Andrea Victoria by Riley Blake

We finally have Andrea Victoria by Riley Blake Designs back in stock! Lovely designs and graphics and even more fabric to add to our purple theme for the month!

Like to make this gorgeous Writey Tidy? Here is the link to the tutorial via Riley Blake Designs!
You will also find other great free patterns and tutorials on the site.

What to Crochet!

I thought we should post a What to Crochet after our last crochet blog post, What Not to Crochet!

I have found some darling crochet pieces and wanted to share.

I have yet to crochet my first stitch, but it is on my must do list!

via skiptomylou.org

via makeandtakes.com

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via writeonandmore.com

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How Cute Are These?

How cute are these little bubby shoes we have made for our retail store?
My favourites are the red hearts, but then again, I love red!

What Not to Crochet!

Last month's Better Homes and Gardens crochet patterns have inspired me to try to learn to crochet to create the wonderful goodies as shown on the front cover. I have not had much luck in the knitting area. I am sure I did master the art of knitting when I was younger, but I just can't seem to get the hang of it now. I keep picking up extra stitches, hence, whatever I attempt to knit just keeps getting wider and wider! Ok if you want to knit a triangle, but not much good for anything else!

Anyway, after some great suggestions from twitter pals, I went agoogling for some tips, instructions and general how to crochet sites.

What I did stumble upon was www.whatnottocrochet.wordpress.com
What a fun site. The photos below are just a taste of the tasteless crochet goodies you will find on this site!

Enjoy! I did! The bottom photo is my particular favourite, a retro flashback and quite scary!

Haul It! and Hedgehogs! Competition

Like to win 4 fat quarters of new Children's Michael Miller fabric? Details below!!

We have lots and lots of new goodies in store! Just arrived new Haul It! by Michael Miller fabrics. How great are these boy's prints. Perfect for shorts, cushions, bags, wall art and heaps more!

We also have these wonderful new Hedgehog Group fabrics. Quirky, fun and almost Japanese in style.

Competition details! Like to win 4 fat quartes of your choice out of these fun fabrics?

Just leave a comment (you must follow our blog to enter) and tell us which 4 are your favourite and what you would do with them!

Each fat quarter measures 46cm x 56cm and you get to choose which 4 out of the fabrics above!

Competition closes Friday 11th of June, 2010.

Good luck! Look forward to hearing which are your favourites!

We have a winner!

Drum roll...............the winner of the Little Bird Pattern City Girt Skirt is Cat from Melbourne!

Cat's blog is here

Congratulations Cat! Stay tuned for details of our new comp coming up on the weekend!

Winter Trading Hours

Please note our new retail store trading hours for the chilly months - ofcourse our website is still 24/7!

Mon to Thurs 9am til 3.30pm
Fri & Sat 9am til 1.30pm

Ta! Shona

Petal Punch!

Petal Punch, new from Hoffman Fabrics in store this week! These fabrics really pack a punch (pun intended!). Great retro styling on a super high quality poplin cotton.

Circa 50 Organic Cotton!

We are delighted to offer Birch Fabric's debut collection, Circa 50. Printed on certified organic poplin cotton with environmentally friendly dyes.

This funky mid century styled collection is just perfect for home, craft and fashion.

Birch Fabric's first collection has been designed by Monaluna (from Robert Kaufman fame) - Jennifer Moore.

You will find the entire range in store now.

Photos via birchfabrics.com

City Girl Skirt Pattern Giveaway!

We are giving away a terrific pattern by Little Bird Patterns. The girls at Little Bird have created another great pattern for beginner sewers. No zips or buttons, this skirt can be made in a matter of hours. I have tried it myself and it is great! Make it long, short or inbetween, however you like!
All you need to do is leave a comment below (and please leave email address if there is no link for one from your blogger id) and we will draw the winner next Saturday. Competition is open to our customers and blog followers.
If you can't wait to get your hands on this terrific patterns, it is available in our store now!

Good Luck and thank you to the girls at Little Bird Patterns for sponsoring this wonderful prize.

Also a big congrats to our 3 comp winners this week. We gave away 2 x $25 Funky Fabrix vouchers via our facebook fan page (see to the left to pop into our facebook page for winner details-->) and one metre of fabric.

My Little Mod

How wonderul do these small bed/cot sets look? They are the creation of My Little Mod using our funky fabrics. These can be purchased through Made It here.

I especially love the blue 2D zoo fabric by Alexander Henry. This would also look great in some of the other new wonderful colours now available.

This set is made with the ever popular Traffic Jam fabric by Alexander Henry. You will find a whole category of Alexander Henry Kids Fabrics in our online store.

Another classic Alexander Henry fabric, Juicy Jungle!

Purple - The New Black!

Pop in to create your own purple style this winter. We have some gorgeous purple fabrics here!

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