Back at last!!

Hi everyone, I am sorry I haven't been able to get back into our blog till now as Google in it's wisdom changed a few things on peoples blogs & it has made it IMPOSSIBLE to get in to post anything.

 So YIPPEE they have finally fixed it all , I wasn't the only one to send a complaint!!!! Any way, hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful autumn weather.I absolutely love it.Now I can get back in the garden at some stage, I have a big heap of mulch that needs spreeding. And isn't this rain great, just what our poor gardens need.

 We have some lovely new kits in the store just made up. They are Nine Birds by Emma Jean Jansen & we have kitted them using 2 different ranges.The kits are made up of 9 birds appliqued onto a drunkards path circle. The first range is Florence by Denyse Schmidt. This range is in lovely burnt oranges, brown & grey tones.I am not normally an orange fan but I love this range.can just see this madeup.
 The other choice of fabric is Sparky & Marie by Jot Creates. This selection is in blues, aqua,cream & brown. both kits have our lovely hanky linen in as background & a border.

 Kits retail for $115.00 or patterns for $17.50 I have made up this quilt some time ago & I must say I really enjoyed making it & all my family love the end result.








We  also have a kit for the  littlies called Menagerie
by Judy Newman. This quilt features 16 appliqued squares with a different animal on each that can be done by hand or machine. kits are $95.00 or patterns for $16.95. Both kits are perfect for the winter months to sit in the warmth & hand stitch near the fire or in a corner of a sunny room some where.

We have just sold out of this colour way sorry but are in the process of doing up some more to be released soon.





 BOOK REVIEW
 My book this time around is called 'Simple start Stunning Finish' by Valori Wells This book mainly uses big print fabric to achieve some stunning results.Valori covers quite a few techniques from straight piecing,simple curve piecing,& paper foundation piecing.She lso shares her skills on blind hem stich, raw edge applique & echo quilting. She draws her inspiration from her surroundings. The book is beautiful, full of great colour photos & easy to follow instructions. As the title suggests it IS a stunning book & we have them for $35.95 each. Ooops forgot to take a picture of this 1 sorry!!

So good to be back, see you all soon, Jen

Welcome to the beginning of the new year.

Hi everyone, Hope you all had a great xmas & new year. Hopefully Santa sent a lovely gift your way, maybe a sewing machine, book or sewing box or perhaps some fabric or even a gift voucher. I have my beautiful little family home from Orange & am loving every minute of it, even the 6-6.30am visits into our bed from little Chase. Nothing like a big cuddle first thing in the morning.Also I think he has cottoned to the fact that he just about has nanny wrapped around his finger!!!

 So I have only worked a couple of days since Chrissie, thanks to Susan for helping me out. But there has been a delivery of a rather pretty fabric range from Dear Sella.The range retails for $24.00pm & has 6 bolts of co-ordinating fabric. It has beautiful vivid colours & bold designs. Must say it reminds me very much of 70's fabric & of a pair of hot pants that were teamed with a matching dress in particular that mum made for me when I was about 13. Check out our window as I am going to pop it in for you to see.


 This weeks book review is Sunday Morning Quilts This is a lovely book & puts a new modern twist on using up all those gorgeous scraps that you just can't part with. It walks you through the processes of Sorting Colours, Storage, & Design. It teaches you Quilt Construction from the very beginning to the finishing touches of turning a pieced top into a quilt, including putting your backing & wadding all together, basting, quilting & to finally bind. Obviously lots of you would already know these steps but then there are 16 completed projects for you to make. Beautiful fresh & simple designs that will inspire you to dig out those scraps. Or sit on your verandah on a Sunday Morning with a coffee or tea with this book on you knee & enjoy!!! Retail price $27.95
 Til next blog, Jen

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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

Tilda Tea Party

Do you LOVE the TILDA range of fabric, books & accessories?

Well, we have great news!!!

Picture Patchwork is about to get this beautiful range of fabric by the metre.

Along with some other gorgeous pieces in the range.

We can't tell you what exactly as it's a secret Shhhhhh! 

BUT

If you want to know more you will be able to come to a

TILDA TEA PARTY

so we are calling for expressions of interest to attend

to celebrate & be 1 of the first to view all the lovely new things

email us at   enquiries@picturepatchwork.com.au

with attention Jen, or phone 64 262270

Long Weekend SALE!!!!!

Picture Patchwork Only

Gilbert St, Latrobe

PH 64262270

open 7 days

20% Off Fabric

JUNE 9-11

Winter is a great time to sew.

Don't miss out on this chance to add to you stash



Beautiful Greys!!!

Hi everyone,
 Jen here, thought I'd better get my act together & add some more info for you all to share. Just had some time off at home to recharge the batteries & try to work out what project I'm going to tackle next. I have so many things I want to make & never seem to have enough hours!!!

We do have some beautiful new fabrics in though at Picture Patchwork, that I should make mention of.

There is a lovely range called Two to Tango by Exclusive Quilters.This entails beautiful designs in daisies, butterflies,spots & stripes. The colours are deep reds,black, grey & white.

There are 12 designs to choose from .

We also have some Riley Blake grey, black & whites that you could easily mix in with. These tend to be slightley smaller prints, very sweet.

Another range in is the Dear Stella soft creams,whites, lemons & once again greys.

 It seems that grey fabric was very hard to find for awhile but now we have a lovely range in our store & it looks lovely in a baby quilt, so soft & suitable for a boy or girl!

Also available in the Dear Stella designs are blues, white & aquas.

All these fabric retail for $22.00 per metre.

Cynthia Martin has designed a beaut new bag called Ma Belle Fleur Sac (My Lovely Flower Bag) & has used the Dear Stella  range in the soft grey & lemon tones to make a sample up in. It looks great, pop in & check it out.

Pattern available for $16.95