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Margie's Quilts of Hope blocks are due at the shop on Friday August 1, so that we can send them off to Queensland. I have uploaded photos of blocks received so far
We have a vacancy for Michelle Yeo's California Star class so if you are free this Sunday August 3 and for the second class on August 24 give us a call we would love for you to join us. Bye for Now. Sandra and Lesley
We had a great day at the Melbourne Craft and Quilt Fair yesterday. As always there were lots of wonderful quilts to inspire and shopping too. I spent the last of my birthday money on pre-ordering a wonderful hard cover book titled Historic Australian Quilts by Annette Gero with patterns by Kim Mclean. This is more than a coffee table book it includes 29 quilt patterns. I can’t wait to get my copy of course we will get some for the shop too! We also caught up with lots of people that we know so we were talked out by the end of the day. Well it’s back to reality. We are still moving things around the shop and finding a place for everything. Fabric seems to be arriving every couple of days which is very exciting. The last two bolts to arrive were a couple of Christmas Fabrics. We just love them they are almost too good to cut into. What do you think?
We just love Christmas and now with a bigger shop we will be able to build up our range not only of Christmas type fabrics but also our reds, green, mustards etc. Don't forget we do mail order. Ciao for now Sandra
I’ve procrastinated about writing this blog long enough. I am much better at talking than I am at writing. Ideas jump around in my head I just have trouble with the written word. Usually by the time I get around to what I want to say the moment has passed, this is especially true of a few email lists I belong to. Well enough waffling. I’ve had three days away from the shop and it’s been great. I’ve managed to catch up on some housework, do some cooking (my freezer was very bare) and some sewing.
Borders on Citrus Crush by Janelle Wind
Raw edge applique from Helen of Hugs n Kisses
A belated birthday gift for my friend Sue
A chenille cushion for Lesley for the shop
I also made some blocks for Margie's Quilts of Hope. I will add these to the Margie's Album as soon as I photograph some more blocks that have arrived at the shop. Blocks are due to us by August 1. Thank you to all who have participated so far.
It was great to work on and finish some projects. I always get very inspired after going to Victorian Quilters Showcase and the Craft Fair. We are off to it tomorrow we spend the whole day browsing. I just love it.
A week or so ago we received an award from Kerry and Julie who both have a blog called Provincial Patch. Thank you so much for your kind comments.
Lesley and I will be back with our awardees (is that even a word) soon.
Well I'm off to sign up for Quiltygals Sleepover Quilt In. I am minding my two and a half year old grandson tonight at my son's house so I thought it would be a fun thing to do for a few hours
Bye for Now.....Sandra
After a couple of days off I am really looking forward to going to the shop and playing with the new fabrics that have arrived during the week. Thank goodness we moved when we did. After our disappointment late in May, when only 5 bolts arrived from our Peace on Earth by 3 Sisters order, it’s finally here as well as Peter Rabbit and a small country range.
I had a birthday last week and look what I found in a bric a brac store near my mum's house. A yellow rose Nestle tin to match my pink one
and then I just couldn't resist this Octagonal sewing basket made from plastic covered wrapping paper. I think these were popular in the 60's 70's if anyone knows the history I'd love to hear from you.
To top it off my DH gave me a gorgeous bunch of red roses. Bye for now
Sandra
well not quite. We have had a whirlwind month with our shop move and then we hosted our first “Getting Ready for Christmas” on the weekend. I will create an album for Lesley and I to download our photos as soon as I can, in the meantime Gail and Natalie have already posted some photos on their blogs for you to see. We didn’t get a chance to photograph the Saturday girls who did Leesa’s Christmas Tree Wallhanging, hopefully we will get photos of them in the near future. Here are the Sunday girls well on the way to completing their trees.
Yesterday, Rosalie dropped in with her new BOM “It’s a Redwork Christmas” We have been watching this project with much anticipation and as you may have guessed we love all things Christmas. The stitchery blocks come as a transfer as well as a line drawing which means you can be ready for stitching in minutes. We already have patterns in stock and are working on kitting up the blocks now.
Sorry the photo is a bit skewed. My photography skills are a bit woeful, it's very much a hit and miss affair. Well that's all for now, back soon Sandra and Lesley
Today I was determined to go for a long walk around Emerald Lake, first time in 4 weeks, it was great to feel some fresh air and my Kimba enjoyed it too. Although the trees are bare now, in Autumn it's a glorious riot of colour. I am very lucky to have something so beautiful nearby. It really put me in the mood to finally get to my sewing machine and finish off my quilt "Snowman Country" (the top anyway) for my class. Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs always comes up with something whimsical and appealing. Also I almost finished a pinwheel quilt from a Thimbleberries pattern. This has been on the go since we opened the shop. One border to go. It's a great feeling to finish projects. At one stage I was trying to finish one project before starting another, you know the story. Next on my list is a Santa for a class later on. In the meantime we have plenty of work to do for our Getting Ready For Christmas Workshop weekend.
Happy Quilting
Lesley
Ps I was hoping to upload a photo of the Snowman Quilt, but something is not working,,it wasn't the computer it was me!!!
but ther is still lots to do. After her successful book launch at Glen Harrow, Rosalie dropped in her samples from her new book Gift. It was great to have the room to be able to go and set up a little display with the minimum of fuss.
We have plenty of Rosalie's book in stock and we can do mail order. Cost is $36.95AUD plus postage. I will set up an album when I get a spare minute. I'm off to the shop early to wait for the Telstra technician. Fingers crossed we will finally get our second phone line and another thing crossed off our list. Bye for now Sandra