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Silly Season!

Hi Girls, I decided to call this post the Silly Season not just for the obvious reasons. But also because it IS supposed to be summer! Yeah right.Silly weather!!

 HOWEVER WE DO HAVE SOME NEW BEAUTIFUL SUMMERY FLORAL FABRIC IN THE SHOP! It's called Crazy for Daisies & as you will see it's lovely & bright & fresh. These fabrics are $22.00 per metre & the are 14 bolts for you to choose from. We have done up some kits using this range & Clare's Place pattern called So Sweet. The kit is $110.00 & includes white linen/cotton as the background fabric. Or the pattern alone is $16.95

 For those of you that are having a little edition to your family in the near future, there is a lovely owl cot panel in store along with matching bunting.The panel & the bunting are both $19.80 each & are 90cms x 110cms. Bunting seems to be right in fashion at the moment & you couldn't find an easier way of doing it as every triangle is marked out for you.

 We also have some lovely fabric covered sewing boxes in, these would make great xmas gifts & range in price from $49 to $66.

 Now for something new. As of this post, I am going to review a book or product that you may not have seen before. So this week I have been taking a look at the new Tilda book in that is called Crafting Tilda's Friends. It retails for $17.00. It is jam packed for of lovely soft toys that are very quirky but sweet little creations. Our Cynthia Kingshott has been busily sewing & whipped up a bumble bee & a cheeky little frog.
 But there are all sorts of things from snails to garden angels, cusion covers & placemats. Also there are some wooden houses & some folk art designs & cards included in this book.
Hey , the sun is finally here Yipee!!
Cheers everyone

Special Times

Hi everyone,
my goodness isn't this year flying past. My trip to Orange has been & gone in a blink of an eye!
Just had to sneak this photo in of our beautiful kiddies, loving my cuddles with Zoe & Chase.

And dare I say it, but it is only 10 weeks till Christmas, EEEEEK!!

 I love this time of year & to help make it special for you & yours let
me show you some of the xmas fabrics that we have in store.
Also check out this beautiful traditional advent calender.
We also have a xmas bunting panel & xmas stocking panels.
Our fabrics range from $18 per metre with panels from $9. to $13.20   .
There are traditional xmas prints or a range of Australiana prints featuring kangaroos & koalas.







So there are no excuses not to start on that xmas project right away.
And instead of buying a gift why not make something special , double the enjoyment!

And to help you out with all those little extra colours that you may need to use we now have a large, beautiful range of tone on tones available in whites, creams & every colour of the rainbow at just $22 per metre.

So what are you waiting for , get sewing girls !!! Jen

Sprigtime Sewing

Hi again to all you girls out there sewing,or just thinking about it!
Lovely to see the beginnings of spring on our doorstep. My favourite time of the year! Everything in nature seems to burst with colour & freshness.
 Speaking of which Selina has had a big change around in the shop & everything looks lovely & fresh too. She must have caught the spring bug!!

 More great fabric ranges in for you to choose from.

 If you happen to be hunting for a unisex baby range then we may have just the thing for you. This is a range called Lullaby Baby by Jean Kelly , there are 11 designs & it retails for $22.00 per metre. This is a really sweet design as I hope you will be able to see from the photos.Featuring elephants & a few other jungle friends

. We also have some beautiful new Tilda print fabric in as promised on the last post. And for those of you that have some of the Tilda books we now have the wool felt in stock that will enable you to make jackets & dressing gowns etc. We have it in several pre-cut sizes ready for you in half a dozen different colours. We are running Tilda classes on some wednesdays with Cynthia. So if you are interested just give us a call to pop you on the class list.
 Well that's all for now. I am off to Orange, NSW next week to see my precious grandchildren, daughter & son in law. CAN NOT wait to be with them! Also the bonus is there are 3 quilts shops in Orange too.Yippee! Till next time , Jen

Back to the 70s & more.

Hi again girls,
Wellllll, haven't we have some rain over the last few nights.

My god it was a beauty last night, spare a thought for my poor husband who is on call.He got a call out at 11.30 & didn't get back home to 2.30 this morning! Of course came home wet after putting up "water over roads" signs everywhere. Living on a hill does have some advantages, water runs straight off.
So what do you do when waiting for him to return safely home from the thunder & lightning & pouring rain? Well you think about what you are going to put in the next Blog , of course!

So hopefully I can brighten up your world a little today.

Hope these fabrics will do the trick.
They are called "Poppy Modern" & are by Jane Dixon.
They retail for $24.00 per metre.

So pretty with a touch of the 70s sneaking in the design if I'm not wrong.
They say everything old is new again that seems to be very true at the moment, with fashion & our quilting fabrics.

Also  featuring in the red tones is the designs of Barbara Jones
called "Cruzin".
These are also $24.00 per metre.
These are a bit cute, must admit the red one with the bikes is my favourite.
Could just see a little xmas dress made out of this .

And now for something completely different!!
These beautiful  Hibiscus flowers are $22.00 per metre.
These are lovely big prints & would look great as a centre panel or as a
One Block Wonder quilt.

NEWS FLASH
New Tilda stock just in store!!

Haven't seen it myself yet, so will be looking forward to checking it out at work tomorrow!!
Elaine is busily unpacking as I type.

Cheers for now, Jen

Winter Warmers

Hi everyone,
Well I walked into work this morning armed with my camera to take some piccies for the blogspot.
I did have an idea what 2 ranges that I would feature in my head, BUT WAIT!!!
There are lots of new fabrics in, what a dilema, which to choose.
Sometimes it's a hard thing working at Picture Patchwork!!

So tempting!!

The first 2 that I want to tempt you with are both in our windows.

Firstly the Dear Stella range,there are 12 bolts to choose from that are priced at $22.00 per metre Beautiful colours featuring botanical prints, a bold stripe & some geometric patterns to mix & match in.
I absolutely love this range, so pretty.





Also we have some fabric called Hello Tokyo. 

Any little girl that is a fan of Hello Kitty would probably like this too.

This range is in very strong colours & features little japanese girls , along with their cat & bird.

Selina has done up a kit using this fabric with a large front panel with the japanese girls on it. The kit is called Jesse's Quilt.
This would be a perfect quilt for a beginner or just a quickie to whip up .
The fabric range is $22.00 per metre & has 13 different designs to choose from.
The kit is just $69.95 & is a single bed size, great value!
This kit also comes in several other variations.

We also have a new boys kit called Kayden's Ladder.
It retails for $150.00 & is made up of  a skater range.
As you can see,this is in autumn tones.
 The pattern is also available for $14.95 if you would like to choose your own fabric to complete your project.











That is all I'm going to show for now, I will add more next week or if you like you can check out our Facebook page where Elaine  has popped some of our new ranges on.
Don't forget we are still running classes for the beginner through to the more experienced sewer.
Bye for now, happy sewing! 
Jen

Hi everyone,
Hope you are all sewing madly.

We have some lovely new fabrics in ,

The Dear Stella range in soft muted tones of grey/blue, cream, beige & soft red . There are 8 fabrics in this range & are priced at $22.00 per metre.

We also have some new black& whites in, adding to our extensive selection. If you have not been in for a while & are seaching for  these then be prepared to be spoilt for choice. Most are priced at $22.00 per metre also.

The girls have been busily cutting & preparing to head down south to the island Quilt Exhibition at the Derwent Entertainment Centre  on the 28-30th June.
This year Selina & Elaine are making the road trip with Picture Patchwork. So if you are down at the craft fair be sure to look them up as they will have lots of goodies for you to choose from.

Don't forget we are still running our ever popular classes through winter. We are taking a short break for the next couple of weeks due to the Craft fair but the next available class is on Wed the 10th July & is a Tilda class with Cynthia. I was lucky enough to participate in one of these classes just the other week & a great time was had by all & we got to make some lovely things. Cynthia is a wizz at making beautiful toys & will get you inspired by her many samples.

Of course lots if other classes will be running to so just pop in or give us a call to find out
 more.
Check out a small taste of the classes available below. Chenille class with Edith & Ediths 2'' Scrappy Quilt
Also Selinas , "My Love Quilt" featuring Tilda fabric taught by Susan.
Till next time, Jen

Fresh look at Picture Patchwork

Hi Everyone,
Jen here, apologies for being off the radar for quite awhile.
Have to get my act together & keep you all up to date on what's been happening here at Picture Patchwork.
Well where do I start, firstly I should mention that unfortunately our Deloraine store has now closed. The good news is that we brimming with lots of lovely fabric as all the fabric from Fresh has made it's way back here to Latrobe!! So now you can see it all in  the one location..Must say our store looks great!
We also have some new lovely fabric ranges in, but more about that on my next post.

For those of you that may not have been in for awhile , we also have a newish staff member.( she has been her for a little while) We are lucky enough to have Susan working with us.
Susan has been sewing for a long time covering many areas with her skills,dressmaking, pattern drafting & soft furnishings just to name a few. Of course it goes without saying that she is a dab hand at Patchwork!
She came along to our store for many classes with Selina in the past &  has a real love for the craft.
Now she is also teaching here at Picture Patchwork. Susan loves fabric( as we all do) & likens it to working in a lolly shop for adults..

We also have Edith teaching some classes for us. Edith taught here a number of years ago when Selina was busy having babies!!
Edith has been sewing since 2000 when she came into the shop & saw Selina cutting with a rotary cutter NOT scissors.After doing some research & some classes with Selina & Kat Stone, she was hooked.
Edith now sews mainly for herself making her beautiful quilts but also offers a home quilting service which she does on her frame.

Of course  Selina is still teaching classes too but just not quite as many as she was before. She is such a busy girl we allowed her to take a bit of time out for herself & we ALL know how that feels, that's why we do patchwork!!

So come in & check out all our wonderful samples of classes that we are running & cure those winter blues by spending some time here with us learning & laughing along the way!!!
Till next time, bye for now