Quilters Harvest

Happy Australia Day.......

Hope you all had a great day yesterday, celebrating our National Day. It is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the blessings we enjoy living in this great land. Things are back to normal again at the shop after the short break and new stock has started to arrive. Sue Daley has recently produced a new book called "New English Paper Piecing"and we have received several signed copies. It is a beautiful book with many projects, made using her Paper Piecing technique. Be quick as we have a limited number available.

 

 

Monthy Newsletter.....

Just putting the finishing touches to our new Monthly Email Newsletter. If you have registered expect it with in the next day or so. We look forward to sharing the shop news with our customers on a more regular basis than we did by post. We have been busy making samples during the past few weeks, despite the tennis being a bit if a distraction. Shirl is making a sample of Gail Pan's beautiful quilt called "Flowerdale". We loved the colours that Gail used so much that we had to make ours just the same. Patterns & kits are available. Other colourways are available on request.

 

Welcome 2012

The shop is open again after the short Christmas break. We really enjoyed the few days off & we had the chance to do some stitching. We have been busy preparing lots of new & exciting things for 2012. This is a good time of the year to make some display changes in the shop to give it a fresh new look. We also have the opportunity to rearrange stock & samples. Come in & have a browse. Best wishes to you all for a happy & health New Year & we look forward to sharing news from the shop on a more regular basis. Keep posted.

Wild Weather.......

Hope you have all survived the dreadful storms we had in Victoria yesterday. We have heard about a lot of damage to property. Luckily the winds were not so bad in our area. Last weekend Shirl & I visited the magnificent gardens of our patchwork friends Elaine & Kaye in Stawell. Elaine's 4 acre garden was amazing, set with beautiful views of the Grampians in the background. How she looks after this stunning garden & fits in time to do beautiful patchwork is quite amazing. Not to mention having a sewing room, which we would have loved to take home. Congratulations Elaine & thanks for sharing your passions with us.

 This is just a little view of her beautiful garden, which is featured in the Australian Open Garden Scheme.

Our Shop Name.......

Someone recently asked us why we called our shop "Quilters Harvest". We discussed opening our shop for some time & because of the long running drought in our area we continually delayed making the decision. In the end, despite the local farmers having yet another poor harvest we decided that the local quilters would have a local quilt shop: hence the name Quilters Harvest. Call in & visit us at our new location.

New fabric.....

Thanks to all the girls who called in to see Shirl at Bordertown. She had a great time & you all kept her very busy. She reported that the exhibition was excellant. Shirley was also able to visit an Open Garden & was amazed at the beautiful display of roses. A shame she forgot her camera. New fabric stock has arrived so will organise some photos as soon as possible. Keep posted.

Bordertown Exhibition......

More fabric cut & kits put together ready for the Bordertown Exhibition which starts tomorrow. Shirl is off bright & early in the morning to set up ready for the weekend. Call in to see our new samples & fabric on display. The Bordertown Exhibition is always of very high standard, so it is worth the visit. The girls are great too. See you there.

 

Back to real work...

What a great weekend we had at our Girls in Stitches Retreat. The tutors Viv, Kerry & Lisa were all great & I'm sure everyone went home after learning something & with at least one project partly made. Viv was kept busy at the sewing maching, helping girls master the skills of raw edge applique, Kerry was busy with her YoYo maker, & Lisa demonstrated her embroidery skills. We thank all the girls who came this year & a special thanks to those who travelled long distances. 
Our talented tutors: Viv Kerry & Lisa. Now it is back to real work at the shop.

 

Cutting, cutting, cutting.......

Busy cutting up kits for our Girls in Stitches retreat. The projects are all great & we know you are in for a wonderful day with our very talented tutors: Lisa, Kerry & Viv. If you are still undecided about whether to join us, we still have a some spots for Sunday 9th. Call & book today.