Showroom Hours Update

We are heading to Melbourne for the AQM next week. The AQM is where we get to see samples of the new ranges released during the Houston Quilt Show. Unfortunately this means that we won't be opening the showroom on Friday. Sam will be filling in for Ky & Cloud on Saturday morning but the showroom will close early at 12.30pm. 

The opening hours for next weekend are: 

Friday 23rd November

Closed

Saturday 24th November

10am - 12.30pm

We will return to our regular opening hours next week.

- Ky and Cloud

Gnoma Claus is Coming To Town ♪♫

Winterkist is the new Christmas range by Happy Zombie (Monica Solorio-Snow) for Lecien. 

Some of you may recognise the Gnoma Claus character from her previous fabric range, Holiday Happy. This range is a lot brighter and we love the new co-ordinates and colours Monica has chosen. We have Winterkist in the Green, Blue, Red & Gray colourways as show above.

Another improvement is the layout of the Gnoma Claus panel. For Holiday Happy the Gnoma Claus were laid out in a way that only allowed for the Gnomas to be made up into plushies. For Winterkist, Monica has changed the format so that panel contains 18 Gnoma plushie fronts in 5 sizes ranging from 18cm/7in up to 38cm/15in tall. The Winterkist panel layout is much more adaptable as it can be used as meterage for making bags, Christmas sacks, Christmas stockings, etc. Each Gnoma front can also be fussy cut and used to make projects like the cute coasters below.

Coaster

Instructions on making pot holder/hot pad can be found here. The original instructions are for Holiday Happy but the process is still the same. We used 4 small Gnomas from the Winterkist Gnoma Claus Blue Panel and backed them with a plain aqua blue fabric to make these cute little coasters. Perfect for an Aussie summer Christmas pool party!


Plushies

Our Gnoma Plushies are also made from the Winterkist Gnoma Claus Blue Panel and backed with Winterkist Squareflakes Blue.

Making these guys is super easy:

1. Cut out one or more individual Gnoma Claus from the fabric panel, leaving at least 5mm / 1/4 inch extra fabric around the outline of the Gnoma for seam allowance.
2. Place the Gnoma and the backing fabric right sides together and pin in place.
3. To make the hanger tab, place a piece of folded ribbon at the tip of the hat between the two layers. The loop should sit inside the body and the ends should stick out from the seam allowance.
4. Sew around the Gnoma's outline, make sure to leave an opening for turning out (we left approx. 8cm gap on the bottom of each Gnoma).
5. Trim the seam allowance back and clip the curves, turn right side out.
6. Stuff your Gnoma with Toy fill (polyfill, toy stuffing).
7. Slip stitch the opening closed.
8. Hang up your Gnoma Claus Christmas decorations for everyone to admire.

If you are after even more Gnoma Claus projects you could also try this tote bag (perhaps as a possible Christmas Stocking replacement). Once again it has been written for the Holiday Happy panel but it should translate ok.

Happy crafting!
Ky and Cloud

Coming Up - Craft and Quilt Fair and Showroom Closure

Hello Bunnehs

As many of you may be aware, we will be attending the Brisbane Quilt and Craft Fair 2012 next week. This means that our showroom will be closed all of next week and will return to our regular opening hours from Tuesday 23 October.

If you require anything urgently please make sure you pop into the showroom by close of business on Saturday 13 October. If you are attending the show and are after something in particular, and don't want it to sell out before you get there, you are more than welcome to pre-order. Simply order on our website and select "Pickup From Showroom" as your shipping option. Send us an email saying which day you will be attending the show and we will have your order ready for you when you come by :)

We will be trying our best to keep up with all of the online order shipping but there may be a day or two delay. There are only two of us and we will both be at the show from 9 - 5pm daily.

You Sew Girl Purse Patterns

We have a larger stand this year and it will be chock full of all of the goodies from our showroom and website.

For the fabric and sewing fiends we will have FQs, 1/2m, 1m and remnant cuts of all of our fabric plus our entire range of You Sew Girl patterns and hardware.

For those of you who prefer hand stitching we will have our Sublime Stitching, Make It and Stitcher's Revolution patterns and kits.

If you are after Funky Friends Factory toy patterns and kits make sure you swing by stand H20. Pauline will be selling her patterns as well as toy kits made up from Voodoo Rabbit and Two Monkey's fabric.

Quilt and Craft Fair Brisbane 2012
Stand: K25 (up in the back right hand corner)
Date : 17 - 21 October
Time: 9am - 5pm Daily

Location: Brisbane Exhibition Centre, Halls 3 & 4. Cnr Glenelg & Merivale Streets, Southbank
Web: http://www.craftfair.com.au/wp/Brisbane2012/

See you at the Fair
- Ky and Cloud

Win free tickets to the 2012 Brisbane Craft and Quilt Fair - CLOSED

Update:
This competition is now closed. The winners were -
1st: Lydia
2nd: Tania
3rd: Margo

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The Craft and Quilt Fair is just around the corner, just 3 weeks to be exact.

We have so much fabric to cut and a few more sample still to sew, phew I'm getting sleepy just thinking about it. But before I wander off for a nap let me tell you a bit more about the show and tell yo about our give-away.

Our very good friend Pauline from Funky Friends Factory will be there, only a few stands away. She will be selling Toy Kits made up with her patterns and our fabrics so we thought it would be a great idea to do a joint promo to give away some FREE TICKETS and Vouchers to use at our stands!

You will be able to find Voodoo Rabbit at stand K25 and Funky Friends Factory at stand H20. So make sure you start your day at the show up in the top left corner :D

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Prizes
1st Prize: 3 free tickets plus a Funky Friends Factory Pattern Voucher and a $15 Voodoo Rabbit Voucher.
2nd Prize: 3 free tickets
3rd Prize: 2 free tickets.

How do you enter?

All you need to do is to leave a comment on this blog post below, or on this Funky Friends Factory blog post to let us know how much you’d love to win some tickets for the show. The Vouchers are only valid at our show stands, so you will only be able to use them if you are coming to the Craft and Quilt Show.

*** You can comment on BOTH blogs for TWO CHANCES TO WIN ***

We will draw the winners on Wednesday night, the 10th October via email so please make sure that you have a valid email address attached to your comment.

See you at the show

- Ky

Redlands Quilt Extravaganza (and showroom closure)

We are pleased to announce that we have been invited to exhibit at this year's Redlands Quilt Extravaganza, 7 - 9 September. Due to this event our showroom will be closed from Thursday, 6th September and will re-open again on Tuesday 11th September. 

Besides Voodoo Rabbit there will be 6 other vendors at this years event:

• Bayside StitchCraft
• Joy Patch Designs
• Nikki Tervo Designs
• The Bird House
• Bella Embroidery
• Pink Robin Creative Threads

Redlands Quilt Extravaganza 2012

When: 7 - 9 September 2012
Time:  9am-5pm (Friday and Saturday), 9am-3pm (Sunday)
Where:  Redlands Performing Arts Centre, Cnr. Middle & Waterloo Streets, Cleveland, 4163 QLD, Australia
Website: http://www.redlandsquiltextravaganza.net/