Birds Birds Birds

Oooohhh we love birds...and more arrived today, so here we go again..beautiful, gorgeous, stunning.

Try as we might to come up with another way to describe these fabrics we just keep coming back to the same old words, because really.......they are beautiful...gorgeous...stunning.

This new range is called "Gabrielle" and it is a fabulous range. 

If you are not in the mood for gorgeous pretty birds well there is still plenty in this range to please, with some great blenders in a collection of really useful colours, small to medium size prints and some great all over leafy designs.

If you are not already a fan of "Karen Kay Buckley"s Perfect Scissors", well grab a pair soon and you will be converted in an instant.  These are such great scissors and are now available in a new medium size..the perfect size for the sewing bag.

These scissors are so light and easy on the hands with soft comfortable large handles.  They have great sharp points for tiny little snips, and their micro serrated blade means that fabric doesn't slip away from you when you are trying to cut around delicate flowers and leaves for Broderie Perse and appliqué pieces. We will have plenty of all three sizes with us at stand D18, next week at the Melbourne Craft and Quilt Fair so make sure you check them out when you come to say hello to us.

If you can't make it to the show we also have Karen Kay Buckley's Scissors on our web site and in the shop.

Wow oh wow...Sorry to use the word stunning yet again but just look at this amazing quilt we have for show and tell today. We always have great fun in the shop when Lorraine from Colac comes to visit us and yesterday she brought this amazing quilt made for her by her Daughter...boy she would have to be the favorite Daughter of the family after a gift like this.

And as if this huge quilt isn't enough to get us excited, just check out the machine quilting...can you believe Lorraine's Daughter quilted this whole quilt herself on a domestic machine...what an amazing achievement.


 
Sammy has only one thing to say to you all today....have a great weekend everybody.

BIG BIG Range.

We could almost have a "No Words Wednesday" blog post today...except it is only Tuesday.

We really only need lots and lots of photos to show you this huge range, "History Repeated" from Windham fabrics.

We have 61 different prints from this range and they are in light and dark browns, soft navy ivory and the most beautiful smokey teals.

 The colours work so beautifully together, but each and everyone of these prints are all gorgeous and all of them are just begging to be used...pale backgrounds, great stripes so tempting for fussy cutting and small borders, and great all over florals and geometrics.

You can see swatches of the whole range on our website, all, or just one or two of these prints will be such a handy addition to the stash...but really.. you will just want them all.

We have been so lucky in the past few weeks because we have had some really inspirational show and tell..and it is always great to have a good old sticky beak at what other people have been up to.
Thanks for today go to Jenny and Sheila.

Jenny made this quilt as a wedding gift for her daughter...that is such a special gift and we bet her daughter will just love it.

And wow....Sheila has finished her "Civil War Bride".  Sheila came into Threadbear for wadding and backing.  Sheila thought we may want to wait till her top was all quilted and bound before we took a photo, but we couldn't wait...we will just take another photo when it is quilted, because it is so beautiful.

Now..if you have not yet decided to make the trip to the Melbourne Craft and Quilt Fair, well let us tell you...you have to come and join us there.  Today at Threadbear there have been so many beautiful fabrics packed into boxes, ready to take to the show.

We have been having such a great time selecting all the fabric you will see at the show,
and we also have four new quilts for you to enjoy...you won't want to miss out on all that fun. 

Kurt has to help Sammy with his fabric selections because he is only little and he cant reach the top shelves.

Sammys "To Do" list.

There are many items on Sammy's "To Do" list for today..in fact he is in his chair and ready to supervise...

We have to print a new newsletter, cut and parcel our latest fabric club, keep folding fabrics for the July show, and most important of all, and not to be forgotten, regular pats, cuddles and treats for Sammy...all in a days work for this busy dog.

New fabric is still arriving each day at the shop, and another exciting addition to our shelves is "Civil War Jubilee".

This is another gorgeous collection of stunning jewel coloured prints from Barbara Brackman for Moda.

Great border prints, florals and blenders make up this range....they are all very rich,some dark and broody and some full of colour.

And if you like purples, well feast your eyes on these lovelies...

"Mourning Grays" is all purples, deep greys and black prints...and any of the prints from this range would make a very handy addition to the stash...Threadbear says you can never have too many purples in your stash.

The best way we can think of to head into the week end is to show you this amazing piece of inspiration.

Tanya came to Threadbear today to find a backing for her quilt and we are so glad she let us take a photo to share with you all, because her quilt is beautiful.
Thank you Tanya for sharing and thank you to Layla for helping hold up your Mum's quilt up for us all to see.  Tanya, your quilt is so pretty and your choice of colours are wonderful..seeing this fantastic quilt finished and ready to be quilted makes us want to spend the whole weekend sewing.

Wishing you all a happy weekend, and lots of sewing time as well.

What is in those boxes???

More boxes arrived today...Civil War Miniatures, History Repeated and Blue Variety are the three ranges buried deep in these boxes.  They will all be on the website in the next few days, but by the look on Megan's face there is going to be plenty in those boxes to tempt us.

Now...are you sitting down....because here is another one of those absolutely stunning fabrics to look at..last week it was those lovely little bees and now...will you just look at these gorgeous birds.

They come to us in the range "Birdsong", by Jo Morton and Kathy Hall.  We have 26 beautiful fabrics, with blenders, checks and stripes, flowers and feathers, all in blues, blacks, browns and pink....and the two stunning signature prints..birds, birds, birds.

We are sending a huge thank you to Rachel for this beautiful show and tell today...Rachel attended Megan's 19th Century Scrapbasket class a few weeks ago, and has been working away on her hand piecing with stunning results.

We look forward to following Rachel's progress as she makes this beautiful quilt.
Megan will have her finished quilt for all to see at the Melbourne Craft and Quilt Fair, July  25th to the 28th, along with a beautiful new quilt from Corliss, a new quilt from Margaret McDonald and yet another new quilt from Megan...we are so looking forward to catching up with every one at the show and there will be plenty of lovely new things for you all to look at.

We are knee deep in lots and lots of beautiful fabrics, still preparing for our trip to the July show, and Sammy's work days seem to be forming a bit of a pattern...

sit and help us as we do some folding...

and then grab a quilt and have a snooze...well, it is cold outside.

Pale and Interesting

This is a sneak peak of today's delivery, just a few of our newest arrival, "Linen Closet", a range of 14 fantastic pale fabrics in soft greys, taupes and pale blues..pretty pretty pretty!

All fourteen in the range will be on our website next week so this is just a quick look, and then for an extra delight...just look at these bees....they come in grey or taupe, and they are just beautiful

And now for more lovely things...just look at this fussy cutting....we want to thank Jan from Ballarat so much for visiting us during the week.

Strawberries, Blueberries and Chocolate

Sienna

Jan brought in some of the blocks she has been working on to show us, all made with fabrics she bought from Threadbear on her last visit.

Wintergreen

Sienna

We think Jan has a great talent for fussy cutting because she has really made these fabrics work for her.  They are very inspiring Jan...makes you want to start another quilt..surely there is nothing wrong with that.

Yes, an excellent choice for fussy cutting

Sammy has had a busy week, he has helped us in the shop, kept us company and greeted many customers, even had a chat with Jan about her fussy cutting.
So there is only one thing left to do on a cold Friday afternoon...after all, isnt that what quilts are for.

Have a wonderful week end everyone...Stay warm and hope you all gets lots of sewing time.

Just Gorgeous

Well everything at Threadbear  is just gorgeous today...our delivery this morning brought a selection of Yuwa fabrics, always guaranteed to excite the senses.

Pretty florals and toiles today and look at these two amazing wide width fabrics, also from Yuwa, 150cms. wide and so beautiful..an absolute "must have", don't you think.

Wide Width 150cm.

Wide Width 150cm.

And then out of the box came these beautiful toiles in four colour ways..too much toile is never enough..always so handy to have in the stash and such fun to use.

A big thank you to sisters Jenny and Lisa, all the way from Tasmania, who let us take photos of their beautiful quilts.  Jenny and Lisa had been enjoying a few days of blissful sewing fun with friends and popped in on their way home for supplies.  Jenny is working on Netherfield Park by Megan Carroll and Lisa is making another of Megan's patterns, Eliza's Irish Medellion.....and we all agree that both  their quilts are beautiful.

There must be just too much prettiness at Threadbear today because Sammy has fled the shop and is off with his dad Kurt doing really blokey stuff.