Hi Everyone,

Sorry I have been absent.

We completed the Newcastle Craft and Sewing show on Sunday 19 th August, and packed up our stand, and started the long drive home at 6.30 pm. We arrived at Ringwood private hospital at 12.30 on Monday afternoon to visit my Dad, Keith who was in Knox hospital when we left two weeks earlier. The discovery of cancer necessitated radiation treatment, which he has had and is back at home and slowly recovering from.

We left the hospital and went to Rebecca's for lunch and then to swimming lessons with six little grand daughters. Mondays, although tiring is one of my favorites. This was the last Monday where all six grand daughters were under 3 years old!

Tuesday and Wednesday were spent at the shop packing the stock to be sent to Brisbane for the show in October.

Thursday we got to the shop early as our sale was starting the next day and I had to make some decisions as to what was going on sale. As it was Myra's 3rd birthday we had to leave the shop on time to go to her Birthday dinner. BUT, at 9.00 I started to feel unwell. By 10.30 I had been admitted to Knox hospital via emergency and diagnosed with a hernia problem. The abbreviated version, operated on at 5pm Thursday. Friday morning am told I can go home Pm, if off morphine, no problem and holding down food! Noon vomitting starts and the nausea doesn't stop. Eventually discharged Tuesday. Still unable to eat but going home. Friday I manage to eat 1 teaspoon of yoghurt and 1 grape. at this stage I have lost 6 kilo great for the diet but not recommended.

I am still not back at work, but by Monday night decided I had to eat something. Chocolate will go down. It worked chocolate milk, chocolate brownies, cadbury chocolate. I am now eating 3 meals a day.

The sale has been and finished and I am very grateful to our wonderful staff who ran the shop through the sale and are still doing so, as I recover.

To my wonderful husband Russell who has overseen the shop, while looking after me. Our son Brenton and his girlfriend Hayley who helped at the shop. Our son Hayden who was on annual leave and worked at the shop on three days. Our daughter Rebecca and her husband Gwilym who with four young daughters who were unwell and was without her car still managed to get to the shop many times to set up for the sale and restock most nights.

Thank you all

Gail B


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Hi All,

Last week was Canberra's turn for the Craft and Quilt fair so it was a busy week.

Look at what is in the shop. Cherry Christmas by Aneela Hoey for Moda.
















Is it time to update some of your Christmas decorations???

Happy stitching
Gail B

Hi everyone,

Have you heard? Yes our next SALE is drawing near.



Open late on Friday night and Saturday afternoon and continuing till the Thursday hopefully you will be able to come and see what is on sale.

Gail B

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Location:Sale

Hi Everyone,

Are you needing a quick decorating idea? If so buy a canvas and cover it with some fabric. Here are some panels that we have used.












Wouldn't these look great in a childs bedroom! These panels are available at the shop and are $15 each.

Happy stitching
Gail B

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Hi everyone,

As always we have been very busy and working extremely long days. Russell has been building new book cases, and last weekend we worked to install them.



Reds, oranges and yellows.



Blacks and pinks




Hot pinks and brights


Greens



Purples and blues

We had the help of some family members which was fantastic, as you can see we have moved thousands of bolts of fabric.

Some new ranges arrived today, so I will try to show you them soon.

Happy stitching
Gail B
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Hi Everyone,

Sorry I have been absent for so long. We have been so busy since our return from Sydney. We have had eleven pallets of fabric arrive from our warehouse shopping, plus our normal deliveries. We have been building new bookcases to house the new fabrics, and this task is still ongoing. Lots of 5.30 am starts one morning was 4.40 am!!

We have had a lot of interest in plain fabrics over the last few months, so we bought a few



This is just some of the plains I photographed yesterday. Today I have put them into a bookcase and they look fantastic 100's and 100's of solids.



Moda Bella solids kona solids and benartex solids.




Muslins and homespuns.

We have plains from benartex, some Bella solids from Moda and lots of kona solids. We also have Emma Louise Muslins and a large range of homespun.

Have you heard that we have some Tilda fabrics in stock?








I will try to show you some more soon.

Gail B

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Location:Kona Solids

Sydney

Hi everyone,

Well what a busy weekend we had last week! Lots of new fabrics ordered, ranges and pieces from Moda, Michael Miller, Disney, a new range of William Morris, Timeless Treasures, Art Gallery, Beatrix Potter, RJR, Elizabeth Studios, Jinny Beyer, new backing fabrics, Tilda, Kaufman, so much fabric, where to put it all. Some of the new fabrics will be in the shop in 10 days some will be several months

As the fabrics arrive I will put some on the blog for you to see.

This arrived before we left for Sydney it is Monsterz by Michele Brummer-everitt for Cloud 9 fabrics.














One of the great things about this fabric is it is 100% certified organic cotton.

Russell and I are back in Sydney as we start at 7 am on Monday, to set up for the Craft and Quilt fair at Darling Harbour.

We had a great day today, walking approx 11.5 km and looking at the sights.



We were on the ferry from Parramatta and look what was ahead.



Another icon! We changed ferries at circular quay and went to Watsons Bay, then walked up to South Head to the cliffs and then to Bondi.






Bondi Beach.

Enough walking onto a bus then the ferry back to Parramatta. A few sights along the way.







What a fab city to visit.

Gail B
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