Stuff

It seems that this year is going to fly - and I am going to be catching up all the time!!!

There are heaps of things about to happen so I thought I would talk about them in no particular order.

First.... school holidays are just around the corner!!! We have some fun things to do in the shop during the two weeks

Click here to take a look at what's in store for our talented kids.

Second... Westalee.... The very talented Leonie and Bill are coming to visit Threadneedle on  Saturday May 14th!!! 

Leonie created a different approach to quilting rulers and went on the New Inventors a few years ago.  Well she won the People's Choice on that particular evening and then for the whole year. 

The great thing about these rulers and now templates etc.etc. is that they are all Australian designed and made.

Third...Resin Class.  We have had lots of interest but not for April... so... we are going to delay the series of resin classes until June, commencing June 11 and going for three weekends.  Looking forward to this immensely. So if you interested in joining in but were one of those that couldn't make it in April, drop me a line.

Fourth...Daylesford Craft Experience .. we are running out of space so if you want to come and play with Melly, Jodie, Kristen and me drop me an email asap...I am lining up the goodies as we speak and drooling over designs..

And finally... if you are heading out to Daylesford the Makers Market is on with a Frock Swap & Chop - believe me it looks fantastic.  If you can't make it this weekend come at Easter.

Phew....  I think I need a coffee

Resin Classes in April

You might remember in November we did some great resin classes with Sylvia Nevistic and we had an absolute ball creating beautiful pieces.

Well she has kindly offered to come back and let us have another play!!  This time we will be starting with the making of the moulds and then creating our own individual resin pieces from them.

This will be a series of 3 classes held on the first three Saturday afternoons of April. More details are available on our web

I can't wait - I keep looking at things thinking that they would look great as a brooch or a bangle... or on a chain... or in a ring... or.... or....

Hope you can come and join the fun.

Inviting a Little Menagerie to Tea

When Melly's lovely Little Menagerie fabric came in I just kept looking at it.  Then I looked at Jodie's Tea Set pattern... and well...

Ellie and Claudine needed a chat and a cuppa...

So I made them a tea set so they could be refined ladies ..... discussing all things crafty....

I think they might be talking about the Daylesford Craft Experience and what will be made by our three crafty designers...  (Saturday is nearly booked out!! Yay)

Or maybe about next weekend's Chillout activities and what time they will visit the Daylesford Makers Market..

What ever they are plotting I am sure it will involve craft and lots of tea!! (and probably chocolate as well)

Anniversary Sale - Its on again

Our Annual Sale starts today for two weeks. 

I can't believe we are actually 3 years old!!


There are bargains available all over the store with up to 20% of our range of products.

Hope to see you there!

Sewing Bag

I have been playing with the Tailor Made Fabric range from Cosmo Cricket.  It has all things sewing and it just had to be made into Rosalie Quinlan's  Nellie's Sewing Bag.

What do you think....

What else could a sewing bag be made of? 

There is a little bit of Wordplay from Benartex in there as well as you can see from the inside.

Its a lovely pattern - even though it is a older one that has been out a while I have been looking for just the right fabric.

Well we're off on a little break for a week to laze on the beach with our boys... just before school starts.  Hope you have a great last week of School Hols.



Daylesford Craft Experience

We have started sending newsletters out and contacting people with respect to the Daylesford Craft Experience.  If you haven't received any information about it you can go here to get some information and the booking form.


 Last year we had a great time at the beautiful Peppers in Hepburn where we were well fed and cared for.  So this year we thought there was no other place to go and therefore on either June 4th or 5th you can come and indulge...

Our talented designers include Melly and  Jodie, who were both there last year and provided so much fun and inspiration that we cheered when they both said yes to come again. 

Our final designer is Kristen Doran who is from NSW and does some amazing hand printing and design.

 

 Unfortunately with all the excitement comes a little sadness... Zoe from Purls Palace, my lovely friend, mentor and partner in last year's Craft Experience is closing her doors on Sunday, February 6 for good ... due to family issues.  If you can drop in prior to then to say goodbye I am sure that she would appreciate it immensely.  I am absolutely sure that Zoe will succeed in anything she undertakes.

I have promised to bring her to the weekend (ie threatened to "kidnap" her) so that she can come and say hello and have some fun.

So I hope you can come and indulge yourself in craft with us in June...

School Holidays

Happy New Year!!! (slightly belated - there goes the first of the NY promises - blogging more)

I can't believe its 2011.  The end of last year was full of both sadness and happiness for some of our friends and family (some of which is still continuing). However, I am truly glad that we are in a new year and am looking forward to all the adventures that it holds.

Once again we have a schedule of school holiday activities for kids available.  They can be downloaded here.  (The pyjama class has commenced but there are still vacancies for others.)

This year I was also asked to do some classes at Jubilee Lake Caravan Park.  Below is some of the results from the Design a T-Shirt/Library Bag class which was just before New Year.  We had 14 kids of varying ages participating.

These textile textas enable kids to create and wear their own creative styles.  It was lovely to run the class outside under a marquee instead of inside and basically have a lot of fun.