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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Tuesday Stack - A Bunch of Flowers

It is winter here now and it has been a wet and nasty day; adding to the gloom is the fact that it is dark by 5 pm, so I needed some cheering up - these fabrics do this for me.

Included in this stack are:

Sphere Milky Way by Moda

Flower Sugar Raspberry by Lecien

Fox Field Scribbles in Shade by Tula Pink

Flower Sugar Blue by Lecien

Going Dotty Pink By Kokka

Pam Kitty Love by Holly Holderman for Lakehouse Drygoods

Posh Paisley Orchid by Michael Miller

Gingham Light Blue by Kokka

Monday, June 9, 2014

Patchwork Please! - A book I need to buy

I often trial books, before I buy them, by taking them out of the library first. Sometimes books can be a triumph of styling over actual substance. I recently did this with Patchwork Please! by Ayumi Takahashi and for me this is a book that I need to purchase. The projects and the styling are great. There are several projects that I want to do.

So far I am obsessed with the envelopes:

With this envelope I used the instructions from Zoe the Zombie Apocalypse doll, with some Miffy fabric I bought in Japan. The on below uses some Red Cookie fabric which I have had squirrelled away.

There are a number of other projects in this book that I would like to try.

Are there any books that you can recommend?

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Birthday Giveaway Winner

Thank you to everyone for participating in our birthday giveaway. Comments from Facebook and this blog were pooled together. Comments were numbered and then the Random Number Generator used to select a winner.

The lucky winner is number 172, Karyn of Milly Made It who said:

Karyn I have e-mailled you. Thanks again and happy sewing to everyone.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Tuesday Giveaway - Birthday Celebrations Continue

Instead of a stack this week there is a Tuesday giveaway. To celebrate our 2nd Birthday in our shop, in Kilbirnie and our first ever sale I decided to host a giveaway rather than have a Tuesday stack. It is our Birthday - but you get the gift.

The giveaway is for a fat quarter of each of the fabrics below. But wait there is more - (no not a free set of steak knives) but an extra set of fat quarters for a friend of your choosing. So one set for you and one for a friend.

To win the giveaway please leave a comment with the name of your friend and what you would like to make if you won the fabrics.

Commenting here gives you one entry (please make sure your contact details are either linked to your account or leave an email address).
You can also visit us on Facebook and leave a comment on the giveaway post and get a second entry.

The giveaway is open until 6pm (New Zealand time) next Monday 2nd June and a winner will be drawn next Tuesday. I am happy to send the giveaway anywhere in the world.

Meanwhile the Birthday Sale continues if you would like to pick up some bargains in store or on line.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Tuesday Stack - Small and Cute

This week's Tuesday stack is a selection of the smaller prints we have in store. I love the softness of these colours.

From Sevenberry the very versatile Rainbow Dot on Linen

Heather Ross's super cute Country Mouse in Green

Red Riding Hood Pink by Kokka

New are these super cute Elephants in Elephant Parade by Kokka

Very Spotty Pistachio by Kokka

And these little piggys - Piggy Wiggle (every 8th pig is got his bottom towards us).

And as a collage:

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Tuesday Stack - In the Garden

Last week we received a new shipment of fabrics from Japan. In amongst the fabrics were some of my all time favourite fabric - Garden by Ellen Luckett Baker. I know this is cheating because it is a coordinated group of fabrics, but I don't care, I just have to share. Here is just some of the range: