Card-Making with Pam

Meet some of the class members from our regular card-making workshop on Thursday afternoons.

Pam Cetinich inpires the class each week with great card-making & paper-craft projects.

During the next several months, we will also have beginners quilting classes & workshops for kids during the Easter school holidays.

Visit our website at www.threadneedle.com.au to view our classes schedule.

L to R: Irene, Doug, Pam, Joy, Judy, Patty

Prints Charming

Here are some of the gorgeous fabrics from Prints Charming that we have in-store.

Prints Charming is a design & screen printing collaboration between Cath Derksema & Kirsten Junor, who have a studio in Annandale, Sydney.

In addition to the original hand-printed designs available from their studio, their artwork is used in the Prints Charming range produced by Marcus Fabrics in New York.

The soft feel of the fabrics makes them ideal for clothing as well as craft.

The fabrics shown below are from the "Rainbow Garden" range.

"70s Trees - Cars"

"Rainbow Print"

"Baby Starburst - Blue"

Watch out soon for fabrics from Amy Butler & Kaffe Fassett!

Anniversary Sale

It's our first anniversary since opening, so to celebrate we currently have a 20% sale on all fabrics ending on Sunday, 29 March 2009.

It was bedlam at the weekend, with visitors to the shop from all over Victoria!

The sale applies to all fabrics in-store, including fat quarters, wadding & backing fabrics.

Daylesford is glorious during Autumn, so if you haven't visited recently, now there's another great reason to come!

Anette Eriksson

We are excited to have added the Anette Eriksson range of needlework kits to our store.

"Handmade" is a trend that has emerged in interior décor & fashion design during the current economic climate.

The Anette Eriksson range is a contemporary collection for your home that is inspired by Scandinavian design. The range makes extensive use of natural fibres such as hessian & wool.

The kits include complete instructions & materials, including weave, yarn, threads, backing fabric for cushion, needle & graph.

Many of the designs are simple & easy to complete in an evening or two … but there is also plenty for those who are more advanced!

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I'm currently making the "Girlfriend" cushion, shown below with some of the other designs ...

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LINEN & WHITE

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Designs: Tree, Silver Drops, Ornament, Crochet Flower

THE KIDS' ROOM

Designs: Animal Story, Flower Hen, Girlfriend, The Beach

ORGANIC

Design: Pear Tree

Paper-craft Journal

Our last class of the School Holidays was this great journal created by Pam Cetinich.

Just look at the fabulous colours using Kaiser scrapbooking papers.

We have a few kits available to make your own journal for $10 each.

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!