Glebe Island Quilt Show & Sale Open Sunday 13 July

Hi Everyone

The week before the Darling Harbour Quilt Show - whoops the Glebe Island Quilt Show, is always a bit manic.  So this is a quick catch up for you.

We now have most of the fabric up off the floor.  The shop feels so much bigger, but I still need to clear more floor stock. So I have continued the sale and renamed it   

GLEBE ISLAND QUILT SHOW SALE

The shop is literally 5 minutes away from the Show by cab.  Grab a group of friends, fill up the cab, and come shopping.

We will be opening on the Show Sunday 13 July between 10 and 3, so everyone can see what's in the shop.  

See you here.

WHAT'S NEW

One of my favorite colour combos - navy and slime yellow.

New Jo Morton

1930's kittens and puppy dogs

ROAD TRIP

MILL ROSE COTTAGE 

 BALLAN  VICTORIA

A gaggle of us had a quilting mini-break in Ballan (near Ballerat) last week.  We went to the Victorian Show and did a bit of quilt shop shopping, as you do.

We stayed at Mill Rose Cottage.  Sue has a set up down there that made my "quilt shop owner heart strings  beat fast".  A beautiful, charming cottage restaurant/cafe, next door to the fabulous Mill Rose Quilt Shop, which is next door to the exquisite completely refurbished B & B.  Which in this case also includes a delicious dinner, all set in beautiful rural Victorian countryside.

There are some things you just can't do in inner-city Sydney and this is one of them.

So if you want a wonderful quilty break visit

www.millrosecottage.com.au

The shop

The Restaurant

B&B

If you are after Liberty Fabric Mill Rose has one of the best selections I have ever seen.

Melinda

MICHELLE YEO WORKSHOPS

Hi Everyone

We are really happy to say the Michelle Yeo from Melbourne is coming to do three days of Workshops with us.  Michelle is fresh from her triumph in France where she launched her new book 

 "Of  Needle, Thimble and Thread".

MICHELLE YEO WORKSHOPS

FRIDAY 25 - 27 JULY

     FRIDAY 25 JULY      

 ONE DAY WORKSHOP

GIANT DAHLIA   or   NORWALK STAR

We haven’t done a Giant Dahlia workshop with Michelle for a few years, so we thought it was time to bring back this perennial favorite. 

An absolutely beautiful quilt which you can make in a choice of colour placement and sizes.  There are 60”, 45” and 30” finished quilt sizes – a real pleasure to make.

This quilt can be hand or machine pieced.

Norwalk Star is a reproduction of an antique quilt, c.1840-1850.  

The quilt consists of 13 blocks set on point, each of which features a central star and is completed with a saw tooth border.  The setting and corner triangles are a variation of the main blocks.  A narrow pieced border completes the quilt.  

The blocks are foundation pieced but can be hand pieced as well.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 26-27 JULY

TWO DAY WORKSHOP

ST BARNABAS PEARL   

or   

EUMUNDI COVERLET

St Barnabas Pearl This quilt is inspired by the mosaic mother of pearl, hand carved inlays set into the pew ends at St Barnabas Chapel, Norfolk Island. Each inlay is unique. This magnificent church, circa 1880, is a quilter’s dream in regards to the inspiration it offers to quilt designers. 

Designing this quilt provided an insight into the complexities faced by designers living in an era which lacked the technology we have today. Despite this, making ‘St Barnabas’ Pearl uses modern patchwork techniques including hand and machine piecing, Broderie Perse, reverse and needle turn appliqué and foundation piecing. Use of these techniques achieve a beautiful, timeless quilt. It was a joy to design and make this quilt. The quilt uses a variety of fabrics to achieve controlled scrappy effect.  

Eumundi Coverlet This beautiful quilt was inspired by the border print and shows the amazing effects that can be achieved by fussy cutting.  It was inspired by a teaching challenge for three teachers to each make their own version of a quilt using the techniques of English Paper Piecing, applique and template hand piecing.  

Perspex can be used in lieu of English papers if preferred.

To book a place in Michelle's Workshops and get the full details please call the shop on 20 95504947.

Look forward to seeing everyone here.

Melinda

Camille Roskelley's Workshop

Hi Everyone

Our Sale Continues - we still need shelf space!!!

ALL FABRIC 25% OFF

minimum cut 30 cm in-store or 50 cm on-line

OR IF YOU BUY WHAT'S LEFT ON THE BOLT 30% OFF

in-store only

25% OFF PRE-CUT FAT QUARTERS

in-store only

CAMILLE ROSKELLY

We had the pleasure of having Camille give a workshop on her new RED LETTER DAY quilt.

For those of you who don't know Camille, she is half of the Moda design team Bonnie & Camille.  She is a pattern designer and a breath of fresh air.

Here are some photos from the Workshop and some of the blocks made.

This is Camille's Red Letter Day quilt.

I would like to thank everyone involved.  All the workshop participants, my staff, Di Mills (who organised Camille's trip to Australia) and Camille.  It was a fun day and I was itching to make a block the whole workshop.  Watch this space.

We have a great selection of Camille's patterns in the shop (and they will be on the web site soon).

Bonnie & Camille's next fabric release is Miss Kate (pictured below).  We are taking pre-orders on this collection via the web site.  It is soo yummy.

Melinda

JUMP INTO JUNE CLEARANCE

Hi Everybody

We still don't fit into the new shelves.  We need to downsize. (Don't we all!)

So celebrate the arrival of winter with our

JUMP INTO JUNE CLEARANCE

ALL FABRIC 25% OFF

minimum cut 30 cm in-store or 50 cm on-line

OR IF YOU BUY WHAT'S LEFT ON THE BOLT 30% OFF

in-store only

25% OFF PRE-CUT FAT QUARTERS

in-store only

WHAT'S NEW

FINALLY THE QUILTER'S DREAM WADDING HAS ARRIVED.  DON'T MISS OUT IF YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING. WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THE NEXT DELIVERY WILL BE.

CLASS ACTION

SHOP PARADE

Melinda

Batik Sale

Hi Everyone

Much to my surprise "not really", the batiks are not fitting in their new shelves.  So we are having a sale on the batiks until they do fit.

BATIK SALE

All Batik fabrics are 

20% off 

in-store and on-line

or

30% off if you buy what's left on the bolt 

in-store only

In-store minimum cut is 30 cm.

On-line minimum cut 50 cm

First in gets the best choice.

Also for in-store shoppers all our Value Fabrics have been reduced to $9.00 a metre, 50 cm minimum cut.

See you soon.

Melinda

Still Moving Fabric Around

Hi Everyone

They say pictures speak a thousand words.

We are still changing things around.

WHAT'S NEW

Here is selection of new reproductions, that are on (or about to be on) the web-site.

From under clouds of saw dust, the rearranged shop will arise.

Melinda

RENOVATIONS

Hi Everyone

I'm being chased to post a blog as I have been quite too long. 

All is well. I had a lovely time on Norfolk Island with Michelle Yeo.  She launched her new book, "Of Needle, Thimble and Thread" at the Nante Quilt Show in France last week.  I can't wait to hear all about it.

While I was away we did have a bit of a disaster in the shop.  Apparently it rained, and the shop leaked and I'm now dealing with the aftermath of that.  

More excitingly, my long anticipated building of new shelf space has started. In the way this always seems to happen, my landlord has started doing some serious maintenance work on the building.  So I've been busy.

We are still open for business, but we are preparing to move every bolt in the shop.

Here are some photos.

All the staff are feeling a bit like this.

WHAT'S NEW

I have no idea but there is a lot of it.

Drowning.

Melinda