Prepare To Swoon.

Oh my, just look at this beautiful fabric..."Mary Rose" from Quilt Gate is $24.00 mt. And it is so so lovely.
 

The stunning all over floral, comes in a beautiful crisp ivory and a soft gorgeous pink and it is just screaming out to all Broderie Perse lovers.  It is accompanied by this wonderful border print in both colourways.

There are also lovely tone on tone prints....... one print comes in soft pink or blue with a gorgeous rose cameo print, great for fussy cutting, and the other is a sweet romantic print with old lacy postcards and the words "Too much of a good thing is wonderful"....is there a quilter alive that doesn't relate to that.

We are loving all things Kim Diehl this week, we are totally in love with her new fabric range, "Vintage Farmhouse" that we showed you last week and now we have 3 of her great books back in stock.  Kim's quilts are always full of rich beautiful colour, with lots of great appliqué and are perfect for using up all of our much loved scraps.  There is lots of inspiration in these books.

If you are in Melbourne this Saturday, don't forget to go along and say hello to Corliss at the Victorian Quilters Winter Gathering, being held this at the Box Hill Town Hall.  Corliss will be a guest speaker and will also have the shop with her, so that means lots of lovely Threadbear goodies.

 

With Corliss in Melbourne on Saturday that means Kurt and Sammy are in charge at the shop...you all know the rules by now...come along and enjoy all the beautiful fabric, but don't leave without patting Sammy.
We hope everyone has a great weekend, and as always we hope you all get lots of lovely stitching time.

Another Room Full of Happy Stitchers.

Thank you to everyone who came along to Threadbear's Castlemaine Appliqué group on Saturday.....it was so good to see you all and catch up with some faces we haven't seen for a while...it was a really great day with more than our fair share of chit chat, lots of laughter....and of course, we even got to do some stitching.

Wendy's 'Sarahs Revival'

A peak at Maree's work in progress.."Amy Rose"

 Show and Tell was very special with lots of spectacular quilts for us to oooohhh and aaaah over...thank you to everyone who shared their quilts for Show and Tell, as you can see here they are all stunning quilts....it was a room full of very talented ladies.

Shelley's Quilt

Jan's version of Shelley's quilt

Another quilt from Jan.

 We have new shirtings in the shop this week...."Margo's Favorite Shirtings" are a collection of 18 great shirtings in a variety of great colours with some really nice prints....who doesn't love shirtings.  They are $20.00 mt and the 1/8 packs with 18 prints are $54.00...can you imagine how handy they would be.

Also new to the show this week is "North Hampton" by Paula Barnes...22 small prints in the deep rich colours that Paula Barnes is famous for...including two fantastic small stripes that will be a fussy cutter's dream...they are $23.50 mt and 1/8 packs of all 22 are $66.00.

All hands are busy today, ready to send out our Fabric Club, but you can tell from this photo who are the workers and who is the supervisor....Sammy is here to make sure we keep up the speed...we can only stop when he needs a pat.

Red, Black and Lots of Colour.

Today we have new fabric to enjoy....First, "The Lancaster Collection" By Sara Morgan.  This is a great collection of reds, blacks and creams...lots of good prints and great patterns in this range....it is $23.50 mt and the 1/8 packs are $63.00.  There are lots of really useable prints in this range, great florals and gorgeous little paisleys.

Also new is this fantastic range of prints from Kim Diehl...Kim Diehl always gives us such sensational colours and "Vintage Farmhouse" is a feast of gorgeous colours.  There are some stunning colours in this range and lots of really handy prints for those moments when you need a special pop of colour. It is $22.00 mt and the 1/8 packs have all 26 fabrics for $78.00

We are looking forward to another busy Saturday tomorrow as Threadbear's Appliqué Group get together.  It has been a freezing cold week so it will be nice to sit together in the warm and chat, chat, chat and sew, sew, sew.  If you are coming along dont forget your show and tell.

The following Saturday, August 9th, means another road trip for Threadbear....Corliss will be a guest speaker at Victorian Quilters Winter Gathering.  The winter Gathering is being held at Box Hill Town Hall from 9.30 to 4.00 so if you would like to hear Corliss speak and see some of her beautiful quilts, or find a few little treats at Threadbear's stand, well  pop along for a sit and sew...it is BYO lunch and mug, and promises to be another fun day of chit chat and sewing.

We asked Sammy to give us his best Friday smile for the blog today...he is wagging his tail and it does look like he is getting ready for a big cheesy grin...we all wish you very happy weekend...if you are in Victoria you will need to rug up, but on the plus side it is perfect weather for sewing.

More Fun....More Thanks.

 

We had yet another wonderful weekend at Threadbear and we did have a heap of fun...Thank you so much to all of the ladies that joined us on Saturday for Di Fords Fussy Cutting class, we hope that you all had as much fun as we did.....and of course, a huge thank you to Di for another wonderful class...thanks Di for the long drive it takes for you to be with us, thanks for the chance to see many of your beautiful quilts, and thank you for all your wonderful inspiration. Thank you also to Megan who was on had to help out, as 25 ladies spent Saturday working on the centre medellion of this stunning quilt and learning all Di's tips and secrets for making fussy cutting such fun.

The three patterns we prepared for our Midday to Midnight Sit and Sew are now available in the shop along with starter packs for each of the projects...you can buy the patterns alone or with the starter packs, that are $25.00 each, and you can ring us at the shop or email us if you would like any of them...

Winter Blooms from Corliss...so so pretty...$25.00

Sweetest ever sewing cushion from Megan...$15.00

Handy bag for your sewing projects from Annabelle...$23.00

We are always thrilled when any of you bring your quilts in for show and tell, and this week we were treated to some real inspiration...thank you Debbie so much for bring in your quilt to share...Debbie was on her way to a quilting weekend, and we all know what fun they are...just look at this gorgeous scrappy quilt...all hand pieced to perfection...you should see Debbie's perfect points....it is such a beautiful quilt.

Now..feast your eyes on this....Karin has made this absolute stunner using Megan's pattern for the Arden Quilt.  Karin has replaced Megan's centre appliqué panel with a Dutch Chintz Tree of Life Panel to make this quilt...thanks Karin for showing us and letting us share....your quilt took our breath away, it is absolutely beautiful....

 

 Show and tell just makes us all want to drop what we are doing and run home to our sewing.

More cold weather in Castlemaine today...nothing for a dog to do but rug up and find the warmest spot in the classroom.