Sydney Craft Show

I'm off to the Craft Show on Friday, didn't make it to any last year so I thought I deserved an outing. And I'm catching up with a friend and staying overnight. Maybe I will get to some fabulous market on Saturday, will have to wait and see. And I might find some interesting new stuff at the Craft show for the shop.
The orders are still coming in, got new stuff from Julie Maccullough of Magic Threads and Jill Maas - they both do fabulous dolls - I have made some of Julie's but haven't yet made any of Jill's.

Fred and Frogs in a Box - this is the new one by Jill Maas, love it and can imagine all the fun embellishing the box.

and this is Snowdrop, isn't she pretty. Another Jill Maas doll. 

I've also got some new stuff from Kookaburra Cottage, including a little girls dress pattern and a toddlers pants and top pattern - both of which I have actually made. I will try and put pics up next week.

Ava Rose - pretty Kookaburra Cottage quilt pattern

Kookaburra Laugh - this would be great for an overseas friend.

I Love My Job

I really do love my job. I get to spend my days surrounded by wonderful patterns for all the things I love best. And I get to associate with fabulous people as well. Not just suppliers and designers, but my customers too. I have some great customers who keep coming back to check out my new stuff. And I'm really grateful to them.

Yesterday I got a new supply of patterns in from Toni Alexander of the Red Boot Quilt Company. Toni does great fun designs. I actually made one of her designs for my granddaughter when she was born, didn't know Toni at the time, and I love it. I have also made up her Best Friends doll pattern and another one of her quilt patterns. 

Best Friends - aren't they cute, and so simple to make.

A new pattern called Puppy Love - perfect for all dog lovers.

And one for the cat lovers out there, called Catnip.

As well as the parcel from Toni I got one from Janet Rowe, or Wildcraft Farm. This is a new one for me. I haven't even had a chance to open it yet, but I will soon, and the patterns will be available. 

I love my job. - The only thing I could wish for is more time to make up lots of the wonderful patterns I have to sell.

New Stock, and free pattern

Bigfork Bay Cotton Company is one of my favourite suppliers, I love their patterns, and the people are really nice as well. I have just updated the stock on the website and in my eBay store. They have designs from a lot of talented artists whose work is translated into gorgeous wall quilts. 

This is AMUR - he is gorgeous. My mother would have loved this one, and I would have had to make it for her.

Zuri is new - her name means beautiful in Swahili, and she is.

and my favourite - this is Chicken A La Carte - one of a series of fun wall quilts designed by Debi Hubbs and with Tuscan scenery in them. 

As well as the Bigfork Bay new patterns, I have finally gotten the kits for the Bella Garden - the latest McKenna Ryan BOM. The fabrics are wonderful, so rich. And there seems to be a lot of fabric, it weighs over 1 kg. I only have 3 in stock, so if you want one, you better get in reasonably quickly.

And finally a bit of bragging from me. I have finished the first FREE pattern for my website. It isn't on there yet, but the quilt is finished and the pattern is written. I am just trying to get the diagrams right - I'm not up on making PDFs. It is called China Blue and should be on the website by the end of the week.

Cross Stitch - Rinna

I love cross stitch. It is probably my second favourite crafty activity, to patchwork. And I collect dolls - all sorts of dolls - lately I have gotten quite a few little Japanese dolls to add to my collection. So when I saw these fabulous cross stitch designs by Rinna I knew I had to stock them in my store. I have 7 different designs to choose from, still don't know which one I want to do. Actually I think I want to do them all, but know that is probably not going to happen. So I wanted to share them with you. 

Hana

Keiko

Hikaru

From My Heart to Your Hands

I received a parcel from Lori Smith a few weeks ago, and I have finally got around to putting them all on my website . They are fabulous, as are all her patterns. I am trying to decide which one I need to do. Probably one of the folk art applique designs because I love that style. A lot of her things are very traditional in design (and I'm not) but there are several I would like to do anyway. She also has a great range of little quilts to make - in 2 different lots of patterns. One lot is called Fit to Frame and each pattern has 4 fabulous little projects designed to fit in easily available frames. The other lot is called Fat Quarter Quilting and has 9 gorgeous little quilts - generally made with fat quarters. I think I may start with one of these rather than a big one.

This is new - isn't it gorgeous. It's called Lily's Garden

An oldie but a goodie - high on my list of projects from Lori. It's called Autumn Trails

Another new one - Mary Katherine's Pride

This one is Flowers For Mackenzie - love it

Fat Quarter Quilting - Five Prints plus One Background to make any one of the quilts. A great place to start - applique and/or pieced - fabulous.

 Leave a comment and you can have 10% off any Lori Smith pattern on the website. Just let me know when you purchase so I can fix the price on your invoice. 

Fabulous Baby Shoe patterns

OMG - it's February already. What happened to December and January. Got busy I think, anyway I'm back now with some fabulous new stuff. And hopefully some interesting things happening in my life. 

I got an order from Curby's Closet today - the most fabulous baby shoes (booties) patterns - such as Cowboy boots and Ballet shoes and Loafers and more. I'm really tempted to make some of these up just because they are so cute even though there are no babies around. 

These are the cutest baby shoes ever - I might have to make some

The newest pattern - so cute with laces

Perfect for any little girl - ballet shoes - starting early

Pearl Pereira - P3 designs

I got a new shipment in from Pearl Pereira of P3 designs and I thought I should share. These are wonderful. She does beautiful applique patterns including the most wonderful Christmas quilt. Unfortunately intricate applique isn't my thing, but I love them. I do have one put aside to do - Fantasy Flowers - it has big blocks so I might be able to do it (by machine of course).

This is Fantasy Flowers - big blocks and beautiful.

The ultimate Christmas quilt - called Baltimore Christmas. For applique lovers everywhere - a real heirloom quilt for your family.

This one is called Quails Table runner - isn't it cute. I have a soft spot for Quail, so I really like this one.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the P3 designs on the SewArmadillo website. There is so much new stock coming in I am having trouble keeping up with it. But that means there are great new things to look at and lust after. And lots of new stuff in the eBay store as well. I'll try and keep the blog and Facebook updated with the new stock as it comes in.