New Fabric In Store - Etchings

Some new fabric arrived in at Berrima Patchwork while I was away. Etchings is a new collection by 3 Sisters for Moda Fabrics.

Moda describes this collection as:

"Classic French elegance is captured beautifully in this collection of lush botanical designs, some featuring delicate, sinuous line work to coordinate with the engraved architectural print derived from an antique book the Sisters acquired on one of their many flea market jaunts. Damasks and tapestry prints, as well as a lovely range of woven cotton in warm shades of grey stone, aqua, rich red and ivory parchment paper are reminiscent of stepping off the bustling Paris streets into a grand foyer of a historic theater with dramatic draperies and ornate moldings."
There are 3 different colourways that we have in store: Grey, Aqua and Red. I love the grey colourway, can't wait to sew something in it. We also have Charm Squares and Jelly Rolls available in this collection.

International Quilt Festival Houston 2011

The International Quilt Festival is over for 2011. Had a great time, meeting up with everyone, taking some fantastic classes with great teachers, and getting to see all those amazing quilts on display. I was very lucky to meet up with 3 of the teachers that we will be hosting for the Quilting In The Highlands : Carol Doak, Melinda Bula and Sue Dennis. As an added bonus I even got to attend a class with Melinda (those of you who have booked into her class are going to LOVE it!)

I have been a bit slack over the past couple of days blogging so I decided to create a video slide show which has a taste of some of the classes that I took while I was at festival.

Most of the teachers that were teaching do have websites and many of them have books published if you are interested in more information about their work.

I'll be posting more when I get back to Australia (currently waiting in an airport for my plane)

Enjoy

Never Know What You Will Find in Houston!

You just never know what you will see when you are in Houston. I was walking through the foyer of the Downtown Hilton Hotel today and there was a display of Pumpkins by the staff of the hotel for Halloween. They all have a Disney Theme so I guess that was the guidelines. We don't really have a big Halloween events in Australia so I do love to see it when I'm over here in the US. It was rather scary however when I went down to breakfast in the hotel to be greeted by a server dressed up as the character from the Scream Movies! Enjoy the photos

 

 

International Quilt Market Photos 2

These are some more photos from the International Fall Quilt Market in Houston 2011.

The following photos are of the booths from the fabric companies. They always have the sample of the new fabric but they also have quilts and projects on display using these fabrics which is great as you see the fabric all made up.

Michael Miller Fabrics

 

Windham Fabrics

 

RJR Fabrics

Northcott Fabrics

Maywood Studio Fabrics

Timeless Treasures

Anna Griffin Fabrics

P & B Fabrics

Anthology Fabrics

Adorn It Fabrics

Benartex Fabrics

Blank Fabrics

  

Blue Hill Fabrics

Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Shannon Fabrics

International Quilt Market Photos

More photos from the International Quilt Market.
Happy Hallows is one of our regular suppliers of patterns. They create fantastic Christmas projects and we have several of their samples on display in the shop.
 

NEW PRODUCT

When I saw these samples I thought I must order them into the store. Sunfelt is a new company to the US and they create these fantastic kits for felt toys and food. They had the most amazing samples I have seen of the food, it looked so good you would have thought it was real. I have also ordered these cute little felt toys for the shop, they have a winder on the size which makes them move - how cool is that!

 

Rachel's of Greenfields is also another of our regular suppliers. They create kits for this mini quilts. The quilts contain everything you need to make up these mini quilts. There are a couple of new Christmas kits which I have ordered for the shop and some new samples of these fantastic kits.

We all love the printed quilting panels that Block Party Studios create. They have two new panels which will be in store soon: A panel for nurses and a New Christmas Panel. They have 3 different What Quilter's Think which make a fantastic present for any quilter. Check in store for all the different printed panels we have for them.

Superior Threads is one of our favourite thread companies, it was great to see Bob and Heather again. They have a new DVD on "Thread Therapy with Dr. Bob DVD Seminar" If you want to know more about thread in general, don't understand tension or sewing machine needs then this DVD is a MUST BUY! after attending their School of Threadology in July I can say that the knowledge that Bob provides is amazing. Below are some photos from the Superior Thread Stand and of Patterns By Annie.

  

Below are some photos of the different Fabric Company Stands