Trio of Earrings

A School Holiday's favourite is beaded jewellery.

Meet Nel, one of our talented beaders who has just completed a trio of beautiful earrings.

I love seeing things that you've made, so please do not hesitate to send me photos of your fabulous creations for our blog!

Xmas School Holidays

I hope you've had a great festive season!

Kids will have fun during our School Holiday's program. We are doing a few different projects this time.

Do you remember DAS when you were a child? It's still available ... now, in a variety of great colours.

In this class, we've used DAS to create stylish chameleons. Here are a few creative examples!

Westalee Quilting Rulers

Have you seen the range of new adjustable quilting rulers designed & made in Australia by Westalee Design?

This innovative design was invented by Leonie West, who recently won The New Inventors' 2008 Peoples' Choice Award on ABC television.

It's a great win for quilters too! With 66.5% of the vote, hear them roar ... "I quilt & I vote!"

We have three rulers from the range in-store, including 24" straight , 18" straight & 6" half square triangle.

Christmas Tabbed Album

Look at the beautiful Christmas tabbed album made in Pam Cetinich's workshop over the past week.

The Christmas tabbed album was completed in the workshop over a couple of sittings. The result is terrific!

In recent weeks, our talented card-makers have also made Christmas tree advent calendars.

Look out for new workshops during December-January, including our kids' school holidays program by visiting www.threadneedle.com.au.

It's a Redwork Christmas

Christmas is drawing closer ...

I've started getting Christmas stock into the shop & we have Christmas-themed classes for adults & children during December.

One that I think will be a lot of fun, is "It's a Redwork Christmas". It will use Threadworx overdyed threads to really brighten things up. Take a look & hopefully you will agree.

This class with Fiona Curruthers will be on Saturday, 6 December so, hopefully, you can come and create it with us!

Australian Quilt Market

What a great weekend ...

On Saturday evening, I went to a presentation by Amy Butler. She is an inspired & passionate person who has definitely found her niche & really enjoys what she does. She says "Do what you love, love what you do". That's a good mantra for all of us!

On Sunday, I went to the Australian Quilt Market in Melbourne. I went shopping for new fabrics to stock in the the shop. I've selected fabrics from Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett & Prints Charming that should arrive early in the new year.

I chatted with Melanie Hurlston of "Melly and Me". I also obtained sample packs of new patterns by Toni Coward of "Make it Perfect" in Tasmania, who designs beautiful clothes for kids as well as quilts.

Bead Expo

I visited the Melbourne Bead Expo & Australian Quilt Market, both held in Melbourne last weekend.

At the Bead Expo, there were retailers & wholesalers from all around the country. In addition, the Bead Society of Victoria held their annual Bead Challenge exhibition. The exquisite beaded jewellery displayed was simply stunning.

There was a great selection of semi-precious stones available. Pandora style beads were a favourite as well as the fabulous hand-made glass beads that Pauline Delaney & Bergamin have to offer.

B'Julde, a Queensland-based company, was also there. I believe they have some of the best stones around.