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

via celticlove.com

via sewinglove.blogspot.com

via writeonandmore.com

via craftzine.com

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