Thankyou Ladies!

This lovely bouquet of flowers arrived for me on Tuesday. it was a gorgeous 'Thankyou'  from the ladies who attended the retreat. I felt very special and the flowers smell divine!

Speaking of flowers this gorgeous range of Flower Sugar florals from Lecien arrived this week, I will get them on the website by the weekend :)

Cheers,
Liisa

Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

Well, we all had a great time on retreat! Lots of stitching and laughter and friendship and food and a drink or two! I managed to sew up two quilt tops and will have to get them quilted asap. We ran an aesthetically challenged (ugly) mug swap and Leona ended up with the prize Man Mug. Yes, she did drink her coffee out of this all weekend. BTW really nice PJ's Leona! 

Everyone arrived to a goody bag filled with treats, I can not tell you what was inside, as we have another group going on retreat next month so I do not want to spoil their surprise now do I?
The weather was cool but not freezing and the fire kept us warm at night.....
We did a little shopping at The Quilters Angel at Highfields and a couple of other local shops in Toowoomba, I am sure they were happy to see us.
Here are some of the girls stitching away. The light in the room was actually very good, but as a photographer I leave a lot to be desired!
A huge Thankyou to everyone who joined us in Highfields you made it a great weekend!

Happy Stitches,
Liisa xoxo

Only a few more sleeps til our May retreat!

There are 40 very excited ladies packing their bags as I blog, we are heading off to Highfields for a weekend of fun and friendship and some stitching. We have packed our aesthetically challenging, uniquely individual coffee mugs for a swap challenge, and our hats for Saturday night! A few bottles of bubbly and lots of projects to choose from in case we change our minds....
We are going to visit The Quilters Angel in Highfields, and catch up with the lovely Marion and Steph.

The hall at our venue is lovely and bright with loads of space. I am so looking forward to a whole weekend of sewing! Yipee! I will take some pics and let you know what everyone is up to.
I hope that you all have a great weekend too!
I am off to pack the goodie bags for the retreatees! Freddos -Check, Lollies - Check, Lots of other stuff - Check Check Check!
Cheers, Liisa

BOM's are ready to go

Just a quick note to let you know that the next installment of our Remember When and Down in the Garden BOM's are ready to go now. Advent Angels will be ready shortly too!
Some more gorgeous fabrics have arrived and we have our Jelly rolls of Martinique as well as some fabric bolts to match. Just when I thought I had a little bit of space on the shelves....
Happy stitching,
Liisa

Thanks so much!

First of all I want to thank everyone that came into the store during our clearance sale and helped us move lots of fabric! We have now created space for all the new stuff!

We have Nicey Jane by Heather Bailey,  Hunky Dory from Chez Moi, Simply Sweet from Quilt Soup and Marabella by Amy Hamberlin of Kati Cupcake Pattern Co to name a few! We also have lots of new flannels for the men in our lives and those who do not like flowers! We do have lots of floral flannels of course! There are some other yummy fabrics too and some new batiks. The shelves are overflowing once more!

We have a gorgeous new Flower Show quilt and have several kits available but be quick for this one as they have been selling really fast! This quilt was adapted from a pattern by The Quilt Company called Lindsay by Karen Montgomery. Yes it is large! Generous Queen size/King size.

We also have Michelle's version of Aunt Millie's Garden Quilt on display for a short time. If you joined this BOM and want to see how our kit looks finished, please drop in for a look. It is simply stunning! Well done Michelle!
But want to hear my most exciting news........
We now have EXTRA lighting at the shop! Woo Hoo, no more dark corners! It looks fantastic!
Well back to my stitching, Advent Angels BOM is calling me....
Happy Sewing,
Liisa

Clearance Sale

Woo Hoo I have finally found some time to fit in a clearance sale. We have some older stock we would love to move on so that we can put all the lovely new stock out on the shelves. So, there are some great bargains to be had. Over 300 bolts of fabric at a minimum of 40% off the marked price some down to less than $6/m.

We have some sale specials on patterns, kits and books too!
We do not have these on the website so you would need to pop in to the store.
Amy Butler fabrics are 30% off and these are listed on the website.
Sale starts today and finishes on Saturday 17th April.
Cheers,
Liisa xoxo

Yummy new threads!

Sorry it has been a few weeks since my last post.... I have been busy sewing new samples and tonnes of new stuff has arrived. Most of you would have received the new class list/newsletter by now. If not, just email me and I will send you a copy. I hope that you enjoy the music I have added to my blog, if not just hit the stop button on the ipod and it will turn off :)

These so scrummy new variegated threads from Cosmo have just arrived, we will probably use some in the Down in the Garden BOM. Click on the pic if you want a larger view!

I have just finished the new strip club project called 'Ric Rac Runner'. We have kits for the top without the optional border for $15 this includes the pattern sheet.There are several colourways. Sample shows colourway 1. 

 There is also an Amy Butler pinks version and a batik version in vivid oranges pinks and purples...

'Down in the Garden' block of the Month and 'Remember When' Block of the Month programmes are up and running.


Heather Bailey's new fabric range  'Nicey Jane' has arrived and I love it! Check it out on the website!

I hope you all had a break over the Easter long weekend and managed a little sewing. I am busy sewing Dresden plates for our China Plates quilt class next month.I am so loving them! I love the fabrics too, so it is just so much fun making up this project. I did have a quick chat to Martin the Bernina Guru about the best way to set up the machine to take monofilament thread, not a favourite of mine, but I wanted to give it a go with the new Superior Mono poly thread and see if it changes my mind.I'll let you know!
Cheers, Liisa
Well back to the machine!
PS This pic is off the pattern cover, but I have used many of the same fabrics... I love this fresh colourful quilt!