Busy Day!

Wow busy day in the store today! I am still trying to update our new website but didn't get much of a chance.

Nice to meet Samantha of Jetta's Nest. Samantha came to pick up her order, and it was so nice to meet her. She makes gorgeous children's clothing and these fabulous robot applique t-shirts (see photo below) - how great are these? Here is a link to Samantha's blog - you can purchase through her blog on through her etsy store.

http://www.jettasnest.blogspot.com/

New Website

Just a quick note to let our customers know, we are in the process of changing servers and websites. Talk about a tedious job!
Buyers can still purchase from www.funkyfabrixonline.com but you will find all our new fabrics listed on www.funkyfabrix.com.au which will be our new website. We should have most fabrics listed on the new website by this time next week.

Thanks so much!
Shona

More Beautiful Fabrics

Kokka Fabrics imported from Japan - Funky Scandinavian style prints

Moda - Wonderland by MoMo

Our store has been busy, busy, busy this week - so many new orders of fabric arriving.

The orders we made in Melbourne in November have finally arrived! (ah no wonder I like ordering directly from the US!)............but well worth the wait.

Heaps and heaps of new Kokka Fabric from Japan. Japanese graphics are just so quirky and fun, and don't we just love these new prints. Some are just so Scandinavian in style. Jason and I have been collecting vintage Scandinavian textiles for about 6 years now, and these new Japanese prints just bring a smile to our faces.......many of our fabrics have been sold over the years (lack of space!) so it is nice to see some of these familiar graphics again.

I can imagine these prints and quirky aprons, cafe curtains and chair pillows for your retro style kitchens.........ahhhh oven mits and pot holders too.

We also received a new Moda order of the new collection Wonderland designed by MoMo of Japan. These prints are inspired by Alice in Wonderland and the fabrics have just fab names like Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee - just love them!

We also have new Little Bird Patterns in store. These Brissy girls have been working hard and have created a new Twirly Skirt pattern that uses on 4 fat quarters (or 1 yard/metre) of fabric in total. With us all tightening our belts of late, what a great design!

We have lots of fabric bundles (4 fat quarters) in our retail store that would work perfectly with this pattern - ah might have to make up some packs and put them online!

We have also been very busy (well I have been busy to be precise) changing over our website. After much deliberation we have decided to change over to an au website. Now that we no longer list as much vintage as we would like (one day with more time.......) our international market is not as large, so we thought it may be more to our local buyer's liking, to have an au website.

I have over 900 fabrics to change to the new site, so not sure when that will be done. In the meantime our site http://www.funkyfabrixonline.com/ is still running as usual. You can also log into and purchase from http://www.funkyfabrix.com.au/ but at the time of writing this, I have only about 10 fabrics listed........and that took me most of the morning. Jason worked in our store today, so can't say I had my mind on the job with a bored 4 year old running around the house.

Hopefully we are in for a quiet weekend. Last Saturday I had a whirlwind visit to Melbourne for the day. I took my 17 year old down to find her formal dress and popped into the Stitches and Craft show for a little visit. We took the 5am flight down, so needless to say Sunday was a bit of a right off. We arrived home at about 10pm Saturday night, with a formal dress in tow. Can you believe we finally found one at the last store we visited!

Don't forget to pop into store if you live in Brissy. All our new fabrics are already on the shelves.......now to find the time to put them online! They should all be there by tomorrow. www.funkyfabrixonline.com/store

Retail Store Pics

Thought I would finally post some photos of our retail store and all the goodies available!

Here's a glimpse of the goodies available in our Brissy store. Don't forget to stop in and say hello if you live in Brisbane or just visiting!

Our store address is

Funky Fabrix
Shop 5/40 Blackwood Street, Mitchelton

We are open Monday to Friday 10am til 4pm and Saturday 10am til 2pm

Stunning necklaces and bracelets handmade in Adelaide by Dianna K using vintage buttons.

We also carry a fantastic range of funky childrens clothing, hats and bloomers by Wild Things of Noosa, cushions, fabric and ottomans by Surface Art, Messanger totes by Ella O Six and Katrina Kaye. We also carry vintage fabric monsters and pillows made in Amsterdam with vintage fabric - heaps of other funky things too!

We are off the Reed Gift Fair and the Instyle Trade Show this weekend in Sydney, so hopefully we will find more funky giftware to add to our retail store in the coming months.

Hope they all fit in a little store!

If you have any suggestions of funky items we can add don't forget to pop us a line at

mail@funkyfabrixonline.com

Shona and Jason

Customer Creations

Customer Creations!

Gorgeous tote using Alexander Henry Fabric - Coriander Blue

How devine is this Red Kimono Fabric by Oilily?

Funky skirt using Andalucia by Patty Young Designs

Thought I would share a few photos of one of our customer's creations.
Susie is one of our regulars and her creations are just gorgeous.



Especially love the gorgeous skirt made using Patty Young's new range. This range is very eclectic yet works so well. See the latest Andalucia range in store now

http://www.funkyfabrixonline.com/

Like to share some of your work with us? Just send your piccies to mail@funkyfabrixonline.com

One lucky customer will receive a free Melly and Me pattern each month.

Well school is back and our youngest starts Kindy tomorrow! Ah, to have some peace and quiet!

Well not quite - thanks to our wonderful customers, our website has been very, very busy......not that we are complaining at all.

If you have logged onto our website of late, you may have noticed the new Prints Charming range - Ranbow Gardens - wonderful graphics, bright bold prints with a wonderful retro vintage charm - just perfect!

We have listed 19 different fabrics from the range on our website http://www.funkyfabrixonline.com/ and ofcourse all are also available in our retail store at Mitchelton, Brisbane.

Prints Charming is located in Australia in Sydney - if you want to know more about these talented girls you can take a peek at their new look website http://www.printscharming.com.au/
We also have some new Shannon Lamden fabric on its way, as well as more Surface Art fabrics from Sydney. If you do live in Brissy you may like to check out some of the gorgeous cushions, purses and ottomans by Surface Art now in store. These do sell out quickly but they are just devine.

We will be building upon our Australian Designer fabric this year and hope to carry many more designers later in the year.

Please feel free to pop us a line you have a favourite designer and would like us to their fabric to our ever growing range.

Jason and I are off to the Life in Style Trade Fair in Syndey in a few weeks, so will have some new goodies available in store soon!

Shona and Jason

Just a Quickie!

Just a quick hello to keep you all up to date. I am a very very bad blogger. I think it has now been 3 months since my last blog!

I try to find the time, but with a 3 year old and 3 teenagers, a new store, ebay and our website http://www.funkyfabrixonline/ - well you can see why the postings and few and far between!







We visited the Victorian Quilt show last month and not only did we have a lovely 2 days without kids in tow, we ordered some gorgeous fabric - well not just some, but a lot of gorgeous fabric. Look out for new Amy Butler, Alexander Henry, Robert Kaufman, Moda, Japanese prints, Books, Patterns, Free Spirit, and more!




Some of these should start arriving soon, with the majority arriving in Feb or March.




Thank you to all our wonderful customers who have visited our new retail store. It is just wonderful to meet you all. We have had so many nice compliments about our store and are just so happy you all like it. We will be expanding the fabric fabric area between Christmas and New Year and adding lots more funky gifts and wares to our selections.


For thos of you who live in Brisbane, you can visit us at
Funky Fabrix
Shop 5/40 Blackwood St
Mitchelton, Qld


Mon to Fri 10am til 4pm & Sat 10am til 2pm






Here are a few piccies and a little article published in Image Magazine this month.



We look forward to meeting many more of you in the New Year and also expanding our online store.

Best wished to you all for the Christmas season and hoping you all enjoy and cherish special times with your families.


Shona and Jason