Merry Christmas Bunnehs

We are taking a break over Christmas/New Year so we are all refreshed and ready for a big year in 2013. We have some exciting plans for the showroom and lots of awesome new fabrics due to arrive.

We hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season.

Ky and Cloud

SHOWROOOM CLOSURE

We will be closed from Sunday 23rd December 2012

and will reopen on Wednesday 2nd January 2013

POSTAGE

Our last mail run before Christmas will be Monday 24th December

We will do a mail run on the Friday 28th December.

Business as usual from Wednesday 2nd January

Voodoo Rabbit Workshops for 2013

Have you just started sewing and feel that you need some guidance?

Don't despair little Bunnehs, maybe all you need are a few lessons to get you started on the right track.

We have been keen to test out the suitability of our little Showroom for teaching classes for a while now and we finally got the chance. Last Saturday we hosted our very first workshop, it was run by Steph from 3 Hours Past the Edge of the World. We all had a lovely afternoon chatting, drinking tea and stitching.

After the success of Steph's class we are keen to start running a series of workshops in the New Year. We are very interested to know what you would like to learn so if you could take a few seconds (there are only 3 questions) to fill in our survey, this will help us organise when and what we teach this year.

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The classes are going to be small and intimate - classes requiring a sewing machine will have a maximum of 4 students but embroidery classes and demonstrations can have 6 to 8 people. Keeping the classes small also means more time for each student with the teacher and hopefully a much better learning experience for you!

More info to come in the New Year

- Ky and Cloud

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