Candy Bars

New candy Bars have just come in. Featuring lots of fabric ranges- Antique Fair, Lilac Hill, Coll. for a Cause-Faith, Dragonfly Summer, Oasis, Lovely, Modern, Buttercup. I will try and get a sample together soon. Presently working on a Dragonfly quilt, should have it finished today.

All my classes have started this week. I was hoping to stagger them, but no such luck. Appolgies to those waiting to join a class. We should have more starting soon.

Sudoku quilt kits

On Friday we had heaps of lovely fabric arrive, as well as these Sudoku packs.

They are in four colourways- Perennials by Kansas Troubles, Lovely by Sandy Gervais , Central Park by Kate Spain and Oasis by 3 sisters. have a look on Leanne's blog to see how she's getting on with her sample.

We also have some Candy Bars new in. Tommorrow I will show you what we are doing with them.

Gidday Quilters

I think I have managed to put up the logo for this great shop hop.
It will start tonight .
Have spent an anxious day trying to get info onto the website.
Over the next few days we should see some changes to the website.
So fingers crossed.

Great Aussie Shop Hop

Exciting news- well it will be exciting if I can get things up and going very soon. As a lot of you know, many things get left til the last minute.

Helen Stubbings is running the Great Aussie Shop Hop. A great promotion to showcase our Great Aussie quilting stores and their websites. It is a free competition and gives you a chance to win some great quilting related prizes. You must register and find the hidden icons at the store websites and click on them to enter the draw. The more icons you find, the more chances you have to win.

Esmes will be taking part in this, so pop over to here to find out more.
Our logo should go onto our website this week along with a few updates. We haven't managed to get a shopping cart added to the website yet but we are hoping to have this available soon.

Above is my new version of The Best quilt using Maison de Garance fabrics. And here is Kims's first block of Leannes Vignette Mystery quilt.

New quilts

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. I enjoyed the holiday and managed to have nine days off -thanks to Leanne and Kym- even if I did appear at the shop most days. We had some great days out -lunch at the Strawberry Farm at Hillwood, the Rasberry farm at Christmas Hills and a visit to the Latrobe markets and icecream at the Cherry Farm. We also went to the Taste in Hobart and had a very pleasant day.


This is my new class sample for beginners, beautifully quilted by Leanne. I have been able to finish a few quilts over the break, but the pile is not being diminished because I have also started a few more. Below is a small quilt made using some of the fabric from Central Park by Kate Spain. I am also using this fabric in my stitchery that I started in Helen Stubbings "Stitching round the block" and another very girly quilt. A layer cake goes a long way.

Here is a quick sample top I've made using the new "Spot" fabric. Must try and quilt it before Leanne comes back to work. And below is another simple table runner I made using 5" squares. Again very simply stipple quilted by me.

The best news is that I have finally finished writing up and packaging The French Medallion. Such a relief to have it all finished, and I won't be taking on another one for a long while. Thanks to all for your patience.
I am working on three new BOM"s for this year, Michele Hills-The Adelaide Sample Quilt , Lynette Anderson's -Stitched by Me and Monica Poole's -Peacock Garden.

Happy quilting

Zentangle class

It has been very busy for the last two weeks, with visits to Hobart, birthday's, classes and opening on Sundays. Yes, I took the plunge and have opened the shop on Sundays from 11-3pm leading up to Christmas. I may continue after Christmas or I may not. So far it has been very good.
On Saturday we had a great day with Jane Monk learning how to draw and sew zentangles.
Above are our first examples and below is my unfinished second try. Yes it is now finished and I have also done a third. Thanks Jane for a great day. I am now addicted.

This is my first piece stitched. I just have to decide what to make with it. The Horizon was great to work with, even better when I found the open end foot and learnt to use the start button and not the foot pedal.

And here we are hard at it. Til next time -keep quilting.

Melbourne quilt market

I had a wonderful day in Melbourne yesterday catching up with old friends, meeting new people, seeing lots of great quilts and new products as well as buying a couple of pieces of fabric.
Here I am with Michelle Hill on the Lloyd Curzon stand and her beautiful new quilt, The Adelaide Floral Sampler, in the background. I wanted to bring it home but Jim said it would cost too much money :) Well I had just better get a wiggle on with my copy. If you get a chance to see it, look at the wonderful quilting. I have the patterns, kits and BOM ready to go.

Natalie Bird and I in front of her new Christmas quilt. It's just lovely, the patterns will be in shortly.

Bil Day and Wilma from Dayview Textiles and me.

Libby Richardson and me in front of her new quilt.

Saffron Craig and me in front of her lovely fabrics and yes, I did bring some home and more on order.

And that's enough of the photos of me. Thanks to Terry who took them and was so great putting up with me all day and carrying all the bags. I was only going to buy one pack-honest.
Happy quilting