A Quick Trip to Germany

Our few short days in Germany is almost over. Here you can see our hotel which was right near the Frankfurt train station. The station is full of delicious food stands, wonderful bakeries and delightful gift stores.

We had a lovely train journey to the Bavian Forest for New Years, in a lovely little village called
Bayerisch Eisenstein. Cold and rainy but with a little snow left on the ground, we spent the day wondering around, still trying to recover from jet lag.............and yes it is as cold as it looks!

Tonight we popped out for dinner and the cobble stones streets were all lit up with fairy lights and Christmas trees.

Off to Salzburg tomorrow!

Thanks to the lovely girls looking after our store / website whilst we are gone. You have been keeping them very busy! Our store reopens this Monday.

Happy New Year to all our wonderful friends, family and customers! See you all in 2010!!

Our holiday!

We have arrived in Seoul and off to Frankfurt this morning. Unforunately we only have half a day here, so we won't be visiting the largest fabric shop in the world! Yes Seoul has the largest fabric shop in the world and we don't get to see it. Seoul produces some gorgeous poplin cottons, so hopefully we will get back again to source some beautiful fabrics.

Very cold here, minus 6 at the moment, and snow everywhere!

The girls are busy in the store today packing orders (in hot humid weather I hear) and they will open the store next Monday 4th.

We have lots of new patterns and fabrics arriving, and hopefully I will get a chance to list a few in the coming days - yes my laptop comes on every holiday!
Incheon at night from our hotel room. First photo taken this morning, everything covered in snow!

The winner is..................

We hope you all had a wonderful day with your family and friends yesterday. We had a wonderful day with our 4 children and extended family. Boxing Day has been nice and lazy, leading up to a hectic packing day tomorrow, as we are heading off on our family trip on Monday.

Funky Fabrix will be left in very capable hands, so all orders will be sent swifty as per usual!

And finally, the winner of our 3 half metres of lovely Art Gallery Fabrics is Cass (Cass' blog here http://cassandraking.blogspot.com/).

Congratulations Cass! If you could please email us on shona@funkyfabrix.com.au we will have your fabric off to you asap!

Once again we would like to thank all our wonderful customers and friends, for making 2009 a special year for us. We look forward to 2010!

We will keep in touch whilst traveling, and hopefully post an inspirational pic here and there.

Our retail store reopens on January 4th and website is open 24/7 all through the holiday season.

Shona and Jason xx

Last Giveaway for the Year!

Our Last Giveaway for 2009!

Like to win half a metre of these 3 gorgeous new Art Gallery fabrics?

Just leave a comment to win 3 half metres! Too easy - Good Luck! Winner drawn Christmas Eve.

A Busy Week with New Arrivals!

We have had another super busy week in store and online! We are very much looking forward to our family holiday! The store is still full of lovely gifts for those last minute shoppers like myself.

We are also very excited to have some lovely new fabric collections arrive instore. The beautiful tones of Art Gallery fabrics are now adorning our shelves as well as the funky new collections by Alexander Henry.

We also have many new Kokka of Japan fabrics, which will be up on the website next week. I still have so many fabrics to add to our online store so check back often for lots of new lovlies.

We are also excited to have some reprints of Amy Butlers Lotus collection which will be available in the coming weeks.

See some of the beautiful new Art Gallery fabrics below, with a few ideas for inspiration.

Good Earth Alexander Henry

We are very excited to have the new Alexander Henry range, Good Earth in store now. We just love the 60s look and feel to these wonderful textiles. My personal favourites are the paisleys and florals. These have a wonderful vintage nostalgic feel. I collect 60s fabrics, and these would not look out of place in my collection.






We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our wonderful customers. We have had a truly amazing year, our best yet! Last week saw the team working 14 hour days just to send all orders, in time for Christmas we hope!

We will be taking a family break after Christmas, but Funky Fabrix will be left in the very capable hands of our wonderful staff.

Please note that our retail store will be closed from Monday 28th of December and will reopen Monday 4th of January. As usual our website will be operating 24/7!

If you are still looking for a last minute gift, gift vouchers are available online and instore and we offer express post/overnight delivery options via the website.

Merry Christmas from Shona, Jason and the Funky Fabrix team.

We have a winner!

The lucky winner of the gorgeous vintage fabric pendant is Missymaomao. You can view her blog here http://missymaomao.blogspot.com/

I am sure you will love this gorgeous pendant, either for yourself or a wonderful Christmas present.

You can view more of Mona and Midge's wonderful creations here www.monaandmidge.com

Website Special Now On - Ends Saturday Midnight.

20% off all orders over $120.00 (automatically calculated at checkout)

Retail Store Special - This Friday and Saturday
20% off all fabric & 10% off gifts and patterns (no minimum purchase required)
Shop 5/40 Blackwood St, Mitchelton
Fri - 9am til 5pm
Sat - 9am til 8pm (for Blackwood St Summer Festival)

Alexander Henry Lorenza

Some of Alexander Henry's new range, Lorenza has landed in store! I just love these vibrant fresh prints!~




PS! Don't forget Blackwood Street Summer Festival is on this Saturday! (Mitchelton)

We are open from 9am til 8pm! and shhhh Super Duper sales and specials can be found in store! Be quick, our Christmas goodies and beautiful fabrics are selling quickly.

Win a Vintage Fabric Mona and Midge Pendant!

Like to win one of these gorgeous Mona and Midge pendants made exclusively for Funky Fabrix with one of our gorgeous vintage 1960s fabrics? All you need to do is leave a comment! Winner will be drawn on Sunday 13th of December.

These pendants will soon be available on our vintage fabric goodies website www.100vintage.com

Good luck!

Mona & Midge Pendants

We are so excited about these lovely new pendants. Made with resin and our very own Vintage Pop fabric. Even better, made right here in Brisbane, exclusively for us, but Mona and Midge.
They are available online and in our retail store.

We also have some stunning vintage fabric pendants arriving!

December Trading Hours

Extended Store Trading Hours - December

Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 9am - 4pm

Thurs 9am - 6pm

Saturday 9am til 3pm

Also opening

This coming Sunday for the Farmers Markets

9am til 11.30am

& Saturday 12th Dec 9am til 8pm

(for Blackwood St Summer Festival)

Shop 5 / 40 Blackwood Street

Mitchelton 4053

Saffron Craig - Fantastic Fairies

"We have received the first batch of Saffron Craig's "Fantastic Fairies" range. Of course Saffron's fairies aren't just any fairies. These creatures are sprightly and joyful, dancing in circles, around flowers and inside love hearts."

The range features 4 wonderful designs in pinks, reds, browns and greens:

• Loveheart Fairies—all over print of lovehearts with fairy motives
• Fairy Circles—geometric pattern print of fairy circles
• Fairies in Flowers—varying flower motives sprinkled with little fairies
• Tulip Fairy—large motif surronded by butterflies and tulips, great for centre panels

These fabrics are printed on 100% light-weight cotton, 112cm wide and are now available.

New colour way for the Owl range
We now also have two popular designs in a new brown & blue colour way, complementing the brown Owl in Trees:

• Owl Nesting in brown and blue
• Trees Mignon in blue and green

You will find Saffron's whole range by clicking here!