It's day 4 of our Final Liquidation Sale!!

Books are below cost at HALF PRICE!!!

We are practically giving away patterns at 60% off.

Great value with 30% savings on buttons, accessories, cutting mats, fusible web, stabilisers, bag batting...

DMC threads are 50cents each (Save up to $3 each!)

Raiman embroidery threads clearing out at $2 (save up to $6 each!)

Come in early for your pick of the bargains...

Open daily 10am-5pm until Sunday 23rd September.

Gisborne Village Shopping Centre, near IGA. 

Gisborne, Vic.

final liquidation sale

We are hosting our final liquidation sale!

 ALL STOCK MUST GO!!

 Prices are slashed to below cost!

Where is the sale?

 Gisborne Village Shopping Centre, near IGA. In Gisborne, VIC.

Open 10-5 daily

Saturday 15th September - Sunday 23rd September 2012

Patchwork and quilting fabrics are drastically reduced, templates, rulers, cutting mats, accessories, trims, buttons, threads!!

Every day there are mystery spot specials at super savings.

How good are the savings????  for example, Monday 17th September

 all DMC embroidery threads reduced to only 50c each (were up to $3.50 each)

AND Raiman machine embroidery threads reduced to only $2 per roll (were up to $8 each!!)

Huge mid-year fabric clearance!!

Thanks so much for attending our MayDay Sale..... it was great to see you.. thanks for braving the queue - although I'm sure it was worth it for the bargains!!

Please join us as we do it again! Featuring different fabrics including Kaffe Fasset, batiks and Australian aboriginal prints.

All fabrics will be $12 and $15 per metre.

DMC threads at reduced prices.

Accessories 20% off.

We've organised more cutting staff for shorter waiting times... and we will have more stock!!!!

Please join us this weekend:

when: Saturday 30th June 2012 10am-4pm

           Sunday 1st July 2012 10am-3pm

where: Masonic Lodge Hall, Aitken Street, Gisborne.

Enquiries: 0431 991144

HUGE Fabric Sale

Well, so much has happened in the last few months!!

It hasn't been an easy time for us at the Quilter's Bazaar store - the lease wasn't renewed, and we had an extremely short time to move all stock out of the the premises.

One week later, the building was flooded - so we've had a lucky escape, as all fabrics, and paperwork would have been affected.

We didn't have time for a closing down sale, but we are having a 2 day sale this coming Market Weekend in Gisborne.

where: Masonic Lodge, Aitken Street, Gisborne VIC. (just 200 metres from the original shop site).
when: Saturday May 5th 10am-4pm AND Sunday May 6th 10am-3pm (Market day in Gisborne)

Fabrics $12 per metre and $15 per metre

Come see us, to grab a bargain....

Closed over Christmas...

Thank you to all our customers...

I've tried to add a huge red message to our web page, but the login site is down, and I can't change a thing. Please accept our apologies.

We will close on 22nd December and will reopen at 9:30am 1st February (resuming our usual hours from this date)...

We will be open on:

Wednesday 18th January 10am-2pm
Wednesday 25th January 10am-2pm

Saturday 22nd January 10am-2pm
Saturday 29th January 10am-2pm

Please remember our HUGE 3rd birthday sale starts on Sunday 5th February 9:30am-4pm.... door prizes, loads of specials, and author Margaret A. Rowe will be in store signing copies of her quilting novels!!

I'll try to post details on the website when I can.

Happy New Year!!

Christmas show and tell...

We love your show and tell... This is a small selection of pieces from the sit and sew sessions held in store each Wednesday (from 1pm - only $2 to come along...)

This is Jean's wallhanging.. She quilted it on her domestic machine - you should see the feathered borders! We've enjoyed watching Jean doing the blanket stitching by hand on Wednesdays (sometimes I think Jean comes up with projects especially to bring to sit and sew!!)
This is Larraine with a cushion she made from the Art To Heart book "Jingle All The Way"...

Elsa with her snowman wallhanging. Elsa says she really doesn't need to make any more Christmas projects - they are all over the house! But, stitching is so good for the soul!!

Dorothy learnt to foundation piece with Lorraine during Friday morning UFO sessions- look at those perfect points!

We love your show and tell, please bring in your projects to show us. It's inspiring to see projects that are in progress, even if they are not yet finished!

Thank you girls...

A little skirt...

And here is Sylvia's little skirt... hee hee...Well, it's actually a Christmas Tree skirt... Ta-da!

Sylvia has been attending Friday morning UFO sessions with Lorraine (only $15 per class - get help with your current project!!)... she learnt machine quilting, quilt-as-you-go, and this was her most recent project.

We love it!! Thanks for coming along Sylvia, and for sharing your show and tell. Merry Christmas.

G Point Quilt In

Thank you so much for your invitation to attend the inaugural G-Point quilt-in at Ballarat today.... We took a yummy selection of goodies... We were lucky to catch up with so many friendly faces!! And here was Bernie with her Ballarat Beauties quilt (just adding on the binding)... with lots of fabrics purchased from our store!!

And here she is again!! I love this fabric Bernie... what was it called? Oh yeah! Lincoln Bicentennial!!

Thanks for your show and tell.. We look forward to seeing you at the 2012 G Point Quilt-In.

Preparing for Christmas

Oh yes! It's nearly half way through November, so we are all madly sewing our Christmas projects in preparation for December 1st... our traditional day to start displaying our projects... or in my case... it's traditional to stay up late Christmas Eve finishing decorations and gifts at the last minute!!Wow... this is Antje's Christmas tree skirt. Antje chose the pattern from the book French Braid Obsession, then used a Christmas panel as her feature fabric. Antje attended UFO classes with Carol obtaining assistance as she needed it. It was then quilted by Wilma at Deep Creek Quilting.
This is Jaqi's 14 fat quarter quilt!! She chose fabric from Nancy Halvorsen of Art To Heart's latest range Jingle All The Way.

Jaqi quilted it herself... taking only a few days to put it together, quilt it and bind it.

Wow! Thanks for your inspiring show and tell girls....

Sharyn's piece de resistance

Well, Sharyn will remember this moment forever!! It's the GIANT purple quilt for her bed... that hangs to the floor.
She collected fabrics for years, and combined with new pieces purchased especially for this quilt.

Here it is in its dazzling glory. Sharyn's most favourite quilt yet. Congratulations Sharyn. (She is the clever lady hiding behind her huge quilt).....

Thanks for sharing your show and tell with us.

Quilted by Deep Creek Quilting. Did you know we have an in-store drop off and pick up for Wilma to quilt for you?

Lotus fabrics in store

You'll want to sew this fabric from the Lotus range as soon as you take it home!!
This is the Lotus panel.

These co-ordinates are also available.

The fabrics feature striking colours, and convey depth and dimension.
So, what could you make? This is a sample whipped up overnight by Lorraine - featuring the Lotus panel surrounded by green borders, blossom borders and large peonies. A green binding will follow.

Please let us know if you would like a kit.

Pillowcases

Shelly made these pillowcases using quilter's muslin and Kashmir V fabric selections.

Shelly found an online video tutorial for making the pillowcases with french seams, a variety of trims - or even piping.

Click here to view the video by overallquilter.com

Sharyn's blog

Is this Sharyn's blog? Or the Quilter's Bazaar blog? *grin*

We are pleased to present more show and tell by Sharyn.
This is a quilt she made using a "swag" - that's a roll of fabrics cut at 5.5 in wide.

This simple arrangement showcases the fabrics. Delightful.

And, her is another Fat Quarter quilt by Sharyn - it's a quick baby quilt for a little girl (as if you couldn't tell).

Ooh, we love show and tell. What are you going to make next?

Stef is 21

What a lucky, lucky, young woman... This is only one of Stef's 21st birthday presents.

Made by Sharyn. Yes, this is her THIRD fat quarter quilt, and they all look very different!! These blocks are alternately bordered in black and pink to increase the size of the quilt to fit a Queen bed.

Thanks for sharing with us Sharyn and Stef.

Would you like to make a quilt like this? This is "Lorna's 12 Fat Quarter Quilt". Click the label on the sidebar to see more show and tell like these....

You can join us next term for a one day class to make this quilt. The new class list will go up soon.

Set to accessorise...

Check out this for sewing accessories!!

This chic ruler and cutting mat bag was made during Sunday morning UFO sessions with Carol.

Just perfect!! And beautifully modelled....

Making this bag, Gayle learnt so much!! Machine quilting, french braids, binding, borders and more...

Thanks for the show and tell... Won't you bring in yours to show???

Liza's quilts

Liza had been working on this sweet birdies quilt for a little while now... She comes along to our Sunday morning UFO sessions (only $15 per session from 10am-12:30pm every Sunday with Carol Lewis. Receive help with the project you are working on, or start a beginner's course... see the class list on the side bar for more information)....

But wait, here is another finished quilt!!

Liza finished these just in time for the recent Lancefield quilt exhibition.

Thanks for the show and tell Liza.

Advent Calendars

Heather made this Advent Calendar wallhanging using a simple panel.

The panel is even printed with instructions!! Simply make the pockets, stitch them on, and quilt the little wallhanging.

Heather hand-quilted around the pockets and snowman on the gold print.

Click here to purchase your own panel for A$14.50.

A perfect project for Christmas in July.

Daring Dragons

Fiona wanted to make a quilt for her son. Where are all the boy quilt patterns??

Lorraine recommended this pattern set by Natalie Bird of The Birdhouse: Daring Dragons.

The pattern contains a quilt pattern, runner for the end of the bed, and pillow instructions.

Lorraine suggested a runner might be a bit impractical for a boy - how about appliqueing the dragons over the pieced blocks?

And this is the end result.

Even with quilting right through the applique, it looks smashing!! Robbie loves it...

Thanks for sharing your show and tell, we love it!!

Judy's quilting

Judy loves to hand-quilt, but she doesn't like to be in photos. *grin*

This is an enormous Dresden Plate quilt she just finished. It is quite heavy - two people found it difficult to hold up properly for a photo.
Check out the Dresden Plate design quilted on the blank squares.

Update: Judy has been learning free-motion machine quilting in our UFO (UnFinished Objects) sessions.. (see the class list on the side bar for more information). Get out of her way! She is quilting up a STORM!!!
Go Judy!!

Sharyn's other FQ quilt

This was Sharyn's first fat quarter quilt - made in class with Andrea. It's "Lorna's 12 fat quarter quilt".

Made from... drum roll please... *hahaha* 12 Fat Quarters!!!

Sharyn has already shown us another 12 fat quarter quilt - the purple one was started first, but this one was finished first.