Archive for year: 2015

You would have been hiding under a rock, not to have heard anything about Rosalie Quinlans new stitch and swap program called United Stitches.

A very new concept so briefly  there are 32 stitcheries which can make up a quilt.   In the individual stitchery pack numbered 3-32 there are 2 preprinted stitcheries, a stitchery guide and 2 swaps cards of the design.  To get started there is a “starter pack” which contains no 1 and 2 stitcheries, pre-printed linen, stitchery guide and 2 swap cards,  quilt pattern, template and United Stitches tin.

The idea is to stitch and swap………simple… this project can be worked with a friend, the sticheries can be given as a gift, you can make 2 quilts  the ideas are limitless.

Creative Abundance the distributors, have developed a facebook page for United Stitches so you can get a lot more ideas from that site or maybe find someone to share with you.

So anyway  l have the program available at the shop…..you purchase several different ways.

Full kit,  Full Block of the Month( inc starter pack, stitcheries)  11 months.  Odds and Evens Block of the Month  (starter pack purchased sep) 5 months, Odds full purchase, Evens Full Purchase, Starter Pack seperate purchase

If this sounds confusing l can talk you through it.  So its ready to go…..Starter Packs now available  oops l forgot you can also purchase the stitcheries as individuals and the tins…….

So in amongest all the Stitchery bits  this fabric turned up.

Daysail by Bonnie and Camille

Petite Wovens  in red……..

Cheers Mary

PS: No threads are included but l have a DMC conversion done as the program uses Cosmos threads.

For those readers of Homespun, it would be no news for you that they have a new Block of the Month running. A delightful quilt using Kaffe Fassett fabric.  Here is the fabric that is used in quilt.

The fabric is sold as a complete lot, (not per month)  the cost is $345.00.  This way you are guaranteed to have all of the same dye lots, and you wont miss out,  if the stock from the Distributor runs out.

You may layby the box, but unfortunatley you cannot take from it, until the box is paid in full.

I have limited stock available.

The Linen Cupboard has finally arrived, a collection of fabric by Emma Jansen  (ex Ballarat Patchwork).  It is fresh and bright, so lets get the imagination going……

Irene Blanck has also been busy, she has finally done the pattern (EyeCandy Card) for Flowering Snowball.  This quilt uses Charm Squares so its quite a quick one.

Irenes Class on Saturday 21 March has a couple of vacancies if you are interested.   Then its off to France for Irene for the Quiltmania launch of her new book oh yes and that little exhibition that Quiltmania Run…..lol…

Irene will be back at the shop in June with her new book, and we will be having a hero worship day for her (book signing) at the shop.  So stay posted for those details.

A new Block of the Month  Birds in Paradise will also be released soon  and l will be featuring that in the shop.  (woop woop)

New to my shop classes is Pattern Making -Skirts.

Danni Maclean will be running this course , 5 sessions over a 2 month period.  Pictured is a skirt she just whipped up using my patchwork fabrics,  the unfortunate thing about the skirt is that its not my size, but it just shows you what can be done with patchwork fabrics.

The course at the moment is fully booked but l am hoping that the pattern making classes will extend to tops, dresses and pants. (l havent told Danni this yet).

So why l am mentioning this is if you are interested at all in Pattern Making leave you name and phone number at the shop, as the more interest there is the more chance there is of having the classes.

Okay thats enough..for this post…

Cheers Mary