In March 2023 Gareth was awarded the Master Upholders certificate from the Worshipful Company of Upholders.

  Although a full-time educator, Gareth still takes on commissions from select clients, predominantly focusing on the decorative arts from 1840-1950.

  Gareth is eager to promote and celebrate the craft and trade of upholstery to a broader spectrum of people.

  
  

  
  

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• From Fabric to Finish: Elevating Upholstery Care for Your Clients

  • When
    December 09, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM

  With Katie Reuther

  Join us for a practical and engaging session designed to empower upholsterers with essential knowledge about fabric maintenance and cleaning. We’ll bridge the gap between selecting new fabrics and caring for them long-term, walk through the full upholstery cleaning process, and share expert tips on spot cleaning and decoding cleaning codes. You'll leave with tools to become a trusted resource for your clients, helping them protect their investment—and your work—for years to come.

  
  

  Katie Reuther began her journey in the cleaning industry as a third grader, learning the ropes while cleaning carpets alongside her dad, Robert Pettyjohn. Today, she and her husband Andrew manage Pettyjohn's Cleaning, where they specialize in the care of oriental rugs and fine upholstery. Katie is a Certified Master Rug Cleaner and an IICRC-Certified Triple Master Restorer: Textiles, Water, and Fire. A proud parent of two hilarious kids, Katie also dedicates time to training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and weightlifting.

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