Foothills Fabric & Threads

Set up day is here.

and we're off to the show.  If you are coming to the show please stop by our stand and say hello.

Cheers Sandra and Lesley

Australasian Quilt Convention & Expo
February 21 - 24, 10am to 4.30pm daily
Melbourne Convention Centre,
Cnr Spencer & Flinders St, Melbourne
Full details: www.aqc.com.au

4 days of Quintessential Quilting Bliss

What a week..

and it's not over yet.  The mad scramble to get ready for AQC continues whilst our normal class and shop routine goes on.  We started off the week with our regular SBS get together.  Rose from Tasmania and Anne Ida from Norway joined us for a couple of hours.  Willy also took the day off work and we had 4 new SBS's start,so the table was really bursting at the seams.  Anne Ida brought gfts from Norway which was a lovely surprise.  I'm going to save the green fabric for when I do Hunter's Star which is Anne Ida's favourite block.  I have added some photo's of the morning to the SBS album.

On Wednesday I finally managed to finish the top of my Merry Go Round quilt using the Look and Learn and Building Blocks ranges of fabric. This is from an American Jane pattern and has been a really fun quilt to do.  I can't wait until next term when we will do this as a class. I made my version half the size stated in the pattern and it is plenty big enough.  Yesterdays main task was cutting up fabric for kits and tomorrow I will tie and bind.  I would dearly love to hand quilt this one but time is against me as I want it done for the show.   Here it is on my design wall.  Please excuse the crooked photo it's the photographer not the quilt :)

 

 

We had 2 new ranges arrive during the week which we had quickly ordered as soon as we knew we were going to the show.  We have lot's of fabric ordered for the coming months but we needed fabric NOW. We have our fingers crossed that our order of Swell from Moda will arrive in time but if not we're not worried we have plenty to take.  Lesley has been madly cutting fat quarters of the new fabrics, we would really love to make up something quickly but I don't fancy our chances at this stage. 15 days to get ready for a show "What Were We Thinking!"

Well I'm off to the shop.  Our new Saturday Stitches  group starts today and I'm looking forward to sitting and finishing my Twasn't Me sample I have a few buttons to sew on for holly berries.  I'm wimping out on the satin stitch.  Bye for Now Sandra 

We've been a bit quiet on the blog............

and this post is just a quick catch up. Firstly congratulations to the 55 Fabric Frolic winners for 2008.

Jeanette Barnden of Croydon Hills won 1st prize of the sewing machine and Leanne Brooke from Launching Place won the 2nd prize of the Ott Lite. The other prize winners came from far and wide and their prizes included bundles of fabrics, books, patterns templates and other notions.

June from LIlly Patches in Boronia is holding up really well after all her stock was smoke damaged due to a fire in the shop next door which happened right in the middle of the Frolic. She has a great support network in the quilting community and hopefully she will be trading again very soon.

Last Monday we received a phone call from Expertise Events that a stand was available at AQC and did we want it.  Of course we said yes. It's going to be great to catch up with everyone again

Our classes are back in full swing, and tomorrow will be the first of our Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler sit and sews for the year.  We have 4 new SBS’s joining us tomorrow and some special visitors.  Our small shop is going to be bursting at the seams.  I can’t wait it’s going to be great fun. 

Cheers, Sandra and Lesley                                                                                        

                                            

Australasian Quilt Convention & Expo
February 21 - 24, 10am to 4.30pm daily
Melbourne Convention Centre,
Cnr Spencer & Flinders St, Melbourne
Full details: www.aqc.com.au

Australia’s largest dedicated Expo of quilting retailers, international quilts on show and

free seminars – open to the public over four fabulous days

It's the 1st of February

the Fabric Frolic is almost over and we are settling back to our normal routine.  This morning was the first get together for the Friday UFO girls and our classes start tomorrow.

Our Hobbs 100% wool wadding has finally arrived.  We have a variery of  pre packaged batts as well as on the roll. This batting is an absolute dream to hand quilt through and is also suitable for machine quilting.   I will post more info soon.  More Winter Wonderland patterns from Crab apple Hill have arrived as well.  This one is still on our to do list and is one of our favourites. bfn Sandra