Tutor and Pupil

Andrea (left) helps to hold Jenny's Cobblestone quilt.

Andrea designed this quilt layout especially for our Cobblestones class.

Jenny wanted to use pieces of her Mother's old chenille bedspread in this quilt, and she has.
I just love the fabrics Jenny chose - most of them are from the Metro Goes Au Naturel range - nearly all gone now!! Andrea designed the quilt to be made using every little piece of 24 fat quarters - here are the other pieces on the back.

What a nice change! You don't add anything to your stash after you have made the quilt top and back.

Have you seen our latest class list? Click the link on the right of the screen.

You've still got 2 days!!

I've hardly had time to blog this week, it's been so busy. Thank you to everyone who has visited our store and wished us a Happy 1st Birthday. (Hmm... what a hardship with the big sale on!!)

And you've still got 2 days left to shop at discounted prices!

This is Maxine with her table runner.

She fell in love with this fabric on a previous visit to our store, and bought it without any idea what she would do with it.

I just love this piece Maxine. Thank you for sharing with us.

The Sale Continues In Store...

Thank you so much for your well wishes and for attending the first day of our 1st birthday sale yesterday.

What a day! We were even busier than our opening day!!

We appreciate your support throughout the entire year and we look forward to the years ahead.

8 winners of our lucky door prizes have been notified. Thank you to all people who entered the lucky draws.

I took some photos before we opened (there wasn't space or time after that)....

Margaret Rowe was here signing copies of her quilting novels "The Maria Challenge Quilt" (Margaret's quilt is draped over the table) and "The Elizabeth Challenge Quilt" (hanging behind Margaret).

Thank you Margaret, we look forward to your next novel. Have you ever read any of her books? While they are novels, we can learn something about the history of Australian quilting in each of these volumes.

We still have hundreds of bolts of fabrics reduced to $10, $12 and $15 per metre until Sunday 14th February. Maybe you had better pop in and buy yourself a Valentine's Gift!! LOL!!

We have a large range of Daylight lamps and lightboxes in store at 20% off recommended retail (while stocks last)

Matilda's Own templates and rulers are 20% off (you can even place an order for templates/rulers if we have run out).

20% off books.

EVERY BOLT OF FABRIC IN STORE IS REDUCED.

You MUST come in to the shop to obtain these SUPER specials...

1st birthday sale!!

It starts tomorrow 7th February at 9am.. it's our first birthday sale!! Lots of

SUPER DUPER specials!! Click here for more details.

These are Indian sarees we cut up to make saree fabric packs... ooh, so gorgeous!!

The saree fabrics will go perfectly with these cushion covers made from new and vintage Indian sarees.

We've added this feature to our shop especially to display the handloomed Indian shawls and cushion covers we brought over from India. And.... here are some snaps we took in India where we sourced these products.


Sewing together "patchworks".

Sorting out sari edgings ready to add to bedcovers and cushion covers.

Baby Love

These little shoes just danced their way into the shop!

I made the shoes using the okiniri pattern pictured above. The kit comes with the pattern and the kit to make the little green shoes. Templates are included for three sizes: small, medium and large. Click here to purchase the pattern and kit for the shoes.



I used the strawberry print from the Meadowsweet range so I could match the fabric to make a hat.


I made this hat using the Lazy Day Hat pattern by Australian designer Toni Coward.

Fresh Specials In Store and On The Web

We've just added these fresh specials to our website - reduced from $25 per metre to $19 per metre while stocks last.

Hampton is a Civil War reproduction fabric range designed by Jo Morton with the International Quilt Study Centre (that would be in Nebraska, not Australia). Click the link to see the entire range.
These prints are inspired by fabric in actual quilts at the Quilt Study Centre.

You will love the attention to detail.
We've made fabric packs containing fat eighths and fat quarters. Fat eighths are perfect for adding little pieces to your stash or your Civil War projects where you want a variety of fabrics to replicate the vintage scrappy look.

India and back home.

This is where we've been... This is a village welcome near Rohet, India.

I am trying on a sari embroidered by these women in their home.

This is us in a Brahmin village near Rohet, India.

Back at home... these Civil War fabrics from "Peddler's Pack" have been reduced to only $19 per metre (originally priced at $25 per metre).

Click the link above to see them on our website.

We've had over 100 fabrics arrive in store that I am still to add to the website. Stay tuned for details!

I hope you enjoyed your holidays, and a Happy New Year to all.